Don Black (Photo: Stormfront.org)
Ron Paul was a hot topic this week on the talk radio show hosted by prominent white supremacist Don Black and his son Derek. Mr. Black said he received Mr. Paul’s controversial newsletters when they were first published about two decades ago and described how the publications were perceived by members of the white supremacist movement. Former KKK Grand Wizard and Louisiana Congressman David Duke also phoned in to explain why he’s voting for Mr. Paul.
“Everybody, all of us back in the 80′s and 90′s, felt Ron Paul was, you know, unusual in that he had actually been a Congressman, that he was one of us and now, of course, that he has this broad demographic–broad base of support,” Mr. Black said on his broadcast yesterday.
Mr. Black is a former Klansman and member of the American Nazi Party who founded the “white nationalist” website Stormfront in 1995. He donated to Mr. Paul in 2007 and has been photographed with the candidate. Mr. Paul has vocal supporters in Stormfront’s online forum. Mr. Black has repeatedly said he doesn’t currently think Mr. Paul is a “white nationalist.“
Mr. Paul’s newsletters contained threats of a “coming race war,” worries about America’s “disappearing white majority and warning against “the federal-homosexual cover-up on AIDS.” He has since denied writing the newsletters, which appeared under his own name.
“I didn’t write them, I disavow them, that’s it,” Mr. Paul said in a tense CNN interview.
On Monday, Mr. Black said he originally believed the newsletters were written by Mr. Paul.
“They went out under his name in the first person and most people receiving these newsletters, including me, thought he really did write them,” Mr. Black said.
Mr. Black said he understood why Mr. Paul would want to distance himself from the newsletters.
“It was written in the first person frequently and, you know, a normal person would have thought that Ron Paul must have written this, or at least whoever wrote it must have did so with the approval of Ron Paul, but things change,” Mr. Black said. “So, now that he has this new base of support of course, he’s having–frantically trying to disavow himself from the newsletters, and I agree the newsletters were a little over the top.”
Mr. Duke, who was something of a mentor to Mr. Black during their days in the Klan, called in to discuss Mr. Paul. Though he said he wasn’t ready to make an official endorsement, Mr. Duke explained why he’ll be voting for Mr. Paul.
“Again, I go back to that, you know, traditional topic that I always talk about, you know, the powers of international Zionism–a power in banking, a power in media, a power in government influence, in campaign finance–a power that’s, you know, hurting the values of this country on behalf of Israel,” Mr. Duke said. “So, I would vote for Ron Paul at this moment because he’s one of the few candidates who have policies in this regard and this realm that I wholeheartedly support, and that’s why I’d vote for him.”
Mr. Paul’s anti-Federal Reserve, small government platform appeals to many on the far right. In the wake of the controversy over the newsletters, he’s increasingly faced questions about his white supremacist supporters, but he has declined to disavow their backing.
“If they want to endorse me, they’re endorsing what I do or say — it has nothing to do with endorsing what they say,” Mr. Paul told the New York Times on Sunday.
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The truth is many people voted for McCain/Palin because of Obama’s race. I wish we would think about it for a second.
The truth is many people voted for McCain/Palin because of Obama’s race. I wish we would think about it for a second.
Tim E. you are wrong.The truth is that many people did their homework & foind bho to be a socialist or worse.You don’t sit in a church that spouts hatred for 20 yrs. & not know what is going on within that church.You do not have that pastor marry you to your wife.You do not allow that pastor to christen your babies. You are not a Friend to Bill Ayers of the Weatherford Underground.You do not have a campaign at Ayers home.Why would I vote for a person who refused to do something as simple as wear an American Flag lapel pin or put his hand over his heart when our National Anthem is player,salute our Flag?The only time bho wears the Flag lapel pin is when he is in campaign mode.How about hie banner that is on Air Force One. Despicable !!! Unfit for office !!!
the banner in which you refer to was photo shopped , cut and pasted …..the ni66er is a valid number registered with the faa…however it is a privately owned 2 seat single engine t-28c airplane…….try thinking for yourself and doing research before spewing lies and hate……don’t believe me google it!
I never will understand why these dopes keep returning to the same discredited sources that repeatedly provide them with FALSE information.
The Right Wing has created a boiler room industry of writers who cook up and photoshop alarmist intel that boobs like the ‘guest’ fellow obligingly believe and learn to be false.
