Thread: SPLC calls Rand Paul and others "extremist, and racist&

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Joseph Gerth

Southern Poverty Law Center calls Rand Paul "extremist"

The list is largely populated by those affilliated with racist groups, anti-semitic organizations and those opposed to immigration.

The Southern Poverty Law Center has included Rand Paul on a list of "extremist" candidates in the 2010 elections.

http://www .splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2011/spring/electoral-extremism-23-candidates-on-radical-right

The list is largely populated by those affilliated with racist groups, anti-semitic organizations and those opposed to immigration.

Paul is on the list because of his belief that businesses shouldn’t be forced to abide by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and his opposition to open housing laws intented to thwart discrimination.

Here’s what the group, founded by famed civil rights attorney Morris Dees, had to say about Paul:

"Paul rode Tea Party support to upset the Kentucky GOP’s preferred candidate.

During the campaign, many of Paul’s unorthodox political beliefs came to light, including his assertion that private businesses shouldn’t have been compelled to comply with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that barred discrimination.

In a 2002 letter to the Bowling Green Daily News, Paul also criticized the Fair Housing Act, explaining that ‘a free society will abide unofficial, private discrimination, even when that means allowing hate-filled groups to exclude people based on skin color.’

After winning the Republican primary and being subjected to national criticism, Paul issued a press release declaring ‘unequivocallyâ€

The 2010 elections? What is the date of this publication?

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The SPLC's list of racists and extremists:

http://www. splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2011/spring/electoral-extremism-23-candidates-on-radical-right

Harry Bertram
OFFICE SOUGHT Board of Education, Monongalia, W. Va.
PARTY American Third Position (A3P)

Jim Condit Jr.
OFFICE SOUGHT U.S. House of Representatives, Ohio District 8
PARTY Constitution

Tim Donnelly
OFFICE SOUGHT California State Assembly, District 59
PARTY Republican

Jeff Hall
OFFICE SOUGHT Western Municipal Water District Board of
PARTY National Socialist Movement

Dwayne Hemingway-El
OFFICE SOUGHT Mayor, High Point, N.C.
PARTY Unspecified

Dan Maes
OFFICE SOUGHT Governor, Colorado
PARTY Tea Party-backed Republican

Loy Mauch
OFFICE SOUGHT Arkansas House of Representatives, District 26
PARTY Republican

Ray McBerry Jr.
OFFICE SOUGHT Governor, Georgia
PARTY Republican

Tom Metzger
OFFICE SOUGHT U.S. House of Representatives, Indiana District 3
PARTY Unspecified

Frazier Glenn Miller Jr.
OFFICE SOUGHT U.S. Senate, Missouri
PARTY Unspecified

Ryan Joseph Murdough
OFFICE SOUGHT New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 8
PARTY Republican and American Third Position (A3P)

Chelene Nightingale
OFFICE SOUGHT Governor, California
PARTY Constitution

Norm Olson
OFFICE SOUGHT Lieutenant governor, Alaska
PARTY Alaskan Independence

Rand Paul ELECTED
OFFICE SOUGHT U.S. Senate, Kentucky
PARTY Tea Party-backed Republican

Jim Rizoli
OFFICE SOUGHT Massachusetts House of Representatives, 6th Middlesex District
PARTY Unspecified

Billy Roper
OFFICE SOUGHT Governor, Arkansas
PARTY Unspecified (ran as a write-in candidate)

James C. “Jimâ€

Originally Posted by ALIPAC

The 2010 elections? What is the date of this publication?

W

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It is from the SPLC's Intelligence Report, Spring 2011, Issue Number: 141

The elections were already held.

It demonstrates how the SPLC profiles and what they consider 'racists and extremists.'