Ron Paul: dancing with devils

There is the most uncharming little minuet taking place between the far-right wingnut world and major (of sorts) candidate respectability.

We understand that [Ron} Paul is not a white nationalist, but most of our people support him because of his stand on issues.... Also, our board recognizes that most of the leaders involved in the Fed and the international banking system are Jews.

Those profundities are, via the NY Times, brought to us by one Don Black, a kind of field fuehrer, you might say, for the neo-Nazi site "Stormfront," whose followers believe that the 20th century's greatest failure was its genocidal inadequacies.

The Web site is one of dozens, hundreds, maybe thousands of likeminded sewers of monomaniacal morons; and if you've a site whose comment section has ever been under cyberassault by this pathetic scum, you'd understand a) why "white nationalism" needs the slickest possible public relations arm it can muster and b) something of the brutal stupidity of Hitler's original brownshirts.

Now here's Ron Paul, uh, explaining why he refuses to refuse the above's support:

I’ll go to anybody who I think I can convert to change their viewpoints.... I’m always looking at converting people to look at liberty the way I do.

An intriguing political strategy, that. Rather than launching a national movement for "liberty" by shot-gunning major swaths of the reasonably sane electorate, Paul instead targeted, through newslettery winks and nods, the incurably crazy and the insufferably bigoted. Which he still denies, which is what makes it all so insulting.

Comments

[kelly lampard]

Dancing with devil is really fantastic from all side. It would be rather nice if I can able to join with this dance. Thanks mate.

[You Don't Say]

Did you see the post by a former Paul staffer? It reads like parody but apparently isn't.

Strange to read his supporters' comments on various blog posts and stories. Seems like there would be no shame in saying "I like the guy's ideas, but, geez, I didn't know he's such a nutcase. Guess I'll have to find someone else to support." Instead, they're doubling down, finding all kinds of excuses for his bigotries.

[Adam Smith]

Enjoy the commentary and nuances of thought by p.m. carpenter.