Again. And. Again
the banner in which you refer to was photo shopped , cut and pasted …..the ni66er is a valid number registered with the faa…however it is a privately owned 2 seat single engine t-28c airplane…….try thinking for yourself and doing research before spewing lies and hate……don’t believe me google it!
Really, is Reverend Wright any worse than any of those white right wing evangelical scumbags who poison their flocks’ minds like Hagee, Haggard, Falwell or Palin’s nutty endtimes church?
The World would have been a far better place if Rev. Wright had been elected President in 2008, instead of serial killing tyrant Barack Obama
The World would have been a far better place if Rev. Wright had been elected President in 2008, instead of serial killing tyrant Barack Obama
LOL. At least with Wright, we knew what we would get. Rather than the corrupt, ball-less, gun-running Obama. He cant even keep his Attorney General in check.
The World would have been a far better place if Rev. Wright had been elected President in 2008, instead of serial killing tyrant Barack Obama
Weatherford Underground.
Did their homework.
I LOL-ed.
If they would pull their collective heads of the sand they would see that President Obama has been one of the best republican presidents ever. Business friendly – got the most of the hated illegals deported – got Osama. etc etc etc.
But they are doing research and screaming socialist – yet they don’t even know what socialism is. Fools one and all.
You are drowning in the kool aid
But he “Wants to Believe”
Where I live I encountered dozens of white liberals who openly stated the only reason they were voting for Obama in the Democratic primary was because he was black.
Where I live I encountered dozens of white liberals who openly stated the only reason they were voting for Obama in the Democratic primary was because he was black.
Where I live I found most, even people I was surprised at refused to vote for Obama because he was black. So your point is….
The point is you live in a racist Sh@thole. You should move and stop pushing your race obsessed local view on everyone.
Yeah – its Atlanta – You know Newts home town. But I have lived all over the US and it is just the same.
You must live in Valhalla
Where I live I encountered dozens of white liberals who openly stated the only reason they were voting for Obama in the Democratic primary was because he was black.
The same way that many voted for Obama because of his race.
I’m voting for Ron Paul! I do not believe he wrote the letters. Bring the troops home! Legalize the Constitution!
But he sent those letters out, right? At best, your excuse shows complete lack of executive abilities and oversight on RP’s part
Actually he didn’t send them out either. Just like he doesn’t send out any of the campaign letters I receive from John Tate and others. I get all kinds of letters from Ron Paul that he didn’t write and has never read. But now he’s in the spotlight. So if someone like John Tate wrote something in one of his campaign letters that was off color, he’d know about it pretty quick. You see then, he had people that had similar philosophies to Paul carry on the letters after Paul gave them up. They kept his name on them, to continue the “brand”. But essentially, they were no longer his letters. Since there were only a few comments in hundreds of letters, no one noticed or objected so he never knew about them until his campaign. He objected to the statements, but wouldn’t sell out the writers because he’s extremely loyal.
I thought we were out of Iraq and the draw down has started in Afghanistan, after all someone finally got Bin Laden.
You must get your current events from Fox.
Most of those coming home from Iran have new orders to go to Afghanistan. Talk to someone in the military rather than getting your current events from the media.
Middle class Asian man here voting for Ron Paul. Hate to say it but the current establishment and it’s rape of the poor and middle class, and its behavior of pissing on the constitution, is a bigger threat than these radical groups at the moment.
Big government, business, media, and sometimes religion, are all in bed together in one big orgy. It’s got to stop.
I agree. Every candidate has done things in the past that are unsavory. No one has the exception to that rule. Ron Paul is the only candidate that will end America’s ‘world police’ agenda. If we end the occupations, we will stop being hated by every other nation.
Google Jon Huntsman.
Why did I get a picture and article about a cars saleman? Oh that’s Hunstman?
No, that was actually Richard Nixon Jolene….
No, that was actually Richard Nixon Jolene….
Why did I get a picture and article about a cars saleman? Oh that’s Hunstman?
ok middle class asian man but you will be singing a different tune when they send you to a concentration camp to be killed for being asian.
