Ron Paul's newsletters

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From the Washington Post comes this story of Ron Paul's controversial newsletters. Presidential candidate Paul has claimed that he never read or contributed to the content but if that is true, he has to be one of the most incompetent and negligent business owners around.
Ron Paul signed off on racist newsletters in the 1990s, associates say
Ron Paul, well known as a physician, congressman and libertarian , has also been a businessman who pursued a marketing strategy that included publishing provocative, racially charged newsletters to make money and spread his ideas, according to three people with direct knowledge of Paul�s businesses.

The Republican presidential candidate has denied writing inflammatory passages in the pamphlets from the 1990s and said recently that he did not read them at the time or for years afterward. Numerous colleagues said he does not hold racist views.

But people close to Paul�s operations said he was deeply involved in the company that produced the newsletters, Ron Paul & Associates, and closely monitored its operations, signing off on articles and speaking to staff members virtually every day.

�It was his newsletter, and it was under his name, so he always got to see the final product. . . . He would proof it," said Renae Hathway, a former secretary in Paul�s company and a supporter of the Texas congressman.
A bit more:
In the past, Paul has taken responsibility for the passages because they were published under his name. But last month, he told CNN that he was unaware at the time of the controversial passages. �I�ve never read that stuff. I�ve never read � I came � was probably aware of it 10 years after it was written." Paul said.
More:
The articles included racial, anti-Semitic and anti-gay content. They claimed, for example, that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. �seduced underage girls and boys"; they ridiculed black activists by suggesting that New York be named �Zooville� or �Lazyopolis�; and they said the 1992 Los Angeles riots ended �when it came time for the blacks to pick up their welfare checks." The June 1990 edition of the Ron Paul Political Report included the statement: �Homosexuals, not to speak of the rest of society, were far better off when social pressure forced them to hide their activities.�
Needless to say, this article has garnered 2,000+ comments. All of the newsletters have been scanned and are available here: RP Newsletter

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