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Lew Rockwell?

by Daryl Sawyer

As a regular reader of lewrockwell.com (and occasional reader of mises.org), I find the allegation that Lew was, himself, behind some of the racist, homophobic screeds found in some of Dr. Paul's past newsletters disturbing, to say the least. Thus far, however, all I've seen here at TFL is vague suggestions about murmurings on message boards regarding Lew's authorship. Would anybody here like to put forth the evidence behind this accusation? If it can't be done, perhaps we should hold back on joining the anti-Rockwell train. Slander—if it is slander—does not help the freedom movement, regardless of whom it is aimed at.

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Open Letter To Lew Rockwell - January 12, 2008

Dear Lew,

You have now had three opportunities –1996, 2001, and 2008 — to prove that you are a friend of Ron Paul and freedom, and you have failed to do so each time.

This week, for the third time, the puerile, racist, and completely un-Pauline comments that all informed people say you have caused to appear in Ron’s newsletters over the course of several years have become an issue in his campaign. This time the stakes are even higher than before. He is seeking nationwide office, the Republican nomination for President, and his campaign is attracting millions of supporters, not tens of thousands.

Three times you have failed to come forward and admit responsibility for and complicity in the scandals. You have allowed Ron to twist slowly in the wind. Because of your silence, Ron has been forced to issue repeated statements of denial, to answer repeated questions in multiple interviews, and to be embarrassed on national television. Your callous disregard for both Ron and his millions of supporters is unconscionable.

If you were Dr. Paul’s friend, or a friend of freedom, as you pretend to be, by now you would have stepped forward, assumed responsibility for those asinine and harmful comments, resigned from any connection to Ron or his campaign, and relieved Ron of the burden of having to repeatedly deny the charges of racism. But you have not done so, and so the scandal continues to detract from Ron’s message.

You know as well as I do that Ron does not have a racist bone in his body, yet those racist remarks went out under his name, not yours. Pretty clever. But now it’s time to man up, Lew. Admit your role, and exonerate Ron. You should have done it years ago.

John Robbins, Ph.D.
Chief of Staff
Dr. Ron Paul, 1981-1985

# posted at by prezronpaul2008

IN RESPONSE TO CARL'S LAST POST:

I spend a week away dealing with a sick car and watching football and all hell breaks loose!

Carl, I think you are doing the right thing. Hanging out in a few of the online discussions that many other Paulists inhabit does show that there are some folks who the Paul campaign should distance themselves from. The fact that quite a few of these were not shown the door speaks volumes.

It has always been my position that Freedom is important for its own sake, not because you are paranoid about THEM (fill in the blank).

I urge you again to look at Huckabee as a member of the Upper Left (even if a few of his followers also have a few warts - although the people he has distanced himself from in his career as a minister, such as the Falwell types in Arkansas - also speaks volumnes).

Huckabee? Fiscally liberal and socially conservative? Ban abortion while soaking the rich for the sake of the populist vote? While I'm not a huge fan of abortion, and I am concerned about the wealth gap, expansion of government power in all possible directions seems rather counter to the "free" part of "free liberalism." The only thing about Huckabee I can consider liking is the vaguely Ron Paul-like noises he's made on the foreign policy issue... but remember, he came to this position even more recently than Hillary did.

# posted at by Tarvok [TypeKey Profile Page]