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Kelly Clarkson Tells Fans She ‘Loves Ron Paul,’ Fans Accuse Her Of Supporting A ‘Racist And Homophobe’

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One of the most important parts of a great pop song (besides being catchy), is universality. To reach the masses, a song has to be something that everyone can relate to and agree with. You know what’s the opposite of that? Politics. That’s what the singer Kelly Clarkson learned last night. After she endorsed Ron Paul on Twitter, a large number of her fans let loose with a surprising torrent of anger.

Our good friends over at Gossip Cop caught the whole kerfuffle earlier this morning. It all started when Clarkson tweeted that, were Paul to get the nomination, he’d have her vote:

“I love Ron Paul. I liked him a lot during the last republican nomination and no one gave him a chance. If he wins the nomination for the Republican party in 2012 he’s got my vote. Too bad he probably won’t.”

At first she was responding to fans’ concerns over Paul’s foreign policy, but things got heated quickly once people started accusing Paul of being a racist and homophobe, charges Clarkson said were new to her.

Clarkson tried to defend her stance, telling some fans that she “respected [their] opinion,” but it was clear she was getting frustrated with the fury she unleashed. Later in the night, she tweeted two longer statements:

“I am really sorry if I have offended anyone. Obviously that was not my intent. I do not support racism. I support gay rights, straight rights, women’s rights, men’s rights, white/black/purple/orange rights. I like Ron Paul because he believes in less government and letting the people (all of us) make the decisions and mold our country. That is all. Out of all of the Republican nominees, he’s my favorite.”

And then:

“Man my eyes have been opened to so much hate tonight. If y’all ever disagree with something I say please don’t feel the need to attack me. I will listen to what you say and any articles or viewpoints you have when you say it with respect. Being hateful is not a healthy way to get people to see or hear you. I was raised to respect people and their decisions and beliefs and I hope you will grant me the same decency. If you don’t agree with me simply unfollow me. It’s really that easy. I hope you don’t because I would love the chance to hear what you have to say but if you’re so blinded by hate you can’t seek peace and progress then that is your unfortunate prerogative.”

While everyone can agree that having a special “U” be gone is bad, not everyone can agree on a Presidential candidate and, unfortunately, the Twittersphere doesn’t usually lend itself to thoughtful debate.

(h/t Gossip Cop)

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  • Anonymous

    Just like OWS… they’ve slandered Paul with a bunch of bullshit. Next up, Ron Paul took a shit on the street, he’s anti-semetic, he’s tried to rape someone, has communist leanings, is secretly liberal… all reported by Fox News/CNN/MSNBC.

  • Anonymous

    It’s the Dixie Chicks all over again, this time it’s worse. She didn’t attack a GOP favorite, she simply stated her favorite. Yet the crazies are out in force, attacking. Why do they hate freedom? why can’t she have her preference? All Ron Paul needs to do is follow the neocon/warmongering mad men and he’d be loved by the phonies. 

  • Pablo

    Hay, Paul loves OWS! Stop slandering!!!

    http://tinyurl.com/c74678c

  • G.Donahue’s associate Slade

    Who is Ruben backing? Clay Aiken? William Hung?

  • Anonymous

    Good, he must understand it’s important for people to have a voice against corporate control.

    What candidate do you prefer?

  • Anonymous

     He is clearly a racist. Nothing new or surprsing in that, of course.

  • Anonymous

    Naturally, so is Obama and all the Tea Party/OWS protestors. Everyone is racist when they get too popular.

  • Anonymous

    No, Paul was warning about race war and the like. Tea Party was a racist thing which was worried about ‘debt’ once the black family moved into the White House. OWS are the opposite of racists. This is all public knowledge for anyone who doesn’t have his heads up his ass.

  • 12voltman1

    Kelly Clarkson. America’s most beloved political pundit!
    LOL!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WH3ZLMM7CUKUHUIMK4TKXW6SQE John

    I wonder if the idiot talking heads who keep calling Ron Paul a racist realize there are people out there that actually take them seriously?  It’s sad.

