re: #41 Obdicut

Ron Paul’s extremist connections were, I thought, well-known, as is the strong overlap between libertarians in the US and white supremacists and racists of other stripes— most often the “I’m post-racial” kind.

Rand Paul has certainly carried on that tradition. It’s definitely part of their appeal, the intellectual cover that their kind of whacky libertarianism gives to racist sentiments.

But in terms of GOP candidates, he doesn’t really stand out. Sure, maybe his connections are more overtly racist, but the rest have their supporters, too. And Romney’s desire to deport every last illegal immigrant— after some time for them to get their affairs in order, which is funny— and send them to the ‘back of the line’, is probably more xenophobic than any position Paul has ever taken.

I don’t know about that — it looks like Ron Paul advocates exactly the same ‘no amnesty’ policy:

ronpaul.com

And he goes further — he wants to repeal the 14th amendment and eliminate birthright citizenship. And no social services at all for undocumented immigrants.