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Paul Keeps White Supremacist Donation
By BRIAN SKOLOFF, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
(12-19) 17:06 PST 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.
Don Black, of West Palm Beach, recently made the donation, according to campaign filings. He runs a Web site called Stormfront with the motto, "White Pride World Wide." The site welcomes postings to the "Stormfront White Nationalist Community."
"Dr. Paul stands for freedom, peace, prosperity and inalienable rights. If someone with small ideologies happens to contribute money to Ron, thinking he can influence Ron in any way, he's wasted his money," Paul spokesman Jesse Benton said. "Ron is going to take the money and try to spread the message of freedom.
"And that's $500 less that this guy has to do whatever it is that he does," Benton added.
Black said he supports Paul's stance on ending the war in Iraq, securing America's borders and his opposition to amnesty for illegal immigrants.
"We know that he's not a white nationalist. He says he isn't and we believe him, but on the issues, there's only one choice," Black said Wednesday.
On his Web site, Black says he has been involved in "the White patriot movement for 30 years."
The Web site LoneStarTimes first reported on Black's donation on Oct. 25.
Now I'm curious. Are the Paul supporters going to show up here and say that taking money from a bigot is perfectly acceptable, or are they going to do the right thing and denounce this.
And before anyone starts talking about how this wont influence Paul, this isn't about influence, its about integrity. Honorable men don't take shady money, whether its from crime, racists, or anybody else. And since so many Paulites have had so much fun telling us how much money Paul has raised, he certianly doesn't need the 500.
That means there's only two reasons not to return it. Either he really needs the money, in which case this is a net loss and if he can't see that maybe President isn't a good career choice for him. Of course we know he doesn't need the money. That leaves us with the second choice. Specifically, he does not want to offend or alienate a voting block and donor base which is tacit approval of that block/base.
So which is it? Does he have no integrity and runs a painfully incompetent campaign, or does he have no integrity and doesn't want to burn a bridge he approves of.
Paul Keeps White Supremacist Donation
By BRIAN SKOLOFF, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
(12-19) 17:06 PST 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.
Don Black, of West Palm Beach, recently made the donation, according to campaign filings. He runs a Web site called Stormfront with the motto, "White Pride World Wide." The site welcomes postings to the "Stormfront White Nationalist Community."
"Dr. Paul stands for freedom, peace, prosperity and inalienable rights. If someone with small ideologies happens to contribute money to Ron, thinking he can influence Ron in any way, he's wasted his money," Paul spokesman Jesse Benton said. "Ron is going to take the money and try to spread the message of freedom.
"And that's $500 less that this guy has to do whatever it is that he does," Benton added.
Black said he supports Paul's stance on ending the war in Iraq, securing America's borders and his opposition to amnesty for illegal immigrants.
"We know that he's not a white nationalist. He says he isn't and we believe him, but on the issues, there's only one choice," Black said Wednesday.
On his Web site, Black says he has been involved in "the White patriot movement for 30 years."
The Web site LoneStarTimes first reported on Black's donation on Oct. 25.
Now I'm curious. Are the Paul supporters going to show up here and say that taking money from a bigot is perfectly acceptable, or are they going to do the right thing and denounce this.
And before anyone starts talking about how this wont influence Paul, this isn't about influence, its about integrity. Honorable men don't take shady money, whether its from crime, racists, or anybody else. And since so many Paulites have had so much fun telling us how much money Paul has raised, he certianly doesn't need the 500.
That means there's only two reasons not to return it. Either he really needs the money, in which case this is a net loss and if he can't see that maybe President isn't a good career choice for him. Of course we know he doesn't need the money. That leaves us with the second choice. Specifically, he does not want to offend or alienate a voting block and donor base which is tacit approval of that block/base.
So which is it? Does he have no integrity and runs a painfully incompetent campaign, or does he have no integrity and doesn't want to burn a bridge he approves of.