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    Ron Paul Suddenly Doesn't Want to Talk to Reporters About His Racist Newsletters

    Ron Paul Suddenly Doesn't Want to Talk to Reporters About His Racist Newsletters

    Ron Paul furrowed his eyebrows before storming off completely during a CNN interview addressing allegations that he made money and won fame with the help of a sometimes racist series of newsletters back in the 1990s. Paul is the same candidate that many have said has been ignored by the media  -- some would say, though, he's not -- but since he's been climbing in the polls and suddenly appears to be a real contender in the Republican primary race, the media's turned up the heat. CNN's Gloria Borger was just starting to grill Paul about the details of his involvement in the racist newsletters, when the candidate stonewalled her. "Why don't you go back and look at what I said yesterday on CNN and what I’ve said for 20-something years. 22 years ago?" Paul said right at the outset. "I didn't write them, I disavow them, that's it."

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    Borger, like a good journalist, pressed on for a few seconds before urging Paul to react to what people are saying about the two-decade old allegations. "These things are pretty incendiary," Borger said. "Because of people like you," Paul snapped back, just before he pulled off his microphone and headed for the door. "I appreciate your answering the questions, and you understand it's our job to ask them," the reporter said, almost apologetically as Paul was leaving.

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    Later, when talking about the incident on air, Situation Room host Wolf Blitzer suggested that Paul "got tired of talking about" the allegations. "He clearly thinks it's irrelevant," Borger told Blitzer. "It’s clearly a question he’d rather not be asked."

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    Update: As many of our commenters have pointed out, it could be argued that CNN edited the original video. Some feel that the network sensationalized the situation more than it ought to have. See for yourself in this unedited version, courtesy of Reddit:

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    • Never Die Easy  •  Indianapolis, Indiana  •  4 mths ago
      Now all the people who were too lazy to read the newspapers or watch the news as the reports came out at the time are suddenly whining they could have at least showed more evidence that many are already aware of.
    • Laura  •  San Jose, Costa Rica  •  4 mths ago
      People laugh at Ron Paul because in his 23 years in Congress he only passed one law. Would we all not be better off if all Congressmen only passed one law? Why do you want these people regulating every aspect of your life?
    • D. K  •  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  •  4 mths ago
      I watched the vido and he does not storm off. How does the media get away with these outrageous headlines, hoping that the reader will not go further to check out the facts? Ron paul 2012--he obviously has the banksters, lobbyists and liars nervous.
    • Bill  •  Boston, Massachusetts  •  5 mths ago
      The least you could do is provide a link to the interview. The people should be allowed to formulate their own opinions. Nobody cares what Adam Clark Estes has to say about the interview. You cannot tell us how to think. Provide a link next time and maybe you'll receive a shred of credibility as a writer instead of a propaganda spewer.
      • Deke 5 mths ago
        With how the current generation is being raised, you will be able to tell them what to think eventually.
      • HappyToBeMe 5 mths ago
        I don't believe Ron Paul wrote those articles. He is far too consistent in protecting the rights of individuals. Are you interested in what Ron Paul really thinks about racism? I have heard him speak on this topic, in fact google Jay Leno Ron Paul interview. He covers many important topics. Every time I hear him speak and clarify what the media skews to support their own agenda, I like him all the more.

        “Racism is simply an ugly form of collectivism, the mindset that views humans strictly as members of groups rather than individuals. By encouraging Americans to adopt a group mentality, the advocates of so called “diversity” actually perpetuate racism. Their obsession with racial group identity is inherently racist. We should understand that racism will endure until we stop thinking in terms of groups and begin thinking in terms of individual liberty.”—Ron Paul

