When a politician is swayed by the people who give them money, I can see where there would be a concern. But if your principles are immutable, it doesn’t matter who gives you money. They support your principles with their donation.

See also how James Joyner accepts advertisements on Outside the Beltway from PETA, an organization with close ties to domestic terror groups. He doesn’t agree with them, but he’s fine with them funding his blog. Won’t keep him from enjoying a nice Murder Steak, and he’ll laugh all the way to the bank with a fully belly of dead cows.

Paul is a white nationalist of the Stormfront type who has always kept his racial views and his views about world Judaism quiet because of his political position.

Heh. The Truthers say the same thing. They say Paul supports them, but has to keep quiet about it in public. So not only do these groups believe in crazy conspiracies (OMG the Jews and black people! OMG the government did 9/11!), they actually believe that people who speak out against their theories are actually people who support them. Sort of like how some gay people who think that anyone who has any sort of viscerally negative reaction to homosexuality is a closet homosexual. Conspiracies within conspiracies. Such is their nature.

Also, the SPLC is one of the most ridiculous non-profits in the United States. They have an endowment of around 150 million dollars yet they continue to write appeals seeking millions of dollars each year to conduct their programs. The SPLC has a larger endowment than many universities.

This is the whole reason why candidates for public office either return the donations or pass them along to charity. They want to stop talking about it and instead talk about issues that will help them get elected.

Ron Paul is just demonstrating that he needs better campaign advisers.

Even if you don’t think he’s allied with them, either knowingly or just an useful idiot, ask yourself this: What would the liberal media and the Dems do to Paul if he became the face of the Republican party, or even apart of it?

Rightwingsparkle on December 20, 2007 at 6:43 AM

Not really an unimpeachable source

Money is an object and has no morality, at least in this case.

thegreatbeast on December 20, 2007 at 12:00 AM

Translation: It’s OK when Paul keeps questionable money, but other people are held to a different standard.

The “Commander” of the American National Socialist Workers Party (i.e., the “Nazis”) has posted the following statement over at VNN, another leading White Supremacist hate-site.

Comrades:

I have kept quiet about the Ron Paul campaign for a while, because I didn’t see any need to say anything that would cause any trouble. However, reading the latest release from his campaign spokesman, I am compelled to tell the truth about Ron Paul’s extensive involvement in white nationalism.
Both Congressman Paul and his aides regularly meet with members of the Stormfront set, American Renaissance, the Institute for Historic Review, and others at the Tara Thai restaurant in Arlington, Virginia, usually on Wednesdays. This is part of a dinner that was originally organized by Pat Buchanan, Sam Francis and Joe Sobran, and has since been mostly taken over by the Council of Conservative Citizens.
I have attended these dinners, seen Paul and his aides there, and been invited to his offices in Washington to discuss policy.
For his spokesman to call white racialism a “small ideology” and claim white activists are “wasting their money” trying to influence Paul is ridiculous. Paul is a white nationalist of the Stormfront type who has always kept his racial views and his views about world Judaism quiet because of his political position.
I don’t know that it is necessarily good for Paul to “expose” this. However, he really is someone with extensive ties to white nationalism and for him to deny that in the belief he will be more respectable by denying it is outrageous — and I hate seeing people in the press who denounce racialism merely because they think it is not fashionable.

All wingnut nazis?

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I first wrote about this in October — but it seems that Ron Paul is still holding on to that racist cash, despite his fund raising success. I guess that there is no contributor odious enough to be rejected –……

It appears to be accurate. I guess some sort of income tax has to remain, although I think it should be GREATLY reduced.

muyoso on December 19, 2007 at 9:19 PM

Table 464, Federal Receipts by Source: 1990 to 2006 (Excel required)…the individual income tax for 2005 was $927 billion out of $2.153 trillion in total federal receipts…or 43%.

Check that out.

It appears to be accurate. I guess some sort of income tax has to remain, although I think it should be GREATLY reduced.

If that is accurate then obviously removing the income tax is impossible. I do question the accuracy of that, but assuming it is true, then I will concede.