More importantly, you ought to ask me what my relationship is for racial relationships. And one of my heroes is Martin Luther King because he practiced the libertarian principle of peaceful resistance and peaceful civil disobedience, as did Rosa Parks did.
Ron Paul, at tonight’s ABC/Yahoo Debate, when asked about racist newsletters published under his name.
So one of his heroes is Martin Luther King? Well, there’s this excerpt from his December 1990 newsletter:
Click here to read more. His supporters exclaim, “But he didn’t write those vile newsletters!” Fine. Okay, there’s no byline, though there’s a personal Christmas wish at the bottom of this newsletter from the author and his wife Carol. And Paul’s wife is named Carolyn, but uses Carol. “But that’s still a coincidence!” his supporters claim.
Well, there’s also this:
- House Vote #289 (Aug 2, 1983): To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 3706, a bill amending Title 5, United States Code to make the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., a legal public holiday.
This was a vote to create a national holiday named for Martin Luther King, ostensibly one of Paul’s heroes. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, voted “Nay” on a bill to designate a day to recognize said hero. Seventy-eight percent of the US House voted “Aye” on the bill. The author of the newsletter wrote, “And we are supposed to honor this ‘Christian minister’ and lying socialist satyr with a holiday that puts him on par with George Washington?”
Oh, but that was a long time ago, right? Well, there’s Paul’s other hero, Rosa Parks. In 1999, the U.S. House voted on H.R. 573, a bill “to award a Gold Medal on behalf of the Congress to Rosa Parks in recognition of her contribution to the nation”. The vote was 424-1 in favor. Nearly 99% of the US House voted to award her this honor.
Guess who cast the lone “Nay” vote? Rep. Ron Paul.
He sure has an odd way of recognizing his heroes. I’d say Rep. Paul’s “relationship for racial relationships” deserves scrutiny.
(Source: cognitivedissonance)