        “We don’t get our rights because we are women, or gays, or minorities. We get our rights from our Creator as individuals, so every individual should be treated the same way.”—Ron Paul.
      • Dick 5 mths ago
        Here's a thought #$%$ Get yourself to a computer, go to CNN and watch the interview. Dolt!
    • KH  •  5 mths ago
      Why not show the interview? It would probably show good reason as to why he walked away.
      • Kelli 5 mths ago
        yes, show it please! because she "was behaving like a journalist" I am so sick of the #$%$ so-called journalists in this country, they need to do their jobs and quit giving us their opinions!!!
      • Michael N 5 mths ago
        ummm, maybe you could go to CNN and watch it there?
      • Umad 5 mths ago
        I think you missed the point Michael...
    • James  •  5 mths ago
      Show the UNEDITED video and let us decide for ourselves. Stop spoon feeding us drivel and nacho flavored crappaste.
      • In my opinion 5 mths ago
        They can attempt to feed you anything they like - its one of our basic freedoms. And YOU have the option of "eating" what they feed you - another FREEDOM - that of CHOICE.
      • Houston 5 mths ago
        You could have watched the whole interview on CNN but you Ron Paul Supporters are too stupid to do that !
      • John 5 mths ago
        Houston....you have a problem. no really you are stupid
    • Joe  •  5 mths ago
      Wow just watched the interview this makes it sound like he is a conceded jackwagon not wanting to answer a question. The lady doesn't get off of the same question, that I guess he was interviewed about the previous day. He answer's all the questions and they keep pressing him on it like he is going to change his tune. I have to say I'm liking this guy more and more. The more I look into him it gives me more of a reason to want to go out and vote because I got to be honest I ain't at all happy with anyone else.
      • D A 5 mths ago
        Me too Joe, I read up on his policy and immediately knew he was getting my vote.
      • Charles 5 mths ago
        Thank god there are some guys that are open minded enough to not believe all the lies spewed at us by the elite owned media, and will actually do a little work to figure things out on your own instead of being lazy and letting so-called experts tell you what to think. I wish there were a lot more of us.
      • Rampage 5 mths ago
        Ron Paul 2012. The real deal. A true patriot.
    • Magilla  •  Beaverton, Oregon  •  5 mths ago
      The media has turned up the heat on every GOP leader except Romney. No need to ask why.
      • 0bamney 5 mths ago
        We are being set up. The media won't go after Romney until he wins the nomination. Then they will smear him to ensure 0bama's victory.
      • Jeff Tucker 5 mths ago
        Romney is a bought and paid for puppet.He looks good on tv and does whatever the puppeteer wants and says what the big media wants him to say.
      • DT 5 mths ago
        Oooooh, a big plot by the "media". Oh give it a rest. Geez. No wonder you vote republican.
    • Loni  •  Dayton, Ohio  •  5 mths ago
      ........." First they Ignore You, Then they laugh at You, then they Attack You.....( Then They call you a "Racist hater" and Lie about You)......then You Win." ----M. Gandi
    • JustTruthPlease  •  5 mths ago
      Irrelevant? And how! But consistent with a media that cannot avoid telling us what we don't need to know: who bought the $88M NYC apt.; how much a "celebrity" paid for their house/car/purse/facelift/. Drivel is now virtually all they can offer. They have made themselves meaningless.
    • Dwayne  •  Austin, Texas  •  5 mths ago
      good journalism? Don't think so. A two year old could research Dr. Paul's record of giving free medical care to the poor including blacks, wanting to end the drug war which targets blacks, fighting for 30 years for people of all races to be treated equally. How many times should he answer such an inane question when this so called journalist should be asking questions about NDAA, the fed, the wars, the bloated government that is spending us into oblivion. Libertarians are polar opposites to racists as all are treated as individuals.
    • nsa522  •  5 mths ago
      Ron Paul should bring a digital voice recorder of his answer to this question in one of the interviews. Then once he is asked again he just need to play the recorder to give the answer.
    • Deberah Bringelson  •  5 mths ago
      I watched the interview. Clearly a talking head who loves listening to herself talk. She asked, he answered. Then the talking heads interviewed each other.....congratulated themselves and discussed among themselves the asks, the answers and the fact that they're not capable of understanding the very clear answers. In addition to shutting down the Fed....I vote we shut down corporate run media and talking heads.............
    • Brett  •  Denver, Colorado  •  5 mths ago
      if you support the drug war you are a racist. if you are invading other countries just because their poor to get their natural resources your a racist. if you dont support ron paul.. you guessed it, your a racist. how does that feel?
    • Kel  •  Houston, Texas  •  5 mths ago
      did any of them ask obama about Ayers, Wright, Immelt, Trumka, Soros, black panthers, Blagojevich, Rezco, Fast and Furious, Holder, Weiner
    • Brother Splinter  •  5 mths ago
      Hey CNN. It's not news. It has been examined, explained, and understood by any and all intelligent people. The fact that you ask the question AGAIN makes several telling statements. Not about Ron Paul, mind you. But about YOU, CNN. I really never thought much about Ron Paul . . . never saw him as a serious contender. But when CNN does something as blatantly slanted and desperate as this, it makes me want to check him out a little more. Sorry, Mitt. I'm checking Ron Paul out and see what it is about him that has CNN afraid. And I think the best thing about it is that Mr. Paul had enough self-respect and gumption to walk out! I think I'm starting to like this guy.
    • Rob C  •  Honolulu, Hawaii  •  5 mths ago
      this garbage writer, Adam Clark Estes, has the gall to label this link "Ron Paul Suddenly Doesn't Want to Talk to Reporters About His Racist Newsletters". #$%$
    • Richie  •  5 mths ago
      I see the jew media is doing its best to put Ron Paul on the cross. First they have to get Helen Thomas and Mel Gibson off.
    • RichG  •  5 mths ago
      I think it's pretty ridiculous that they keep bringing it up. I'm not the biggest Ron Paul supporter, but come on, the guy has explained numerous times that he had nothing to do with those comments. I'm not sure that there's a "media conspiracy" to bury Ron Paul, but the media sure isn't helping it's case by continuing to bring this up every chance they get. Plenty of people of color have said he's not racist, Herman Cain considers him a friend, his district in Texas is pretty diverse and he keeps getting elected over and over again...if he were racist there's no way he'd be elected from that district.
    • James  •  Guangzhou, China  •  5 mths ago
      Biased journalism at it's finest. The article completely overlooks the fact that the rumor of Ron Paul being involved with racist newsletters was debunked a long time ago. But of course the media establishment (which is terrified of Ron Paul) doesn't want the sheep to know that. Adam Clarke Estes is just another sock puppet.
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