Ron Paul to be keynote speaker at anti-Semitic conference

[uhnope]

Source: Salon

Beyond the obvious, what do a far-right Italian politician, the president of the John Birch Society and former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul have in common?

In early September, the men are all scheduled to speak – along with a lengthy list of archconservative clergy, lawyers and academics – at a conference in Canada sponsored by the Fatima Center, part of the “radical traditionalist Catholic” movement, perhaps the single largest group of hard-core anti-Semites in North America.

Paul, the former Texas congressman and Republican presidential candidate, is the keynote speaker of the weeklong conference slated for Sept. 8-13 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. A physician before entering politics, Paul got into considerable hot water in 2008 when The New Republic published “Angry White Man,” an article about the contents of newsletters he published. What the newsletters revealed, the magazine reported, “are decades worth of obsession with conspiracies, sympathy for the right-wing militia movement, and deeply held bigotry against blacks, Jews and gays.” Paul denied writing the newsletters that bore his name.

The conference is titled, “Fatima: The Path to Peace” and “is a call,” according to a Fatima Center press release, “to a return to sanity in the government of the world and the Church, for the two cannot be separated.”

Read more: http://www.salon.com/2013/08/21/ron_paul_to_be_keynote_speaker_at_anti_semitic_conference/

[Fearless]

1. Shocked! Shocked I tell you!

[BainsBane]

2. I seriously doubt anyone is shocked by this

The guy published a racist rag for years. Doesn't look great for sonny's presidential hopes, but the GOP base likely doesn't care about that sort of thing.

[Blue_Tires]

31. Oh, there are still plenty of DUers who think Paul is the cat's ass

and try to defend him constantly

[Bradical79]

33. Link?

I think I can recall maybe 3 people over the years I've been reading this.

[baldguy]

3. And this is the guy Ed Snowden supports financially & that Glenn Greenwald regularly praises.

If you really care about the Constitution, these aren't the people you want on your side.

[Cooley Hurd]

4. Debunked repeatedly...

Do a search.

[uhnope]

5. Didn't Snowden donate to Ron Paul's campaign?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/edward-snowden-says-motive-behind-leaks-was-to-expose-surveillance-state/2013/06/09/aa3f0804-d13b-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html

According to campaign finance reports, Snowden made a $250 donation to Ron Paul’s 2012 presidential campaign in March of that year, and gave another $250 in May. Paul has been a critic of excessive government intrusion.

[Cooley Hurd]

6. You still here?

Has Snowden made racist statements? Has he come out against same sex marriage? A weak attempt to build a false equivalency, much like one would do with Hitler with Cesar Milan because "hey... they both like dogs".

[uhnope]

7. Waitaminute. Claim was Snowden supported Paul financially & you said "debunked". But it's true.

It's not debunked at all. No one said Snowden made racist statement. Someone said Snowden supported Ron Paul, and it's true.
You a little bit touchy on the subject?

[Cooley Hurd]

8. No, the story, liked repeatedly on DU, was that he agreed with Paul on some things...

...that, as a civil libertarian and as an opponent of the Iraq war, I agree with.

Just so you know, I voted for President Obama two times with fucking tears in my eyes knowing I was making history by doing so. Now the tears well up because I'm disappointed that he hasn't reversed what Bush unleashed via the Patriot Act and the farcical "War on Terror".

You bet I'm touchy!

[uhnope]

11. so you're responding here to something somewhere else.

All the post said was that Snowden support Paul financially, and that's true. Right?

We've got to be rational here and keep perspective. Pres.McCain or Romney would have us bombing Iran by now and invading who knows where. There's a huge list of things I'm glad Obama's done, and I am sure you're glad about them too. Take a deep breath.

[Cooley Hurd]

13. Perspective is something you're clearly lacking...

Country is BIGGER than PARTY. EOM.

[uhnope]

16. now you're actually making no sense. ODS

strikes deep

[Cooley Hurd]

17. I'm an Obama supporter who is very disappointed that he has not curbed the overreach.

Search my username on DU1, DU2 and DU3, skippy...

ODS! You're new here, aren't you?

[uhnope]

18. you do understand that Snowden gave $ to Ron Paul, don't you?

You haven't even addressed that. You said it was "debunked" when it's true. That's irrational. And irrationality is a sign of ODS, which can strike anyone. I think you got it.

[Cooley Hurd]

19. And that changes the NSA overreach how?

Address THAT, Skippy!

