Interesting article. Whether it be a hit piece or not it is interesting:
November 19, 2007
Ron Paul is a Useful Man for Democrats
By Andrew Walden
[FONT=times new roman,times]The Ron Paul story never seems to end -- and yet never seems to quite make it into the mainstream media. That's because, in the political equivalent of a bank shot, Paul's fringe support helps bleach embarrassing stains from the Democrats.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]First there is the revelation that [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]Jim C Perry, the "Orthodox Jewish" head of "Jews for Paul" also calls himself a gay pagan Unitarian[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times].[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]Now it turns out that Perry, Paul's point man in response to questions raised by the Jewish Telegraph Agency, is also [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]accused of stealing money[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times] from the local New Hampshire branch of the Libertarian Party. What a great guy! It's only an accusation. And the "Libertarian" Perry was in 2006 running for New Hampshire [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]Legislature as a Democrat[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]. [/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]Oh yes: [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]Then the[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times] federal [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]raids started[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]. [/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]It turns out that some folks actually buy-in to Ron Paul's blither about US dollars being "phony money". [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]Here Paul is[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times] talking about "phony money" at a [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]recent Ron Paul[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times] rally outside the Philadelphia Mint with a large crowd including -- surprise, surprise, -- some more white supremacists. (Who show they [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]fully understand[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times] the [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]New Orleans protocol[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times].)[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]Some of Paul's gold bug supporters been trying to pass so-called "Liberty Dollars" off as real currency at stores nationwide. Sleepy clerks have given them change in US currency for purchases. Raids have been conducted in the last few days by the FBI and Secret Service at Liberty Dollar HQ in a strip mall office in [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]Evansville, Indiana[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times], (that's not where I would be keeping three pounds of gold, but I digress) as well as Asheville, NC (here the segregationist ‘[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]Council of Conservative Citizens'[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times] is very concerned) and a private mint located [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]. [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]Arrests were also made recently in Wisconsin[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times] (on their blogsite, these geniuses detail three places where the spent Liberty Dollars as if they were legal tender). [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]In 2006[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times] two arrests had been made [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]in Buffalo, NY.[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times] The Evanston raid netted a huge load of "Ron Paul Dollars" apparently just delivered from Idaho and backed perhaps by the full faith and credit of... Ron Paul?[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]Ron Paul's Evanston supporters went to Liberty Dollar HQ to protest with Ron Paul-for-president signs. At the Evansville Ron Paul site one of [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]their leaders explains the defense strategy:[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times] [/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]"I sent an email to [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]infowars.com[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times], so with any luck we'll make it on [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]prisonplanet.com[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times] and go viral. If nothing else should come of this, maybe the LD can get a case before the Supreme Court and settle once and for all and maybe Ron Paul's name will be on more people's minds and lips." [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]And, yes Ron Paul donor 9-11 "troother" [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]Alex Jones did[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times] post it. And it did go ‘viral'. But no that doesn't mean the 9-11 "troothers" are integral to the Ron Paul campaign because ...uh...uh... (insert Paulite rationalization here). [/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]Meanwhile over at Reason Magazine, they seem to have lost all of theirs. Writes Jeff Taylor: [/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]"As such, [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]accounts[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times] of the (Evansville) raid [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]focused on[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times] the Ron Paul angle seem off-base, at least given the available facts." [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]Sure, just close your eyes and it will all go away. Let yourself get sucked down the toilet with the frauds, and scammers. Reason wants us to believe that Ron Paul has absolutely nothing to do with Ron Paul dollars. But Paul's "troother" supporters believe that George Bush and ‘the Jooos' personally crawled through the ductwork at the World Trade Center to wire the explosives for controlled detonation. [/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]Apparently they didn't [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]get the message at the Daily Paul[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]. Their response to the raid: [/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]"This is pretty scary stuff and reminiscent of a time in Germany...I wonder if the motivation was our wonderful $4.3M day?"[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]The Street[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times] writes; [/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]"...if the raid results in the conviction of anyone involved, it is possible that the Paul campaign may have to return a cash donation made by Liberty Dollar....So far, Liberty Dollar has donated $2,300 to the Paul campaign, a fact confirmed by both Paul's [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]office[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times] and Bernard von NotHaus, who runs Liberty Dollar." [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]No connection there?[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]No tough questions for Paul, but plenty of fluff. [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]Rolling Stone writes:[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times] "Republican takes the lead against the war." This comes after [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]Bill Maher physically[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times] chased "troothers" from his studio audience October 19 shouting "out, out, out" and [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]Bill Clinton stared down troother hecklers[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times] October 24 with: "An inside job? How dare you?" [/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]The Democrats and their media are using the Paul campaign to scrape six years of accumulated "toother" scum off the Democrat Party, deposit it into the Libertarian movement make a little mess for the GOP. [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]With Obama, Hillary and Edwards all refusing to promise to withdraw troops from Iraq by 2013[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times] Democrats dream of losing the "surrender monkey" tag. [/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]Here is a Chicago Tribune fluff piece[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times] with this gem of verbal judo: [/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]"to a growing, Internet-based pool of supporters, the silver-haired obstetrician turned politician is the sanest man at the Republican debates and perhaps in all of Congress. Paul attracts an unusual political potpourri of people of all ages and viewpoints, including a sprinkling of conspiracy theorists and other extremists whose views Paul's campaign disavows." [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]No anti-Semites, KKKers, or FBI raids in sight anywhere -- just ‘conspiracy theorists'--but all neatly "disavowed." Really? [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]Was that when Jesse Benton[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times] -- Ron Paul's national communications director -- said "I cannot say that we will be rejecting Mr. Black's (Stormfront) contribution?" [/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]Well actually Ron Paul appears to be disavowing some contributions: [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]those given by bankers and Wall Streeters[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]. Corporate money is too dirty for Ron Paul to accept but KKK money is not? [/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]The Chicago Tribune also offers this nugget: [/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]"Paul appears financially comfortable but not exceedingly wealthy, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission. Most of his holdings are in about two dozen gold and silver firms, many valued at less than $15,000 and none valued at more than $250,000." [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]Do those firms benefit from the sale of Ron Paul Dollars? Of course they do; someone has to bring in the wrong way crowd to buy gold and silver at the top of the commodities cycle. [/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]Meanwhile the mainstream media is mostly ignoring the cesspool of neo-Nazis, Klanners, Holocaust deniers, and gold-bugs-with-the-FBI-pounding-on-their-door, surrounding Paul. Why? The Democrats can unload some of their whack-job fringe to the GOP via Ron Paul and in their dreams, hang these nut jobs around the GOP's neck like a dead albatross. At the same time they assist Hillary or Obama in trying to move to the center for the general election. [/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]Timing is everything. Paul has staked $1.1 million on the NH primary. His big fundraising push November 5 and now December 16 come conveniently before the Jan 1 reporting deadline. That deadline is too close to the Iowa and NH votes for evidence about Paul's supporters to make a difference. [/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]The hard work is done. The information about Paul is on line neatly organized for even the laziest reporter in America to confirm, write up and look like a genius. [/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]Writes WaPo[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]: [/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]"As if Ron Paul's supporters needed any more motivation to storm the battlements and wreak havoc on the Republican presidential primary, now comes this: the feds are trying to take away their money." [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]Antonio Gramsci[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times] would be very proud.
[FONT=times new roman,times]Andrew Walden is e[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]ditor of H[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]awai`i Free Press in Hilo.[/FONT]
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