Quote from MarketMasher:
I dunno about that. Jon Stewart is Jewish and he was highlighting on his show the fact that all the MSM is ignoring Paul's popularity. Maybe that isn't outright "supporting" him, but it didn't hurt him to have the obvious emphasized.
Unless Paul himself has made anti-Jewish remarks, he doesn't really have a say in who supports him. He may not want their money and give it back if he knows they are unsavory types.
I don't know if Israel has been getting more or less US aid. I thought Paul looked at it all as "welfare for countries", and if he ain't in favor of welfare domestically, it would be consistent he doesn't want it internationally either.
The most I've seen are his opinions on the Fed Reserve. When he asked Bernanke "Why do Central Banks hold gold if it isn't money?" was a good one....
Well let me help you out here. We give about 3 billion a year in aid to Israel each year. Since 1976, we have given them approximately 140 billion in aid. Yes, that's billion. That money is not used for feeding their poor or educating their youth, it's used for their military. Without that aid Israel would have been wiped off the face of the earth. That along with the implicit understanding that any attack on Israel will force a retaliation by the US military.
Yes Jon Stewart, like many liberals, have used Ron Paul as a wedge to attack republicans and in some cases democrats because they feel he is no threat to actually getting elected. They use him as a pawn. Let's be very clear about this, Jon Stewart would not in a million years ever throw "real" support behind Ron Paul except to defeat other republicans.
I do agree with you that Ron Paul is not to blame for all the fringe groups who do follow him. It's just that his actions would do exactly what I said they would do in my above post. Now let me be clear that I don't think Paul would do these actions because he himself is trying to destroy the Jewish influence in this country, it would simply be a by product of his steadfast beliefs in upholding the original powers of the constitution.
But you need to understand something. The path to hell is always paved with good intentions. Ron Paul coming to power would empower many fringe groups not only in the US but in the world. Think Anders Brevik times 1000. This is what worries many people on the right and the left.
I have been a Ron Paul follower since about 2000. And over the years I've seen the radical groups that his following has spawned. Some of them are downright frightening. To be honest, it's much worse in Europe then it is here. Much worse.
The anti-semitism issue is the one thing that always slows me down when I throw my support behind Ron Paul. Most libertarians know that in order to have a truly free society, the Jewish influence over Wall Street, the media and Hollywood has to be broken. And that is what draws in the anti-semites.