LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON: RAND PAUL IS ACCEPTING MONEY FROM WHITE SUPREMACISTS

When Texas Congressman Ron Paul ran for President in 2007, he was not only getting lots of support from white supremacists, he accepted a $500 donation from Stormfront’s webmaster Don Black. He even posed for a picture of him and his son Derek. Today, despite the fact that he shares his father’s disdain for the Civil Rights Act of 1964, his son Rand Paul leads his Democratic opponent Jack Conway, although a 15-point lead two weeks ago has been whittled down to 3 points now. And, like his daddy, Rand feels it is just fine to take money from white supremacists, namely Virginia Abernethy of the Council of Conservative Citizens and past League of the South members (note in sidebar Rot in Hell “tribute”, than one of that group’s founders was the attorney for Martin Luther King Jr.’s assasin). Now Paul is among those being called “Tea Party Candidates”, and it is getting more and more comical how easy it is to call them out on their racism charge. We are curious to know how tea partiers, especially the ones who went to that Uni-TEA thing in Philly on July 31, how they feel about this. We doubt we will hear anything from them though. Sometimes their stupidity can be just too embarassing.

Courier-Journal

Jack Conway’s U.S. Senate campaign challenged Republican candidate Rand Paul Friday to return $1,400 from three contributors with ties to what it termed white separatist organizations.

Finance and Administration Cabinet Secretary Jonathan Miller, a Conway supporter, told reporters during a teleconference that by accepting contributions from individuals whose views are “explicitly racist” Paul shows his “associations are pretty much contrary to what Kentuckians think and believe.”

“This is an obvious example of folks supporting his very unusual campaign that is way out of touch with Kentucky’s values,” Miller said.

The New York Daily News reported Friday that, according to Federal Election Commission records, “self-described separatist” Virginia Abernethy gave Paul $500 in March; separatist movement leader William Johnson gave him $500 in August 2009; and Carl Ford, a former member of the separatist League of the South, gave Paul $400 in March.

Jesse Benton, Paul’s campaign manager, said in an e-mail that the money would not be returned.

“Dr. Paul is running to repeal Obamacare, create Kentucky jobs and cut out-of-control government debt,” he said. “Money will never buy his vote or influence his position. If people with small-minded ideas give him money, he will simply use it to fight for Kentucky values.”

Conway spokesman John Collins, who held the teleconference with Miller, said in a statement later that “Rand Paul’s association with white separatists … continues a disturbing pattern of not sharing Kentucky values. Paul should return this tainted money.”

Collins said Conway was not available for an interview.

Abernethy, of Nashville, is a retired Vanderbilt University professor and member of the Editorial Advisory Board of The Occidental Quarterly and The Occidental Observer, according to her personal Web site.

According to The Occidental Observer Web site, its mission is to present content on the themes of white identity, white interests and the culture of the West.

According to the Web site, it would attempt to “rectify” the “construction of culture in which legitimate interests of whites have been compromised.”

In a telephone interview, Abernethy said “there are people in the world who are race bullies, race dolts, tools … of the immigrant advocacy groups, and I would say this Democrat is one of them.”

Johnson, a Los Angeles attorney, is chairman of the American Third Position, which “exists to represent the political interests of White Americans,” according to its Web site.

In a telephone interview, Johnson said that “Rand Paul does not know me and I do not know him. I contribute to whomever I think is good for the country, and Rand Paul can do whatever he wants with my money.”

Johnson said he supports Paul because “he is the son of Ron Paul, who is the best politician this country has had in the last 100 years.”

He said racial consciousness is one of his group’s platforms, but “I don’t believe the platform promotes separatism. I think it just promotes an awareness of racial issues.”

Ford, a Mississippi attorney, said in an interview that he is no longer a member of the League of the South, a group whose goal is “to advance the cultural, social, economic, and political well-being and independence of the Southern people by all (honorable) means,” according to its Web site.

Ford said he is not a white separatist but is a member of the Sons of Confederate Victims organization and considers himself “pro-Confederacy and anti-(Abraham) Lincoln.”

“He can keep my money,” Ford said of his contribution to Paul. “If he wants to send it back that’s his business.”