Some of the die-hard Ron Paul supporters have come up with a few imaginative ideas about the origins of the ongoing “anti-Paul smear campaign” (their term for the totally legitimate investigation into Paul’s racist newsletters). Take, for example, this comically delusional “oppo” file on Jamie Kirchick, the journalist who broke the newsletter story in 2008, that’s apparently being emailed to reporters. I won’t give it all away, but the thesis is that Kirchick and Newt Gingrich orchestrated the scandal at the behest of the military industrial complex (there are charts).
But Paul himself may have come up with an even more convoluted theory about why some presidential candidates get bad press. On Feb. 18, 2001, Paul reportedly appeared on the now-defunct Radio Free America, a talk show created by prolific Holocaust denier Willis Carto. Here’s part of the transcript of the show, which was published in Carto’s anti-Semitic newsletter in March of 2001:
Radio Free America host Tom Valentine: Here’s Mack calling from Georgia.
Mack (Caller): The Trilateral Commission and the Council on Foreign Relations have a lot of power in choosing the American president. Do you think our elections are just a fraud on the people?
Ron Paul: Almost no one gets elected who isn’t friendly with the Trilateral Commission and the Council on Foreign Relations. If you are not in tune with them, the national media would crucify you. So you wouldn’t win. I think the people allow themselves to be deceived.
I asked Paul’s campaign press secretary whether the congressman currently believes that presidential candidates need support from the Trilateral Commission and CFR in order to get elected, but haven’t received a response yet.
Conspiracy theories aside, it’s hard to imagine why Paul would ever agree to go on Radio Free America in the first place. The show was a division of Carto’s Liberty Lobby, a group that often came under fire from the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee (Carto, by the way, also founded the Institute for Historical Review, an infamous Holocaust denial organization). The ADL wrote that Radio Free America’s “skin-deep populism covered vintage Carto-ite anti-Semitism, paranoid-style politics, Holocaust denial and anti-Israel conspiracy theories.” Probably not the best crowd to associate with if you have presidential aspirations.
Smear his supporters. Classy.
the snews never takes on the serious issues, just more blah-blah-blah … an attempt at 3rd grade journalism.
I think you had to many raisins in your Wheaties. You are the mad man with this crazy article. Paul is the only true conservative candidate. Your smear campaign will only make him stronger. n nRoy
The ADL has issued "terrorist warnings" against US Veterans and Constitutionalists. LOGICAL INDIVIDUALS would call that treasonous. Rather than makig a flimsy guilt-by-association arguement against Ron Paul, based on statements from the criminal ADL organization, how about doing some TRUE journalism? I'd start by seeing if a president ever took office without being a member of the CFR, or having support by the Trilateral commission. Nothing in your article shows the statements of Ron Paul (or his supporters) as inaccurate/incorrect. nThen, you ought to do some research as to who the globalist CFR and Trilateral Commission are, and what they stand for.
Back of the bus, sweetheart!
How about this — Let's see if the big 6 corporations that own/control all Mainstream Media (General Electric, Walt Disney, News Corp, TimeWarner, Viacom and CBS) are willing to take a look back into the articles written and broadcast ad nauseam under their brands that explicitly intended to elevate fears and manipulate emotions in order to push through several new wars that have cost billions of dollars and changed millions of human lives. n nu2028u2028How many lies have they promoted? How many conspiracy theories did they hammer into the public then, and now? What types of callous racism was/is cast upon the Muslims of the US & world and how much egregious and unnecessary violence did it nourish? Has anyone been held accountable? Where are the stories about that? Where are the apologies from the MSM and the leaders of the major parties for it? Are those who stood against the propaganda still "unAmerican" and should they still be put in Gitmo or a FEMA camp? Perhaps the NDAA bill answered that… So ultimately, who has to answer to this? Where are the names and faces of those accountable?
How many overseas conflicts have we gotten into because of "conspiracy theories" that were drawn up by the Fed Gov't and beaten into our heads by the puppet mainstream-media? n nHow many civil liberties have we had shrunk or entirely decimated because of "conspiracy theories" that were drawn up by the Fed Gov't and beaten into our heads by the puppet mainstream-media? n nHow devalued has our dollar become and how poor has our standard of living become because of "conspiracy theories" that were drawn up by the Fed Gov't and beaten into our heads by the puppet mainstream-media? n nWhen will all the people from The Atlantic as well as every other MSM source declare themselves to be "unfit" for their position and resign based upon their pushing of "conspiracy theories" that ultimately were found to have been well-crafted, intentional lies? When will those at the White House and Pentagon? n nAlas, we have Ron Paul to target instead. The guy who opposed all previously stated "conspiracy theories" all along and turned out to be correct. The guy who wasn't bought by a military industrial complex, Big Pharma or anyone else. n nYeah, let's get him…….. elected! n
More interesting than the Paul comments mentioned in this article should be Paul's answers to questions concerning why he endorsed the John Birch Society — and if that endorsement was meant to include agreement with the fundamental JBS premise that most of our national leaders and government officials for the past 8 decades have been traitors!