  • Anonymous

    Yes, he won’t drone kill brown women and children, even American
    citizens.He won’t jail people for drug possession because it criminilizes minorities, he changed his support for the death penality
    because it selectively targets minorities, especially African Americans.
    That’s so racist, so homophobic!

  • Anonymous

    I don’t think OWS or Obama or racist… if there is proof Ron Paul wants a race war, then I’d like to see it. I don’t think all of the Tea Party is racists… it’s not good to talk in absolutes, which was my original point.

  • Anonymous

    The organisers of the tea party were rich people who feared the liberal in the WH. The rank and file were racist idiots who would never come out in such large numbers if a black family were not sitting in the WH. Imagine a tea party with a white guy in the WH. It would never happen in a million years at a hundredth of the scale.

  • Brewzer

    Kelly, thanks for the support!

  • Anonymous

    Kelly suffers from advanced gerontophilia and needs Ron Paul’s wet noodle for fun and games..

  • Anonymous

    Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann and Jon Huntsman.

    Simon Cowell is supporting Mitt.

  • Tim Howe

    you are so frigging stupid

  • Booberry Pah

    Fans Accuse Her Of…

    More like far-left dipsh*ts.

  • Anonymous

    When will people realize that Ron Paul is not your average republican? He most likely voted against everything that people hate republicans for. He voted against all the wars, the patriot act, and the bank bailouts and has spoken out against the federal reserve system for years. So why are those on the left and OWS so quick to criticize him? It’s because they aren’t informed, and look at all republicans as the same. The truth is has a better record than even Obama when it comes to the issues that the republicans get the most hate for, even Obama voted for the Patriot act and reinstated it as president, he also voted for and pushed for all the bailouts that all the OWS protestors are so upset about. 

    He clearly isn’t a racist, he’s a champion of civil liberties, he’s often referred to Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. as his heroes. He clearly isn’t homophobic either, he is against federal law that prohibits gays from being married. These are all media lies and rhetoric to turn people against someone who will end the corruption. The media is bought and paid for by the same corporations and special interests that corrupt our government. 

    Seems as though Ms. Clarkson is able to think for herself and see through the media lies and propaganda, too bad more people don’t do the same, if they did Ron Paul would not only be the republican nominee but the next President of the United States of America.

    “Don’t talk with strangers you might find the truth”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bohratom-Allen/100000077637523 Bohratom Allen

    Twitter and alot of other social media is making the younger generation more polarized then ever before. In the past you would have your far right and far left but the vast majority were moderates in the middle. Now the <30 year old crowd has the majority either far left and far right with fewer moderates in the middle. Do some google searches and you will find the polls that support this.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OJ766ICBQDKEJY34J252S7J5CE Pat Mulligan

    does anyone care?  this is the last person i give a minute to in a busy life.    lack of intelligence…..

  • http://MsUnderestimated.com MsUnderestimated

    Excuse me, but before the Tea Party came about, there were a LOT of us conservatives who disagreed with Bush’s big-spending ways. Besides, do you even know what the word “racist” means? If not, go look it up; you’ll be doing yourself a huge favor. 

    And are you serious when you say OWS are the opposite of racists? Tell that to the Jewish people.   How many anti-semitic rants do we have to see on TV & YouTube before you wake up to that? 

  • http://MsUnderestimated.com MsUnderestimated

    …he’s too stupid to even realize it, as well. 

  • Anonymous

    Another American idol off the tracks…This Fool needs to understand that no one will buy her records if she supports a RACIST/HOMOPHOBE, fool

  • Anonymous

    The truth hurts.

  • http://games-survival.com Justplaythegame

     Guess Kelly can see around the lies and support the only one worth supporting.

    Ron Paul 2012 and Beyond..

    The internet is your friend.. search out the truth….not Corporate paid for media. come on America.. we are smarter then they want you to believe.. search and read..

  • Anonymous

    why wait until the black guy moves in, racist dick.

  • Anonymous

     racist dick.

  • http://www.thecobraslair.com Cobra

    Yeah, they “disagreed” with Bush as they re-elected him in 2004. LOL.

