From History News Network:
After Ron Paul raised questions about possible past Federal Reserve misdeeds including allegations of involvement in Watergate payoffs, Ben Bernanke answered smugly: "These specific allegations you've made, I think are absolutely bizarre."
The crowd reflexively laughed at Dr. No's perceived looniness and pundits have already depicted his concerns as "wild" and "odd."
Well, it seems that Paul may have been onto something...or at the very least raised legitimate questions that deserve investigation. A few minutes on Google news produced this 1982 story from theMilwaukee Sentinel by Richard Bradee of the paper's Washington Bureau:
"Police who searched the room the Watergate burglars used found $4,200 in $100 dollar bills, all numbered in sequence. Proxmire asked the Federal Reserve Board where the money came from. As he explained in a letter to the late Rep. Wright Patman (D-Tex.), chairman of the House Banking Committee: "I got the biggest run-around in years. They ducked, misled, lied, and gave me the idiot treatment."
Would an idiot include racism in his newsletters? http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/angry-white-man?page=0,2&id=e2f15397-a3c7-4720-ac15-4532a7da84ca
Ron Paul:
"I have never uttered such words and denounce such small-minded thoughts. [...]
This story is old news and has been rehashed for over a decade. [...]
When I was out of Congress and practicing medicine full-time, a newsletter was published under my name that I did not edit. Several writers contributed to the product. For over a decade, I have publically taken moral responsibility for not paying closer attention to what went out under my name."
Now shush, Herbaugh.
Herbaugh, perhaps you should perform some amount of research before you speak such nonsense (as Druk pointed out).
Concerning what Ron Paul said, I would like to point out that there is actually a book concerning these topics that was written by a reputable professor at The University of Texas at Austin entitled Deception and Abuse at the Fed. I plan on purchasing it later today.
Herbaugh,
Do you actually think you can come up with an attack on Ron Paul we haven't all heard before. The whole racist issue was raised by every ignorant clown on the MSM during the presidential campaign in 2008, as that is the only thing they have to try and degrade Dr. Paul's character. If you would actually listen to Ron Paul's explanation of the issue, you would see that he did not write anything of the sort, yet took full responsibility for the statement and has apologized for what was in the writing.
Leave it up to those who love to deceive others, such as Ben Bernanke and yourself, to use ignorant claims which have no grounding in fact or logic to advance your goals.
Nice comeback, Herbaugh.
I considered marking that comment as spam. But then I figured you all would take care of it...which you more than did XD
"Austin NAACP President Nelson Linder, who has known Ron Paul for 20 years, unequivocally dismissed charges that the Congressman was a racist in light of recent smear attempts, and said the reason for him being attacked was that he was a threat to the establishment."
Either way it doesn't really matter. This movement isn't even about Ron Paul or any man. It is about an idea, and ideas are bulletproof.
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