Ron Paul's past catches up with him. The guy's a certifiable loon

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New York Times
TEXAS
Past Statements
Haunt a Candidate

Ron Paul was largely a name from the past, a former Congressman and
onetime Presidential candidate of the Libertarian Party, until he upset
one of the Republican Party's prized Democratic defectors, Representative
Greg Laughlin, in the Texas primary elections in April. Now Mr. Paul is
back in the limelight, and his past refuses to go away.

Mr. Paul's opponent has revealed a 1992 copy of a newsletter he
published in which he called the former Representative Barbara Jordan, a
Democratic icon, "a fraud."

"Everything about her, from her imitation British accent to her
supposed expertise in law, to her distinguished career in public service,
is made up," Mr. Paul wrote. He also said that Ms. Jordan, who died last
January, was "the archetypical half-educated victimologist, yet her race
and sex protect her from criticism."

Mr. Paul's Democratic rival for the seat in the 14th District, which
runs from the Gulf Coast south of Houston to near Austin, Charles Morris,
pounced on the item, demanding the release of all back issues of the
newsletter, "The Ron Paul Political Report."

The newsletter, which Mr. Paul began about 1985, has claimed more than
7,000 subscribers; Mr. Paul said releasing it and other writings over his
20 years of political activity was "impractical."

As for his remarks about Ms. Jordan, who was black, Mr. Paul said he
was laying out a philosophical difference.