    –Cobra

  • http://games-survival.com Justplaythegame

    I doubt anyone that “already” buys her cds cares. They are usually more intelligent people then those that believe the lies about Ron Paul.. the guy donated his time early in life for those unfortunate to afford medical services.. He has done nothing but help. He believes Gay marrage should remain a States option. He is personally Pro life but sees it again should be a state level judgement.. Have fun finding Racist remarks he actually said.. and not just STAMPED with his name .

    How could you not support a man that believes YOU have rights? Not dictated to by far left or far right… READ..LEARN… LESS GOVERNMENT! TRUE PATRIOT!

    Ron Paul 2012 and Beyond for true Freedom from Government.

     
     

  • Anonymous

    I use to have hope for this generation….but not so much. It would seem Kelly Clarkson lacks as much depth as her songs…….

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1568582909 Rick Bauer

    I heard he might have been speeding on the highway, too.

  • 19 Delta

    This is why Hollywood needs to keep their mouths shut because if you don’t hold any Liberal views, you’re the scum of the world.

    I heard the news about Ron Paul’s newsletter and I haven’t seen enough evidence that makes him out to be a racist. Has everyone else here have?Look, there will always be racist people. Blacks people are racists. White people are racists. Hispanics are racists. Arabs are racists AS HELL lol

    There’s no getting around it, but I love how the media only gives information that makes someone guilty, vs being fair and putting all of the information out there.

    It’s all BS people. You’d have to do your own research to actually get as much truth as you can

  • Anonymous

    Yes, he is.

  • Anonymous

    No, they’re not racists, they’re just anti-Semites. Speaking of people who have their heads up their ass. . .

  • Anonymous

    Maybe because it’s true?

  • Anonymous

    Like it’s going to help.

  • Anonymous

    You idiot, Ron Paul was opposed to our getting into World War II. Shouldn’t that tell you something? And as for his referring to Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King as his heroes, where did you get that from?

  • Anonymous

    Kelly can’t see shit and apparently neither can you.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WH3ZLMM7CUKUHUIMK4TKXW6SQE John

    Thanks for making my point.

  • Anonymous

    The OWS people are anti-semites to the core. We’ve seen instances of this. According to the OWS folks its ok to be bigoted to the Jewish people. Until the left can answer for the anti-semitic people in OWS, they can say nothing about anyone else being bigoted. 

  • http://twitter.com/OliviaYoungers Olivia Youngers

    Paul didn’t write those letters.  Anyone who doesn’t have their heads up their arse would know that as well.  It’s great media fodder, and no one wants to call out the President of the Mises institute for writing those things.  Paul took responsibility because they were put under his name and he didn’t stop them (he didn’t read them frankly, because politicians never have time to read all the crap that gets put out in their names anymore) but he recognizes that had he taken the time to examine everything he could have stopped them.  Hard way to learn a hard lesson I imagine.  Don’t let people publish in your name if you aren’t going to read what they write.

  • KhartoumHero

    You are a retard. The Tea Party formed because Bush and Congress passed TARP. Get your f*ing facts straight. I remember the day it happened. We called and fought, first it failed, then they passed it, over our endless phone calls and protests. So get your damned facts straight.

    The only reason you think it has anything to do with your precious “black man” is because you probably never paid attention to anything until your wet dream president came along and gave you a chance to jizz your pants while “making history” at the ballot box.

    And instead of noticing the fact that he’s black – like all you *real* closet racists do – and assuming that as our motive for protesting him, why don’t you look at the TRILLION dollar deficits he gave us! Bush never came anywhere CLOSE to that, yet you clowns criticized him. Is that racism on YOUR part? In three years, Obama has added more debt than Bush did in EIGHT years, with two wars, 9/11, AND the bailouts.

    Obama asked for, and now has, the power to detain anyone he likes, indefinitely. Where are all those people who said Guantanamo was wrong now that even American citizens can be held there forever without a trial?

    So, why don’t you explain YOUR racism?

  • KhartoumHero

    Yes, it tells me he has a better grasp of history than you. We got involved, and as a result, communism killed over 100+ million people. If we hadn’t, Hitler and Stalin would have duked it out in Leningrad until they were both exhausted.

