Ron Paul Haunted By Disparaging Remarks About Martin Luther King
Fox News:
With popularity comes notoriety. That’s the lesson Ron Paul is learning as the nation observes Martin Luther King Day and the GOP presidential contender bears the burden of disparaging comments, made in a newsletter bearing his name, about the slain civil rights leader and the national holiday that honors him.
In a 1990 newsletter called the Ron Paul Political Report, which resurfaced earlier this month in The New Republic, Ron Paul — or his ghostwriters — called King an adulterer and seducer of young children, and questioned why the nation should celebrate the Civil Rights leader with the same glory as that given to its first president.
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Shame of it all is he is right about MLK but people are afraid to say it. The news media covers up the fact that wherever he spoke riots and destruction of property followed. I knew a state trooper that put handcuffs on him and took him to jail for inciting a riot. He was no different that Jackson is now. He was living off the backs of the poor blacks and rich liberals giving him money. I know I am going to get a bunch of hate mail over this but so what. The truth is the truth.
January 21st, 2008 at 10:13 am…why the nation should celebrate the Civil Rights leader with the same glory as that given to its first president.
The same glory? If only! When’s the last time anyone attended a Washington Day parade/rally/event? Dead white guys have no chance when stacked up against the mythology of the great black hope.
January 21st, 2008 at 11:20 amI am glad I was interupted with phone calls before typing something really hateful. Why is there more hoopla for this day than President’s Day?
January 21st, 2008 at 4:23 pmTo be fair, there is more hoopla in most parts of the country (at least where I live) for St. Patrick’s Day or the World Series than for President’s day.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:06 pm