Attention Ron Paul people in Kansas City . . . Not only is the candidate crazy, he's also a world-class racist!!!

Earlier this year there was a Ron Paul billboard on Broadway. In fact, Ron Paul has a pretty active campaign base here in KC . . . I'm guessing because so many people here have tax problems. Anyway, while I was willing to tolerate the crackpot before, his racist quotes of not too long ago have completely ruined the thin sliver of credibility that so many online donations have earned him. Here's a money quote from a 1992 Ron Paul article posted yesterday on Daily Kos:

Indeed, it is shocking to consider the uniformity of opinion among blacks in this country. Opinion polls consistently show that only about 5% of blacks have sensible political opinions, i.e. support the free market, individual liberty, and the end of welfare and affirmative action.... Given the inefficiencies of what D.C. laughingly calls the "criminal justice system," I think we can safely assume that 95% of the black males in that city are semi-criminal or entirely criminal.

If similar in-depth studies were conducted in other major cities, who doubts that similar results would be produced? We are constantly told that it is evil to be afraid of black men, but it is hardly irrational. Black men commit murders, rapes, robberies, muggings, and burglaries all out of proportion to their numbers.

Riiiiight. So Ron Paul people in Kansas City either need to give up and find another pony to back OR just start holding their meetings with local klan factions because as of now the guy seems like David Duke to TKC and I finally realized why a couple of local talk show hosts don't even bother mentioning the guy's name. Already Kansas City is in the throws of so many divisive political moves that only subtly broach the topic racial tension . . . Backing a bigot like Paul is a big move backwards and completely out of the mainstream in Kansas City.

On the bright side, rack up another candidate that the Internet has thwarted.