  • http://www.thecobraslair.com Cobra

    So Paul’s returned all the proceeds and profits from the newsletters that bear his name (and signature in some cases)?  Can you please tell the readers here when that occurred?

    –Cobra

  • KhartoumHero

    I’m hoping that this episode represents the death squeal of you race terrorists. You’ve been using that line of attack against anyone who had very legitimate, very valid points about government and society for too long.

    Yet instead of taking them seriously, you shout anyone down with this kind of emotional terrorism.

  • Anonymous

    We got involved because we were attacked, you moron! God, you people are stupid!

  • Anonymous

    The incredibly small number of anti-semites atributed to OWS were just as vocal – and in the same places – BEFORE OWS even started. They just happened to be in the same place, and were the focus of FOX so-called-news, in their pathetic, fabricated, attempt tp denigrate OWS. Let’s face it religious tolerance is not popular with ANY (or, at best a couple) organized religion.

  • http://www.thedailydigest.org TheEditor

    Paul was never, and is not now, a racist.  That has been explained and he has disavowed the information in question.  A Libertarian CANNOT by nature be racist.  It is not possible.  All are and must be considered equal.

    I was a member of the Tea Party for several years before it was high jacked.  The Tea Party was never racist in any way.  There are no videos or recordings of any racism.  You are attempting to perpetuate lies for your own personal agenda.

    Perhaps it is you and your mainstream mentality that has their head up their ass.

  • http://games-survival.com Justplaythegame

    Sorry you feel that way… Please state your case as clearly as you can. Oh, I see you did. That was very constructive on your part. Im sure your voting for who?

    Paul is the wrong choice because why? Oh yeah, because he want YOU to have freedom of choice.. what a bad man he is huh.. he wants SMALLER government and allow Americans to make their own choices.. such a bad man! He wants Diplomacy over war and protecting our borders instead of corprate interests on foriegn soil.. he is so bad!  quit letting Paidfor Media ruin your brain cells. Do some research.. and..

    Wake UP!

    Ron Paul 2012 and Beyond

  • KhartoumHero

    Ahh, Cobra, another idiot. Why would he return the proceeds? He was paid for the use of his name. If anything, he should demand more for having his name dragged through the mud as a result.

  • Anonymous

    Don’t you wonder why Paul hasn’t come out with a simple declaration of his belefs re: rasism? The lack of such a clear stament speaks volumes. Even if he is not a racist, by leaving the question open, he can garner the support of racists. Something he would surely lose if he acknowedged equality amongst races.

  • Anonymous

    She would have had to hire ex-Mossad security guards if she’d dared support a non-liberal Republican.  

  • Anonymous

    Incredibly small number to you, but many instances to us. Those instances went unrecognized by the old media and their democrat allies as well. Im sure there are a few people in the Tea Party, just as well as any large movement, that had racism in their hearts. It’s impossible to purge that. The media is so quick to absolve the anti-semitism from the OWS people or just outright ignore it, but when it comes to Conservatives they are so quick to acknowledge it and try to make it bigger. Im not looking for unfair treatment for the OWS people. They have a right to be heard, just as the Tea Party does. I only want the old media to get off their collective asses and start doing their jobs properly and report the truth when it comes to OWS. The rapes, sexual assaults, theft, anti-semitism, etc. must be reported instead of white-washed from history.

  • KhartoumHero

    Apparently Cobra doesn’t know his numbers. 2007 > 2004.

    Or maybe Cobra can see the future.

  • Anonymous

    It was a newsletter that he started, then left in the hands of others ( in retrospect maybe the greatest idea ) but it was not his words. Some ghostwriter was able to publish his views, which were racist. Ron Paul didn’t even find out until 10 years latter. It was like 6 lines found to be racist. Ron Paul is anything but racist. 
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rv0Z5SNrF4

  • Anonymous

    YOU wake up! Ron Paul has the most naive foreign policy in the history of this country. He thinks it’s perfectly OK for Iran to have a nuclear weapon even if it’s clear they plan to use it on Israel or some other country. He said he would have been opposed to our getting into World War II even after we were attacked. He allowed a racist, anti-Semitic newsletter to be published under his name and then claimed he never read it. Who the hell does he think he’s fooling? And how he possibly have his head stuck so far up his ass?

