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-Election 2012
Ron Paul Panders to Anti-Semitism in Michigan
2012-03-01
Ron Paul, who has consistently engaged in anti-Semitic nonsense over the course of the past few decades, has largely attempted to hide his anti-Semitism throughout his campaign. No longer. Ron Paul has issued this Arabic-language flyer outside the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Michigan:
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The flyer actually has two sides. The English side promotes Paul’s “Plan to Restore America” and touts his deficit cutting prowess and dislike of the Federal Reserve. The Arabic side, however – the side shown above – is far less subtle. It says that Paul will cut foreign aid, and specifically mentions only foreign aid to Israel as the target of cutting.

And that’s the point. Paul’s appeal to the Muslim community is strictly and completely based on his opposition to Israel. Paul’s anti-Semitism is well-documented; see his section on Zionism in Paul’s book Liberty Defined (better titled All The Weird Things Ron Paul Believes). His CYA maneuver, stating that he wants to cut all foreign aid, then determine to whom American should restore aid, is just that – a CYA maneuver. His real target is and always was Israel. I don’t see Ron Paul supporters handing out Hebrew flyers at my synagogue proclaiming his desire to cut off aid to Egypt, Libya, and the Palestinian Authority.

The Islamic Center of America, by the way, is a “moderate” establishment run by Imam Hassan Qazwini, who has refused Saudi funding for his mosque. He’s also hosted Louis Farrakhan, who according to Debbie Schlussel, took the time to call Jewish Americans “forces of evil” with a “Satanic mentality,” and according to Schlussel, has expressed support for terrorist groups including Hezbollah and Hamas. So it’s no surprise that Paul sees his parishioners as rich ground for recruits.
Posted by:trailing wife

#8  "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."

Hate and convenience are common enough companions, RandomJD. He may well be as pleasant a man as everyone says, but a good many of his companions most definitely are not. The exact same should be said about our beloved president, whose own boon companions have been antisemites, terrorists and open supporters of terrorists.
Posted by: trailing wife    2012-03-01 23:12  

#7  I don't understand RuPaul's anti-Jew/Israel stuff either. Libertarians hold (and I agree) that racial/ethnic prejudice is inefficient. Let people behave as they will, and the markets will sort everyone out. How is anti-semitism consistent with that?
Posted by: RandomJD   2012-03-01 22:14  

#6  Obama was and is a kook, and how much did that matter when he was elected in 2008?

Methinks you don't understand the meaning of 'kook'.

That said, I don't recall Obama, while a full-blown leftist, ever equating the US military (and the U.S. in general) to the Taliban.
Posted by: Pappy   2012-03-01 21:33  

#5  maybe it doesn't matter because he's a just a kook? Obama was and is a kook, and how much did that matter when he was elected in 2008?
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2012-03-01 18:35  

#4  I understand about Russians but my understanding is that Ayn Rand was ethnically Jewish although she did not practice the religion. Does Ron Paul ignore that, does he think it's OK because she did not practice, or does he have some other convoluted way of working around it? Or, maybe it doesn't matter because he's a just a kook? But he's liable to be a kook with some influence at the convention.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2012-03-01 17:14  

#3  how could he be Randian and anti-Semitic at the same time

Rand's attitude was essentially Russian, which is by nature not necessarily condusive to being pro-semitic.
Posted by: Pappy   2012-03-01 15:11  

#2  Rep Paul is probably not anti semitic in the 19th and 20th century meaning of the word.

However, he has tried over many years to raise funds and get votes from anti-semites, Israel haters and so on. The flyer noted in the article is just such a case. Although not super successful, there are more of those folks than there are people who believe in Federal Reserve conspiracy theories and the like.

Of course the problem, for Paul, is that the people in the anti-semite and Israel hating political sector is crowded. Paul has to compete with,for example, Louis farakhan, Jeremiah Wright, Daily Kos, Media Matters and several dozen Juan Cole types in academia.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2012-03-01 12:53  

#1  I thought he was a Randian but how could he be Randian and anti-Semitic at the same time? Is it just the religion he dislikes and not the ethnicity?
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2012-03-01 11:53  

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