Ron Paul To Keep White Supremacist Donation

[Dale]

Ron Paul is a Republican Representative from Texas who is running for President, in case anyone doesn't recognize the name.

A man who runs the Stormfront White Nationalist Community website, and uses the motto "White Pride World Wide," has donated $500 to Ron Paul's campaign. Paul is going to keep the donation, he has resisted the suggestion that he should return it.


Paul Keeps White Supremacist Donation

By BRIAN SKOLOFF,
Associated Press
Posted: 2007-12-19 19:54:57

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul has received a $500 campaign donation from a white supremacist, and the Texas congressman doesn't plan to return it, an aide said Wednesday.



http://news.aol.com/story/_a/paul-keeps-white-supremacist-donation/n20071219195409990043

 

[nightflight]

How much does a soul go for now?

 

[simplicity]

The correct response would be to say that he wasn't aware that he received such a donation, but now that he has been informed of it he would definitely return it to the donor. He isn't much of a politician.

 

[MichaelFJF]

Well, since Ron Paul has zero chance of winning, it's just $500 more that a white supremacist group can't use to buy crosses and gasoline.

 

[Avatar]

The correct response would be to say that he wasn't aware that he received such a donation, but now that he has been informed of it he would definitely return it to the donor. He isn't much of a politician.

Why? Is the $500 posessed? He should just publicly state how much he abhors the donor's position and how he will use that money to help make sure the donor's racist ideology will never again be American Government policy. Then maybe donate the $500 to an inner city youth shelter that helps disadvantaged teens in some struggling neighborhood with a high percentage of people of non-european descent.

 

[Avatar]

Well, since Ron Paul has zero chance of winning, it's just $500 more that a white supremacist group can't use to buy crosses and gasoline.

That too.

 

[Douger]

He should just publicly state how much he abhors the donor's position and how he will use that money to help make sure the donor's racist ideology will never again be American Government policy

Bingo! And that's exactly what his campaign spokesperson said a long time ago.
This is all old news folks.

 

[QuakerOats]

Why? Is the $500 posessed? He should just publicly state how much he abhors the donor's position and how he will use that money to help make sure the donor's racist ideology will never again be American Government policy. Then maybe donate the $500 to an inner city youth shelter that helps disadvantaged teens in some struggling neighborhood with a high percentage of people of non-european descent.

If he doesn't return to money, he should definitely do something like you've suggested. That would be a wonderful contribution.

 

[Caitlin.ann]

Why? Is the $500 posessed? He should just publicly state how much he abhors the donor's position and how he will use that money to help make sure the donor's racist ideology will never again be American Government policy. Then maybe donate the $500 to an inner city youth shelter that helps disadvantaged teens in some struggling neighborhood with a high percentage of people of non-european descent.

I completely agree, lol once again.

 

[Dale]

Avatar in post #5:
"Why? Is the $500 posessed? He should just publicly state how much he abhors the donor's position and how he will use that money to help make sure the donor's racist ideology will never again be American Government policy."

Ah, but what would our reactionaries say if, for instance, it were revealed that Hillary Clinton had received $500 from the Trotskyite Worker's Party or some such thing? It would be Absolute Proof that she is a front for the leftist conspiracy. Conservatives would demand that she return it.

So you can't blame Democrats for wondering why it doesn't work both ways.

 

[Rain27]

Well, since Ron Paul has zero chance of winning, it's just $500 more that a white supremacist group can't use to buy crosses and gasoline.

Agreed. Ron Paul basically said the same thing.

Here's a video from Fox:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcLSLGXypMY

 

[Harpuia]

*sigh*

Poor guy, he isn't witty enough.

The proper response would be:
"Gee, thanks for the money guys! Now I'll distribute it to some of the hispanic and black churches around the area. Tell them it's a kind and generous gift from their white neighbors!"

Yeah, that'll get the ball rolling. Hehe.

 

[Billnew]

dang,
I use this exact scenerio for support of unlimited campaign finance, with full disclosure, and it comes to pass.

I have no problem with the money being given, and none
for him taking it.
It shows the kind of man he is. Alot better then any other politician can.

 

[Foolish_Fool]

I'd keep the money.

I really don't see the problem with this donation because it's not like he's going to be influenced by the money Significant contributions from corporations or groups that people actually take seriously might raise some eyebrows.

 

[Mling]

The "take it and donate it to some worthy cause" idea sounds nice...but, ya know, I don't think I'd be all that comfortable with a candidate who makes a show of accepting people's money, and then deliberately spending it in ways they would not approve of, simply because he does not approve of them.

I mean, with something as broadly despised as white supremacy, it's easy to see that as honorable, but...with something more controversial? The white supremacists have as much a right to exist as the ADL or any other group. I'd rather see a candidate simply not involve himself with groups he does not approve of, rather than accept their donations and then use it to spite them.

 

[Christian Soldier]

Many of the same anti-Paul liberal democrats who are whining about this, have given a wink and a nod to Democrat Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd for decades now, even though he was a card carrying Ku Klux Klansman for years.

Liberal democrats have kept the "former" Klansman in office for decades now, both with their tens of millions of dollars in campaign donations and their votes. Why do liberal democrats continue to support Ku Klux Klansmen for powerful political office?

The KKK was born and raised in the Democrat party, so I guess the liberals are just upholding their "traditions". Disgusting!

 

[Christian Soldier]

Ron Paul made an excellent point in the YouTube video somebody previously posted in this thread.

The Paul campaign has no way of knowing the personal views and affiliations of the people sending them money. The donation wasn't "discovered" by the liberals until well after the fact. So the money had already long since been spent.

This means that if the Paul campaign had returned 500 bucks to the creep, it would have been SOMEBODY ELSE'S donation money! Any intelligent, moral person would have a SERIOUS problem with their donation to the Paul campaign being used to reimburse a radical racist.

However, liberal democrats obviously have no problem with using somebody else's money to reimburse racist hate group leaders. Which is just one more reason that I'm not surprised that liberals have continued to financially support "former" Ku Klux Klansman Robert Byrd for all these years. Pathetic!

 

[Dale]

Christian Soldier:
"This means that if the Paul campaign had returned 500 bucks to the creep, it would have been SOMEBODY ELSE'S donation money! Any intelligent, moral person would have a SERIOUS problem with their donation to the Paul campaign being used to reimburse a radical racist.

However, liberal democrats obviously have no problem with using somebody else's money to reimburse racist hate group leaders."

This would be true except that money is fungible, as the economists say. Every dollar is identical to every other dollar. There is no way to distinguish between one person's dollar and another, so it doesn't make sense to say that someone else's money would be refunded. It is, however, possible to reverse a transaction, such as a white supremacist giving $500 to the Ron Paul campaign. By refunding the money, the transaction is erased.

 

[Tenka]

Why do the racist crazies want Ron Paul to win?

 

[Dale]

Tenka:
"Why do the racist crazies want Ron Paul to win?"

Presumably they agree with his views on immigration. They probably also agree with his conservative/libertarian economic views.
Ron Paul has also been accused of being an isolationist, although he prefers "non-interventionist."