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Ron Paul rode a crappy, racist, "financial newsletter" into a congressional dynasty and near presidency. This monster wasn't created by social media, but it cer
by numbsafari 3y ago
Ron Paul rode a crappy, racist, "financial newsletter" into a congressional dynasty and near presidency. This monster wasn't created by social media, but it certainly has flourished with its help.
Edit: correction as Paul Sr was never a senator. He still published a racist newsletter. It bore his name. He profited from it willingly.
- QuarterReptile 3y agoBesides the rest, Paul was never a senator.
- erulabs 3y agoHe was an editor of a paper that published a racist opinion piece which he disavowed and apologized for allowing it to be published. Also, congressman, not senator. Just for some non-mouth-foamy context. I’d say hyperbole is the monster - and HN is just about as susceptible to it as Facebook is.
- numbsafari 3y agoHe was the publisher, not the editor. Had he been an editor, his later attempts at walking away would have been even more laughable. It’s not like it was some random gig. It was in his name.
- InitialLastName 3y ago> Senatorial dynasty It's only a dynasty if it includes multiple people. His son is a senator. He never was. > near presidency Which race was that? In 1988, he got a full 400,000 votes. In 2008 he got 3% of the vote in the primary, in an election Republicans were almost certainly going to lose no matter who they nominated. In 2012, he got 10%.