Brian,
I agree with you that some of the material and revelations about the
Ron Paul newsletters are very troubling, and have made me question
the merits of his candidacy. I've been kind of waiting the past few
days to see how the story plays out -- most likely I'll still
campaign for Paul, but probably not as vigorously as I might have
otherwise, and with caveats when I get into talking about him with
people -- "vote the message not the man," etc. It's too bad that I
didn't see, or if I saw, didn't pay much attention to, your concerns
about the Ron Paul newsletters six months ago. This is part of the
problem with using exaggerated rhetoric on a regular basis -- when
you do have something important to say on a topic, you may fall
victim to the "Boy Who Cried Wolf" syndrome and not be listened to.
(Not that you necessarily knew or reported enough about the
newsletters six months ago to make clear the extent of the problem,
but even if you had.)
Regarding not bringing bigots into the party, from whatever source,
what action(s) would make you feel that your concerns were properly
heeded? Can you prepare a sample of what you'd consider an
appropriate conversation with a prospective member on the topic --
hopefully one that communicates where we stand, without coming off as
preachy, trying to "score points" against Ron Paul, and/or otherwise
alienating newcomers who are *not* bigots? The approach seemingly
suggested by your tone is to appoint you as LPSF Inquisitor General
to conduct background checks on all our new members to make sure they
don't belong to Stormfront, but that could be going a bit too far imho.
Love & Liberty,
((( starchild )))