OMG! please.
yerbina77 – You are laughably absurd. The more people hate on Ron Paul, the more I support him. The insanity of left / right politics boggles the mind. Don’t get sucked into it people…
Maybe your talking about Obama there Yerbina77? Your man on the hill has made it quite clear where he stands on Americans being interred into ‘camps’ NDAA, Drones in America, Fema camps being placed on 72 hour standby notice. Or perhaps you’re a Republican, and you think the Patriot act, TSA groping old women, and a complete police state is what the American Republic was meant to be. Either way, you’re chasing strawmen and giving up the liberties all those men and women fought and died for. Explain why we now have TSA checkpoints in the middle of Tennesse yet the southern border is all theatrics when it come to security. Or how about ‘Operation Fast and furious’ where the government gave guns to Mexican drug gangs in order to terrorise the U.S. populace and get a hold on stealing away our 2nd amendment rights. Hell, they don’t even deny it anymore. It’s all out there. But, you’d rather get your news from Entertainment Tonight. Idiot.
I’m not sure how removing any and all regulations on corporate American (Paul standard stump speech) is going to benefit anyone but them. Most of the rest of us will have to pay to clean up afterwards. I don’t understand why RON PAUL people don’t understand this.
I’m not sure how removing any and all regulations on corporate American (Paul standard stump speech) is going to benefit anyone but them. Most of the rest of us will have to pay to clean up afterwards. I don’t understand why RON PAUL people don’t understand this.
You’ve spent far too long under Bush and his brother, Black Bush. The President cant do any of those things, unless you support the status quo of ruling through executive order. Even if he wins, Paul isnt a king and cannot just make laws or repeal them. That is Congress and the Supreme Court’s job. I dont know why you dont understand how the system is supposed to work and I blame you for getting us here. Now go throw your vote away and the Obama or the GOP version of Obama.
Ron Paul IS one of them and anyone who votes for that sack of sh*t should hang their head in shame.
Better to vote for murderous serial killer of Muslims like America’s Himmler Barack Obama
Better to vote for murderous serial killer of Muslims like America’s Himmler Barack Obama
Comments like that just goes to show how farking stupid you people are. If you had a clue you’d be dangerous. As it is you are just an ignorant uneducated fark.
Better to vote for murderous serial killer of Muslims like America’s Himmler Barack Obama
Sounds like you should switch to soft hats to match your soft head ‘Southfield’. Ron Paul is not, and was not ‘one of them’. This whole article is a soft smear against Ron Paul. The neo-Nazi knuckle sucker this article is about is about as confused as it gets about history, race, or politics. That is to say, who cares what this chucklehead thinks about anything?! As for the lies contained in this anti-Paul advertisment hidden behind the mask of journalism, CNN cut and edited that “tense interview” to appear like something it wasn’t. The full interview has been released, and is on Youtube for anyone to view. Ron Paul answered every question, and if you did some research you would find that Ron Paul didn’t have anything to do with the writings of Lew Rockwell. Ron Paul is a Libertarian who’s whole concern is to restore the liberties of the American citizens, and that means all races, creeds, and colors. Every other hack running is exactly the status quo that has lead us down the primrose path to feudalism that we now find ourselves on. Anyone who votes for anybody but Ron Paul should hang their head in shame, and renounce their citizenship, for anything but Paul is treason.
A synopsis from Wikipedia:
Ron Paul & Associates (RP&A), Inc. was initiated during 1984 by Paul, who was its President. Lew Rockwell
was its Vice President, Ron Paul’s wife Carol was Secretary, and Lori
Pyeatt was the Treasurer. The company published a variety of
newsletters. An article in Reason magazine, citing tax documents, said that it had revenues of more than $900,000 in 1993.[37] It was dissolved during 2001.[38][39][40][41]
In 1985, RP&A began publishing The Ron Paul Investment Letter[42] and The Ron Paul Survival Report.[19][43] In 1987 it added the more controversial Ron Paul Political Report.[44]
Many articles lacked a byline, yet often invoked Paul’s name or
persona. Critics have described several statements in the newsletters as
racist, such as 95% of black men in Washington, DC being “semi-criminal
or entirely criminal”,[37] and the advice about using an unregistered gun to defend against black criminals.[45]
In 1996, Paul told The Dallas Morning News that the newsletters were accurate but needed to be taken in context. In 2001, he told the Texas Monthly
that his campaign staff told him not to say others had written what was
in the newsletters because it was “too confusing”. In December 2011, on
CNN, Paul,
who was a practicing obstetrician/gynecologist when not in political
office or running for office, said that he only read the newsletters “on
occasion”, did not write them, and disavowed the racist comments in
them
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Ron Paul is backtracking. If he didn’t write or approve the newsletters, then he was reckless for allowing them to be published under his name without ever reviewing the (more likely, he’s a damn liar). Not a man I want in the Oval Office either way.
