Racism: The New Campaign Strategy

It looks like the hot, new trend in the GOP presidential race is to be overtly racist. Now, everyone already knows about Ron Paul. Back in the day, he had circulated a newsletter called the Ron Paul political report. Some of the stories published in the report said very offensive things about gays, Jews, and African-Americans (for example: Suggesting that the Rodney King riots only stopped because black people needed to collect their welfare checks). This was largely dismissed as a non-story. Not only was this back in the 90's, but Ron Paul didn't even write it, and it only happened a couple times. People were buying that for a while. But, wouldn't you know it, this actually was NOT an isolated incident! New findings (dug up by The New Republic) are coming out that show that, hey, these sort of remarks happened ALL THE TIME in Ron Paul's newsletters! A direct quote: "We don't think a child of thirteen should be held as responsible as a man of twenty-three. That's true for most people, but black males ace thirteen who have been raised on the streets and who have joined criminal gangs are as big, strong, tough, scary, and culpable as any adult, and should be treated as such." Oh man. Oh man oh man oh man. When this sort of thing happens over and over again, you know that something is up. It doesn't matter that you didn't write them; the statements were published in a newsletter THAT YOU CIRCULATED! The fact that these statements weren't nipped in the bud right after they started proved that Paul really had no problem with them. It is shocking that people cultishly worship this man. It doesn't matter what one's political views are; what should matter is that this man is clearly a racist. People need to stop playing politics and stand up for what is right. But wait. Apparently, racism IS right in the GOP! Enter Newt Gingrich. During a GOP debate in South Carolina on MLK Day, Gingrich was asked by Juan Williams (who is black): "You recently said black Americans should demand jobs, not food stamps. You also said poor kids lack a strong work ethic, and proposed having them work as janitors in their schools. Can't you see that this is viewed, at a minimum, as insulting to all Americans, but particularly, to black Americans?" Without skipping a beat, Gingrich responded, "No, I don't see that." Cue thunderous applause. The audience was literally standing up from their seats. Wait, since when is that a cue to give a standing ovation? If any standing was to be done, it should have been to make a beeline to the aisles. But no, these people gave this man a standing ovation for saying that black children should be employed as janitors. Every day, the GOP is trying to shed it's image as the party of white by showing just how inclusive of other races it is. Yet something like this happens. A man says that youth of a certain race should aim to be janitors, and the crowd goes BANANAS. Frankly, it's pathetic that these 2 men are even on the ballot. Dickstein, out.