The New York times ran a really viscious hit piece against Ron Paul, full of unsubstantiated innuendo and followed up by a really contrived video. [Link.] Disgusting. I sent a comment to them, but I don’t know if they will publish it or not.

My comment was as follows …

What is the point of this article?

As I understand it, Nationalial Socialism is the same as Nazi, right?

Let’s consider the following:

1. If Ron Paul were a racist, it would not be in Bill Whites interest to reveal it. So the story sounds pretty implausible from the get-go.

2. Can we really trust what a Nationalist Socialist says? Especially when he addresses us as “comrades”?

3. That Ron Paul has eaten at the Thai restaurant, Tara Thai, is a matter of public record and available on the Internet. Bill White has access to Ron Paul’s public records just like everyone else. So the fact that Ron Paul has eaten at a popular Thai restaurant certainly confirms nothing. So why is the NYT reporting as if it did? Can I say, foul ball. By the way, the quote about the restaurant should have been clearly identified as being someone other than Ron Paul.

4. So when white supremacists all get together to discuss their views on how superior the white race is they do so in a *Thai* restaurant? Please.

5. The claim about the Robert Taft club sounds like a he-said-this-on-that-site, where someone else said this, and he knows so and so, so he must be a racists, and as he’s the club’s president, they must all be racists. It’s pretty weak. Moreover, I don’t even think Ron Paul knew the club existed until he got the invitation. The speech was aired on C-SPAN, so I guess C-SPAN is racist as well? Then perhaps all of us who happen to watch the speech are … what exactly?

6. What is the deal with that video? Shouldn’t the NYT have higher standards than that? The whole video seems very contrived. Ultimately, even if there are racists who are throwing their support behind Ron Paul, that does not mean he supports them. He adamantly doesn’t. Can we please stop asking Ron Paul if he has stopped beating his wife?