How happier would Don Black have been if his last name was “white” instead of “black”?
that’s funny…kudos!
hahaha ya know I was gonna write how the irony it is that his last name is black.
hahaha ya know I was gonna write how the irony it is that his last name is black.
David Duke and Don Black are people who should not be existing
Ron Paul NOT A RACIST — but certainly #1 with racists.
Kinda reminds me of Obama, number one with thugs, but not a thug.
A vote for Ron Paul is a vote for Peace.
A vote for any other, including Obama, is a vote for endless war, assassinations, life in detention without charge, crushing debt and enough deficit spending to enslave Americans for generations.
Ok…here goes:
Ron Paul had a news letter where somone said some controversial “racist” comments.
-Deaths Caused by such “racism” from then till today: 0
-Deaths Caused by this “racism in the future: 0
Bill Clinton/George Bush/Obama/Romney/Gingrich/Santorum/Bachmann: Clearly Racisit views AND POLICIES (Or supported policies) against Muslims here and around the world:
-Deaths Caused by such “racism from then (1990′s) till today: 100,000′s of Muslims overseas and (1,000′s of US Troops)
-Deaths Caused by this Racism in the future: Close to 1,000,000 for Muslims overseas as well as 10,000′s of US troops
….Just to put this in perspective
Ron Paul–best of the currant bunch!!
Ron Paul–best of the currant bunch!!
Some of Ron Paul’s supporters seem to support what they’d like him to have said and done, and regard what he’s actually said and done as a kind of distraction.
Hence why in politics the politicians try to be ambiguous and have a foot on each side of the aisle people can think they are on their side.
In my humble opinion, GOV. RICK PERRY is most qualified to
be the next POTUS, Commander-in-Chief, and leader of the FREE WORLD.
No other individual running for POTUS is better prepared, tested, and PROVEN to
be the REAL leader that America needs in this juncture of our history. We are
talking about electing a man that will lead and govern a nation with the 3rd
largest population in the world…over 300,000,000 Americans. Furthermore, we
are talking about electing the leader, of the WORLD’S LARGEST ECONOMY, and the
world’s ONLY SUPERPOWER.
For the last 11-years, GOV. RICK PERRY has successfully governed the state with
the 2nd largest population in our country…a state with 25,000,000 people. In
addition, Texas is the world’s 16th largest economy…bigger than a majority of
the countries worldwide (including Israel). Texas has a 1200 mile border with a
foreign country, it has coastlines and seaports, produces oil in vast
quantities, it has more clean energy windmills than any other state in the
country, it has 20,000 National Guard/Reserves troops…including numerous
major military installations, and Space Center to boot.
GOVERNOR RICK PERRY has served his country as a military officer and pilot in
the USAF. Very importantly, there will be NO DOWN TIME in our country for any
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING with GOV. RICK PERRY.
RICK PERRY’S moral character, belief in God, and CAN DO attitude…will guide
him well…as our future POTUS.
Yeah, never mind that Paul is the only candidate calling for an end to the war on drugs (which disproportionately affects minorities ) and end our military adventurism (which also disproportionately affects minorities). Never mind that as a doctor he never took Medicare or Medicaid but never turned anyone away, often doing the work for free. Also discount the fact that the head of the Austin NAACP stated on live radio that Paul is not a racist and has never said anything sounding racists and is “just a nice guy.” Yeah, I’m sure that Dr. Paul would knowingly take a picture with these assholes.
Since when did any of these people really believe in “small government?” They all believe in big government, they just have their own ideas as to who should be sacrificed the the leviathan state.
Ron Paul conventions must be one giant Klan, Neo-Nazi meeting.
All the other’s want to be KING!!!! Ron wants you to be King of your LIFE!;-))
) Got My Vote!!! Dr. Paul 2012;-))
Yup. King of your own life. Unless perhaps you’re not white, you’re poor and/or you’re gay…