Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
I'm sorry to be so pedantic as to point out the NYT's own history of "dangerous conspiracy-mongering"; whatever the veracity of Paul's claims, surely they haven't cost as many innocent people's lives as the government lies that this particular newspaper was only too eager to propagate.
I don't think you can write off someone's execrably bigoted views just because they've never given the order to invade another country.
In all honesty, I have to admit that I didn't know about those ominous newsletters. However, having checked up on the story I'm not surprised to find that there is no conclusive evidence that Paul himself authored the racist and homophobic statements in question. Apparently, there were a bunch of ghostwriters contributing to the newsletter, one or several of whom seem to be responsible for these egregious ramblings. The whole issue was then blown up by the establishment media as part of a smear campaign. Granted, there are Paul supporters with an ideologically perverse background - then again, what is the ideological background of the bankers supporting Obama? Denouncing Paul as racist or homophobic because of some obscure decades-old newsletter clearly is an overly dismissive stance toward a politician whose merits have been largely ignored or disparaged by the mainstream media.
If we're as generous as we possible can be to Paul, don't you think it's a bit odd that he never read any of the things being published in his name over the course of several decades and thought "Hey, that's a little strong"? In the very best possible case, he's still guilty of colossal negligence. And has he ever publicly retracted any of that inflammatory propaganda? On the contrary, he seems to spend a lot of his time in the company of people who hold views similar to those expressed in his newsletters.
Are you in possession of the absolute truth?
Nope, only you can make that heady claim, obviously.