  • Anonymous

    Check your facts re: deficits. Plus, Obama didn’t have ANY other option to get us out of the hole that Bush and the conservatives dug. Name a single piece of legislation that Bush signed that benefited the middle class. Don’t be surprised when you can’t find any. All of his tax cuts, wars, SS Med Part D, etc.were BORROWED! And we will be paying for them for DECADES. Including the bailouts necessatated by his (and Reagen/Bush) removal of regulation on corps and banks/

  • Anonymous

    Why can’t these celebrities understand that when you are selling a product, you do not want to alienate your potential customers?

  • Anonymous

    I find it amusing that you call as an “idiot” but you’ve shown that you can’t even do your own research. It’s not hard to do a simple google search to find this clip of Ron Paul praising Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. and citing them as his heroes exactly as I said;

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kqcfJI8GKk#t=00m38s 

    and I have heard him say this numerous times. In fact so much that my answering machine features a speech by MLK about foreign policy where he advocates that America does not have the right to be the policeman of the world, which you also hear Ron Paul say in almost every one of his speeches. You probably don’t even know that Martin Luther King Jr. was a republican do you? 

    About WWII and any war for that matter Ron Paul has been very consistent and specific that he would like to avoid any war or foreign entanglement unless it is absolutely necessary, which is smart and exactly what our founders advocated. He has specifically said that WWII would’ve been hard to avoid but WWI which led to WWII. I’m guessing you’ll be too lazy to find these FACTS as well so here you go:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k0u_v9T0F8 

    Here are some founding father quotes for you, in case you decide to call me an idiot for claiming that the founders were against war as well unless absolutely necessary and in defense only:

    “It is our true policy to steer clear of entangling alliances with any portion of the foreign world.” -George Washington

    “Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.” -George Washington

    “My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.” -George Washington

    “The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.” -Thomas Jefferson

    “Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.” -Thomas Jefferson

    “Those who give up essential liberties for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” -Benjamin Franklin

    “Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.” -John Adams

    “No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare. ” -James Madison

    “Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.” -James Madison

    “The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.” -James Madison

    So I ask, am I still an idiot? Will you open your mind just for a second and give true liberty, freedom and independence a chance? Or you will continue blindly relying on outright lies and propaganda to decide for you? 

  • Anonymous

    The first video I linked, the quotes begin at :38 seconds. 

  • Anonymous

    We were attacked you’re correct, that is why the it was unavoidable at that point however if we never entered WWI we most likely would not have been attacked.

  • Anonymous

    Who is Kelly Clarkson?

  • Anonymous

    I just made a very long response to this post, but the computer malfunctioned, so I guess I have to start over. I’ll make sure to copy it this time.

    OK, I guess you’re not an idiot. You apparently do a lot of homework, but I still disagree with you about Ron Paul. I think the man is naive when it comes to our foreign policy, and he has stated that America was at fault for 9/11 because of our Middle Eastern policy and that if Iran gets a nuclear weapon it’s none of our concern. I think these are dangerous position, as they ignore the threats from Iran and Islamofascist groups such as Al Queda and the Taliban. Iran has made no secret of its plans to attack Israel once it gets the nuclear capability, and now they’re threatening to shut down the straight of Hormuz. I do give Paul credit for his laissez-faire economic policies which make a lot of sense to me, but that isn’t enough to make up for his naivete when it comes to foreign policy. America does have enemies, and they need to be watched, not ignored.

    I also don’t know where you got the idea that if the United States hadn’t entered World War 1 we wouldn’t have been attacked by Japan. I fail to see what one had to do with the other.

    I can’t really debate about Ron Paul any more today, because it’s getting time-consuming and I’m getting kind of tapped out. Sorry I called you an idiot. I guess we’ll just have to agree to disagree.

