Brian (Miller) has a habit of seeing/hearing people say/do what he wants them to have said/done. But "some of the material is damning" is understatement par excellence ...
... and the worst of it is that Paul continues to indulge in the Clinton/Reno version of "taking responsibility," which amounts saying "I take responsibility [insert caveats and excuses here]" and hoping it goes away. Let's be honest here: The initial newsletter brouhaha was, in my opinion, significant, but at least it could be talked up as an "isolated ghostwriter screwup" until this stuff came out. Now, depending on which material one considers offensive, the problematic time period involved may be as long as 17 years. Assuming even a low threshold of offendedness, it's probably at LEAST two years long. That puts a whole different blush on the "oh, a ghostwriter wrote that and it just slipped out" excuse. It's one thing to believe that Paul missed vetting an issue before it went out. It's another thing entirely to believe that Paul allowed a newsletter to be published under his good name year after year without ever once noticing what the hell was in that newsletter or taking action to put a stop to stuff he now says he finds repugnant. Furthermore, who is the ghostwriter? Was he fired once the repugnant material came to Paul's attention? Or does he remain one of Paul's closest advisors and most vigorous promoters? I can't PROVE that Lew Rockwell is the ghostwriter in question, but I'm not the only one thinking it. If Paul is elected president, will anonymous racist and homophobic ghostwriters be put to work churning out executive orders and legislative proposals, with Paul later "taking moral responsibility" AFTER the damage has been done? Regards, Tom Knapp
