Comments on: Ron and Race http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/05/21/ron-and-race/ Just another geek in the geek kingdom Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:38:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Jacob T. Levy http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/05/21/ron-and-race/comment-page-1/#comment-2289 Jacob T. Levy Wed, 23 May 2007 01:56:50 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1792#comment-2289 I was a high-school-kid-for-Ron-Paul enthusiast back in my childish LP days. And I'm pretty sure that I remember finding out that he was at least friendly with the Spotlight/ Liberty Lobby crowd. At the very least, he seemed willing to treat them as respectable on the grounds of shared opposition to the Federal Reserve. I don't remember any concrete thing-- this was almost 20 years ago-- but I do remember that by November of 88 I was a little creeped out. I was a high-school-kid-for-Ron-Paul enthusiast back in my childish LP days. And I’m pretty sure that I remember finding out that he was at least friendly with the Spotlight/ Liberty Lobby crowd. At the very least, he seemed willing to treat them as respectable on the grounds of shared opposition to the Federal Reserve.

I don’t remember any concrete thing– this was almost 20 years ago– but I do remember that by November of 88 I was a little creeped out.

]]> By: Julian Sanchez http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/05/21/ron-and-race/comment-page-1/#comment-2288 Julian Sanchez Wed, 23 May 2007 00:27:04 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1792#comment-2288 Yeah, I think so. The NEA's power is more concentrated on the Dem side -- notice you will hear Republicans bitching about the influence of teacher unions. Nobody dares complain about the AARP. And I think that's consistent with the National Journal rankings of lobbying power, which consistently puts AARP on top, with AIPAC, NEA, NRA, and others jockeying about in the top 5 over time. Yeah, I think so. The NEA’s power is more concentrated on the Dem side — notice you will hear Republicans bitching about the influence of teacher unions. Nobody dares complain about the AARP. And I think that’s consistent with the National Journal rankings of lobbying power, which consistently puts AARP on top, with AIPAC, NEA, NRA, and others jockeying about in the top 5 over time.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/05/21/ron-and-race/comment-page-1/#comment-2287 Anonymous Tue, 22 May 2007 23:30:57 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1792#comment-2287 AARP over NEA? AARP over NEA?

]]> By: SomeCallMeTim http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/05/21/ron-and-race/comment-page-1/#comment-2286 SomeCallMeTim Tue, 22 May 2007 02:05:43 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1792#comment-2286 <i>And, indeed, they apparently didn't hurt his reelection campaign too much even when he wasn't disavowing them—in itself sort of disturbing.</i> Umm...welcome to Texas? That said, these things were said a long time ago, by a Republican from the South. I don't think it says much about where his head is today, and I find it strange indeed that the remarks are somehow disqualifying from someone running for the Republican nomination, rather than the general election. And, indeed, they apparently didn’t hurt his reelection campaign too much even when he wasn’t disavowing them—in itself sort of disturbing.

Umm…welcome to Texas? That said, these things were said a long time ago, by a Republican from the South. I don’t think it says much about where his head is today, and I find it strange indeed that the remarks are somehow disqualifying from someone running for the Republican nomination, rather than the general election.

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