  • Anonymous

    Hahahaha let me guess you listen to Hannity, O’Reilly, Limbaugh and Levin on a daily basis huh? You a reciting their exact talking points which are all misguided spins of the truth. Why not try coming up with your own thoughts and talking points? Ron Paul doesn’t think it’s ok for Iran to have a nuke, he’s said time and time again that he opposes them getting a nuke but believes our current aggressive strategy isn’t the right approach and only fuels their desire to be a nuclear power and that we should use diplomacy as we’ve done in the past. He also points out that we have been fed propaganda in the past about WMD’s in Iraq etc and to be weary about the same kind of propaganda about Iran. 

    As for the newsletters, they came out every month for years, so we are talking about hundreds of them, and thousands of pages, of those there were under 10 pages with 1 sentence in on each page or less that had these writings in them. Therefore they were easy to overlook or not catch until pointed out, especially when you’re a doctor working 60 hours a week. One of the quotes from the early 1990s has a quote calling MLK day “hate whitey day” but in 1979 Ron Paul voted to make MLK’s birthday a federal holiday, what’s even more interesting is that Newt Gingrich voted against it! So you can obviously see that he wouldn’t vote or the man’s birthday to be a holiday and then ridicule that very day. So again it’s clear that he did not write them, which he has said over and over as well as disavow them. These are the facts, it’s clear he’s not a racist and it’s clear you are biased because of massive brainwashing due to listening to neocon radio all day. Why don’t you mix it up, read up and make decisions on your own? 

  • KhartoumHero

    BigIt,

    Had no other option?? What the hell are you talking about? The hole that Bush dug WAS THE HOLE! You don’t get out of a hole by making a BIGGER one. And it’s not as if the things Obama spent on were especially helpful. They were payouts to his contributors. There is plenty of evidence of that. Even Krugman was critical on that point.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3T2CB3IARM5F76NGDD53AC6454 easmachine

    I like a lot of what I hear from RP. But as a black man, I have a sufficient grasp of history to understand that this nation would not have equality of opportunity in schools, public transportation, courtrooms, housing and other areas of life without the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. The church didn’t do it. Capitalism didn’t do it. States Rights didn’t do it. It was the GOVERNMENT and  these people who want to burn down the government and abolish all of its authority are those who want to maintain a status quo based on their narrow view of “real” American culture. Basically anglo, male and so-called christian. Ron Paul does not support Civl Rights bills. He didn’t support the King Holiday and he has freely associated with white supremacists. Why don’t all you Paul supporters-including Ms Clarkson- address that while you defend him against charges of Racism?

     I really don’t care if he’s a racist-news flash-most Americans born before 1990 are race conscious and many are racist-but we work together and our kids get schooled together and we all eat the same foods, drink the same water and breathe the same air and get sh%tted on by the same policies. Our commonalities are more important than our differences-but I have too many generations of ancestors here in America to support a man who wouldn’t vote to give them equality of opportunity.

  • KhartoumHero

    AND let me remind you that we got attacked because we maneuvered our way into being attacked. We put an oil embargo on Japan, antagonized them at every turn, and then the administration ignored all warnings that they would attack.

    Roosevelt WANTED a war. That’s why we were attacked.

    And maybe it never occurred to you that Germany never attacked us. Why was our first move to go to Europe?

    It was just like Wilson getting us into WWI.

  • Anonymous

    Ok well thank you, I don’t think you’re an idiot in fact I think most of this stuff is just common sense, but we are all fed so much propaganda and spins by the media, it’s hard for us to think for ourselves. I was the same as you years ago but then I started to read into things and was embarrassed that almost every issue I could think of I changed my mind on due to actual research. 

    As for 9/11 it wasn’t “America’s” fault however it was our foreign policy which created hostility and ultimately led to the attacks. This is well documented by our own CIA as blowback. We decide to choose sides in the middle east, we favor certain groups over others because their land happens to be where the resources are, so we fund groups, prop up dictators, we pretty much meddle in the middle of an ongoing fight so it causes resentment toward our country. We weren’t attacked on 9/11 because we are simply a free country, there are plenty of free countries, we are a free country who involves itself in affairs that it shouldn’t. You actually believe that our actions in the middle east over the last 60 years don’t cause hostility and make us a target for hate? I also believe that this isn’t the American peoples fault this is our governments fault for being so careless and doing what’s best for special interest’s and the military industrial complex and taking orders from them instead of from it’s people. 

