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Byrd apologized publicly and eloquently for his association with the Klan.
Do you suppose his "eloquent apology" did much to heal the scars of innocent people that were awakened by a group of hooded cowards burning a cross on their front lawn?
Robert Byrd's racial issues are ancient history. Ron Paul's are current. Big difference.
By your reasoning, slavery is ancient history and not worth discussing. Storm Thurmond was regularly called a racist by liberals while ignoring Robert "KKK" Byrd's racist klan past.
Byrd apologized publicly and eloquently for his association with the Klan.
That's because Byrd had something to apologize for, he was a leader of the KKK.
What has Ron Paul done that requires an apology? Yeah, nothing whatsoever other than deliver a couple hundred babies who may have become ignorant Democrats.
Byrd apologized publicly and eloquently for his association with the Klan.
Remember a certain republican politician who praised Strom Thurmond on Thurmand's birthday and spent the next several weeks apologizing to no avail and had to step down? Typical liberal double standard.
Byrd apologized publicly and eloquently for his association with the Klan.
Partisanship at its best! Its too bad Strom Thurmond wasn't a Democrat otherwise, he would have gotten the benefit of your excuses too
Strom Thurmond and Byrd should be criticized regardless of party affiliation. Thus far the OP has been proven right. Liberals are making an exception with Byrd because he is a Democrat. Total B.S.!
I am a Democrat, I made my criticism of Paul's monetary policy, and that is the best you have got? It makes sense after all I have yet to have someone explain to me what they would do to fight deflation in that scenario were we to adopt a gold standard. What would happen IMHO is that you would have large private banks step in and use bank IOUs to negate the gold standard and take advantage of the situation, heaven forbid you have a financial crisis though because if that were to happen the economy would sink like it was 1893.
There is much talk in "gold bug" circles about gold's performance in a future deflation. All such talk is sheer speculation. There is no historical data to back it up. The following facts make comparisons with the past illegitimate:
Prior to 1933, American banks were allowed to go bankrupt, taking depositors' balances with them. No longer. The FDIC officially insures deposits up to $100,000.
The United States government was legally obligated to pay a fixed amount of paper money in exchange for an ounce of .999 fine gold. This was a legal price floor for gold.
Gold coins circulated as money. The public was familiar with gold.
There is no historical precedent to back up your IMHO. Also we never havve deflationary periods of longer than a few months. The Fed won't allow it.
Remember a certain republican politician who praised Strom Thurmond on Thurmand's birthday and spent the next several weeks apologizing to no avail and had to step down? Typical liberal double standard.
He didn't just praise Strom Thurmond, he said that the United States would be better off today if Thurmond's racist policies had been followed. This was more than just a generic tip of the hat to an aging pol, it was a contemporary endorsement of his racist ideas.
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