[leftynyc]

29. Why are you changing the subject

now that you were nailed telling a lie? You said the FACT that he financially supported Paul was debunked - no, it was not. So now you want to change the subject and post moronic smilies? That's what you consider intelligent conversation? So now that you can't tag me with the newbie label, what are you going to try and do now?

[Cooley Hurd]

36. No, not changing the subject...

...but it begs the question - why are you attacking the messenger and not the inherent ill. Are you in favor of what the NSA is doing?

[Cryptoad]

12. so he donated money to his campaign,,,,,,?

The Paulist are playing you Demotarians big time!

[Cooley Hurd]

15. Now I'm a "Demotarian"?

What the fuck is that, even?

[7962]

26. So you voted the second time with tears in your eyes too?

Even after Obama took what several policies W had started and expanded them even further? Most of this was known in 2012, as discussed here on DU many times. Not that you would have voted for romney, but what bothers you now was being done before the election.
And I apologize for questioning your emotions, but what history was being made the second time?

[Cooley Hurd]

35. Yes, since I knew I was voting to save America from the likes of Romney...

...who was clearly the greater of two evils.

[leftynyc]

28. Just to clarify

It's okay for him to financially support a racist just as long as he hasn't made racist statements himself? That about cover it?

[7962]

37. Only a select few get to be tarnished! You have it crystal clear.

[baldguy]

20. Really?

Edward Snowden apparently a Ron Paul supporter
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/06/10/edward-snowden-apparently-a-ron-paul-supporter/

Edward Snowden Is A Ron Paul Supporter
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/10/edward-snowden-ron-paul_n_3414992.html

NSA whistleblower supported Ron Paul’s presidential run
http://rt.com/usa/snowden-nsa-ron-paul-481/

Glenn Greenwald praises Ron Paul
http://mises.org/community/blogs/tokyotom/archive/2007/11/08/gg.aspx

Good Ron Paul Article by Glenn Greenwald
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?32833-Good-Ron-Paul-Article-by-Glenn-Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald Taking Flak for Defending Ron Paul
http://consultingbyrpm.com/blog/2010/05/glenn-greenwald-taking-flak-for-defending-ron-paul.html

Seems to have been proven repeatedly, in fact. Do you actually know how Google works?

[7962]

38. BOOM!

[Bradical79]

34. Strawman argument

Taking that line of thinking a bit further, I can only assume you worship the ground Dick Cheney walks on. Get some new material.

[baldguy]

39. Not a strawman. Just exposing the hypocrisy of Snowden, Greenwald & their supporters.

And Snowden & Cheney are birds of a feather: arrogance personified, breaking the law & violating their oaths of secrecy for political gain. Cheney's just mad because he didn't think of it first.

[Half-Century Man]

9. Did note they don't have Jewish or Arabic speakers cluttering up the Anti-Semitic conference.

Well, I not doubting their expertise on anti Semitic rhetoric.

I thought the JDL (Jewish Defense League) was the most hard core anti-Semites in North America.

[Bluenorthwest]

10. I read a bunch of his newsletters as they came out, he's always been a hyper racist anti gay

hater of Jews and that was the core of the publication. It was amazing to me that the author had been elected to anything, from anywhere, even Texas considering the nature of his ongoing materials. To me, he's the definitive Republican racist. And his son is the same, only with a nutria on his head for some inexplicable reason.

[Rebellious Republican]

14. Go figure, who knew?

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3OlO5r25SgY/T0flzYROXjI/AAAAAAAAA-8/ofF2ntakflM/s1600/Ron+Paul+Swanson+-+On+Charity.jpg

[revmclaren]

22. Thank you Rebellious Republican

Some posters on DU need a reality check involving ACTUAL facts once in a while.

'Remember... Facts on the internet are forever. Denying them when they are so easily checked makes one worse than a fool. It makes one a fool and a LIAR!'

[Rebellious Republican]

23. Your welcome...

I just state the obvious, thats all.

[revmclaren]

24. Unfortunately...

some posters here recently seem not to know the difference between 'obvious' and 'oblivious'! So again, thank you!

[Blue_Tires]

30. He also got Randall Terry's official endorsement...

[SoapBox]

25. The true colors of the Paul family.

...this blood sucking (aka, making a living off of government for YEARS) creep needs to be exposed.

[7962]

27. Careful pulling out THAT fact!

There are PLENTY of those in Congress right now or used to be. On both sides of the aisle. Some have NEVER worked for anything BUT government.

[heaven05]

32. ???

dangerous bigoted 1%ers. Stinking idiots.

[Sunlei]

40. O Canada! Our home and native land. True patriot love in all thy sons command.

Canada allows this kind of invasion?