    I could go on forever about this Iran situation, but put yourself in their shoes, you’re have sanctions against you and constant threats everyday, wouldn’t you want to protect yourself? They put sanctions on you wouldn’t you want to do the same by cutting off your oil supply. We’ve been down this road we know where it leads, and its not good, we should treat others as we would like to be treated and practice diplomacy before making reckless decisions, especially when our intelligence has failed to be accurate in recent history with Iraq. 

    Anyway it was good debating with you, perhaps give Ron Paul a second chance by doing some more research on his positions instead of letting pundits hit you with spins. They are obviously biased and are out to serve the establishment. If you want to talk anymore feel free to send me a email.

    Take care

  • Anonymous

    Japan wasn’t totally innocent in the days leading up to World War II, but that’s an issue that could be debated for days, as is the decision to declare war on Germany. We really can’t resolve this today because it’s just too complicated, but I do apologize for my personal attacks. I guess I just haven’t been in a very good mood today.

  • KhartoumHero

    Without our involvement in WWI there wouldn’t have been the harsh consequences that led to WWII. Without a European war that Roosevelt was itching to get into, he would not have maneuvered us into getting attacked by Japan. Also, without an aggressive Germany, Japan would not have felt emboldened having such an ally watching their back. They would have been much more cautious, especially in China, since the British would not have been bogged down in Europe, and would have been better able to defend their holdings there. As well France, which had a significant colonial presence in the region. Without a European war, Japan would not have been able to be nearly as aggressive.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Neil-Murphy/100000566621491 Neil Murphy

    Its hard to tell if hes racist really, every repuplican candidate is accused of racism, its just the nature of the game.

    As president would Dr Paul legislate agsinst blacks or jews?Of course not.

    After watching Obamas actions for 3 years I believe in my heart he doesnt like americans. Unless they are gay or in a union or campaign contributors. Actions speak louder than words. Show me a racist action from Dr Paul.

  • Anonymous

    What the government gives….The government can take away….which makes us all slaves because they are in charge instead of WE The people.

  • Anonymous

    What the government gives….The government can take away….which makes us all slaves because they are in charge instead of WE The people.

  • Anonymous

    First Holder…then Corzine and now….Paul….The Three Stooges

    “I was unaware of that”
    “I don’t recall that”

    Incompetent liars.

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    I’m relieved that Kelly Clarkson is not a Democrat!! Republicans can have her!!

  • Anonymous

    We love Ron Paul, he is hero, we are red necks and homophobic too

  • Anonymous

    If I may be philisophical for a moment.Paul very brief 15 seconds (not even minutes) in the sun is definitely indicative of the yearning and desire our citizens feel for someone not of the “system” someone who is not a cronyist, someone who believes truly in the power of Free people and Free markets, someone who doesn’t deliver pre-packaged politically correct lies. We should recognize that, and look for candidates who can do that while no be lying frauds and conspiratorial cranks with THOUSANDS of racist supporters.

    That be said GAME OVER RON PAUL: 50:Scanned originals Ron Paul Newsletters (not a few lines)
    http://www.mrdestructo.com/2011/12/game-over-scans-of-over-50-ron-paul.html

  • david r

     I see all the liberal Chihuahuas jumped in your lap for that blatant lie.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KKRUB3VHZUXFOPG27XUW3SLTGA rene b

    Now Miss Kelly Clarkson,you are the kind of lady, that GOOD MEN are looking for, a classy Lady full with integrity,don’t let the public oppinion change you,use your inner self for strenght, and may our lor Jesus Christ continue blessing you.you have the right to vote your councience an as far as the critics, are only trolls, that have not learned what is to be free.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KKRUB3VHZUXFOPG27XUW3SLTGA rene b

    I just wonder why people hates the zionist jews, have you notice the direction this once goddly nation was and the turn it has taken within the last century, those demonds, have removed,everything this nation was founded on, and in turn has given us nothing but lies and their damn anti semetic crap that we are real tired of they are the ones that have and are causing the state of affairs of the world ignorant idiot.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KKRUB3VHZUXFOPG27XUW3SLTGA rene b

    YOU WOULD NOT RECOGNISE THE TRUTH EVEN IF IT STANDS ON YOUR IGNORANT FACE.”DUMBO”

  • Anonymous

    Well by your eloquent response I can see you’re obviously very intelligent. Can you please enlighten me on the truth?

