Mike Kole has a good post up today on the subject of Ron Paul and the unexplained racist and homophobic articles that showed up in Paul’s news letters.
When Ron Paul, most-visible libertarian is seen as a racist or homophobe, then libertarianism is liable to be seen as racist or homophobic.
So, keep distancing yourself from these writings. You would do even better if you identified who wrote them. There is fair criticism about not identifying the writer, if not you.
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Until the writer is identified by you, those who were hurt by the comments on your newsletter are going to continue to sling arrows and mud your way. It distracts from your very worthy message of liberty, and worse- makes people equate liberty with racism or homophobia, which of course is patently wrong.
Unfortunately, his closest advisor is probably the one responsible, and I’ll bet the advice isn’t about coming clean.
“I spent $25 million and all I got was this lousy primary!”