Topic: New Focus on Incendiary Words in Paul’s Newsletters
By JIM RUTENBERG and RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.
Ron Paul is getting some of the heat as he is rising in the polls. It seems that as a candidate gets more popular, all the reporters start cracking down on his or her life in the past. With Ron Paul, issues of his newsletter in the past have sprung up and people are starting to ask questions. His newsletter is very controversial now because of the many anti-gay, racist, and many other offending statements. He has been given heat about this earlier in his career and has explained that it was not he who wrote many of the articles of the newsletter, but because his name is on the newsletter, he has to live with it. He said he did not examine the publications closely because he was busy as a physician and he was giving speeches around the country as well. While he was on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”, he was seen as being a bit hypocritical with his comments about Bachmann and Santorum judging by newsletters. When Paul was questioned about his newsletters before, he commented that he has no idea that his newsletter was listed by a neo-Nazi group as recommended reading. He has survived questions before, so he will be able to survive them again. Again, people are just looking for another reason to drop another candidate off the polls. This is all part of the process and how Paul reacts and deals with the situation is what voters look at. There are rumors that because of his participation in the newsletter that he will lose some of his younger voters, but it seems as though it does not matter to them because Paul has given no indication that he advocates the beliefs portrayed in his newsletters. Voters are looking for a candidate that can withstand everything that comes at them and handle it in a mature manner. That could be an indication that the candidate will be able to withstand situations presented to him when he or she becomes President of the United States. Bottom Line: People want a secure President, someone who knows how to handle any problem given to him or her. I think it is safe to say that just because of past issues; Ron Paul will not be hacked down that easily.
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