  • Anonymous

    Way to alienate your audience Kelly – never mix work with politics.  Remember the Dixie Chicks?

  • Anonymous

    I dont understand why people do not think celebrities can’t voice their political opinions. Every citizen gets a say on something especially when it comes to politics. Politics effect EVERYONE in some way. People should not be so hateful just because they dont agree with you. Politics should be the one thing everyone puts some time into so that we can keep our elected officials feet to the fire and make sure they are doing the job we elected them to do. People who just sit around and dont care about what is happening in America is exactly what the government wants, people who do not question things, people who just go along with everything. Again i always say these democrats and republicans are both ruining and dividing our country by playing political games and we the people are in the middle being used by both political parties.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_45S32GWGDRUJIL6E2U4HOZW4BM Bob

    Kelly Clarkson won a karaoke contest on a bad game show a decade ago. Why are we supposed to care about who she votes for?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Gregory-Smith/100001741334953 Gregory Smith

    No it’s not, Kelly didn’t attack the President in a foreign country, she wasn’t unpatriotic. The people attacking her are liberals who can’t stand the idea of a celebrity not supporting Obama.
    http://libertarians4freedom.blogspot.com/

  • Anonymous

    You forgot to add the “progressive” madmen. Obama has killed many people in the name of “national security” too. Don’t be a phony.

  • Anonymous

    True. But Paul understands that it’s even more important to have a voice against government control.
    Corporations only want your money. Government want’s your life. It’s clear who the real bad guy is.

  • Anonymous

    OWS has bigger things to tackle than a 2nd rate wanna be, they had nothing to do with this. These things were in his own newsletter about 20 years ago, he had to know about them.
    In no way is this slander.

  • Anonymous

    Haven’t seen any from OWS, so….. how about one.

  • Anonymous

    Oh they can express their political beliefs………as long as they are liberal. 

  • Anonymous

    “..politicians never have time to read all the crap that gets put out in their names anymore”
    ANYMORE? They came out in the 90′s. He’s had plenty of time to read them.

  • Anonymous

    ANYBODY, with any political belief, or no political belief, can be a racist.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCpwjvVaqyE&feature=colike

  • Anonymous

    That’s alright that Kelly Clarkson is Ron Paul Supporter I may not like Paul he’s out there and stuff. I’m not surprise that she got a lot of hate for her supporting Paul a lot of people are passionate about politics. But there hypocrites would show if she said I like Obama and will support him then no one would care.

  • Anonymous

    Why do you think corporations don’t want your life?

  • http://www.thecobraslair.com Cobra

    KhartoumHero writes:

    “Apparently Cobra doesn’t know his numbers. 2007 > 2004.

    Or maybe Cobra can see the future.”

     I can sure see the past.
     So you’re saying the Bush Administration, that walked into office in 2001 and turned a $236 Billion dollar surplus into a deficit within the first two years in office, didn’t upset the Tea Party, but bailouts did?

    Really?

    –Cobra

  • Anonymous

    Please learn to form a sentence.

  • Anonymous

    Or informed. An informed opinion is preferred.

  • http://games-survival.com Justplaythegame

     Hard to pick something racist about him..cause he is not..

    I can point some help for Blacks and Hispanics along with other Americans.

    His stance on 2nd Amendment so you keep your rights to bear arms

    His stance against war on drugs..
    He believes to many non violent people are behind bars due to it..many of which are Black and Hispanic..

    His stance on choice… your choice not the government choice put on you. Less instead of MORE regulations.

    You can say what ya want.. but I only see one honest man in the race and his name is Ron Paul.. for the people. And he shows he would do a better job for minorities then the current POTUS that enslaves thru entitlement programs. entitlements to banks and the FED…sigh

    Hows Obama doing on the inner city jobs he promised everyone? 
    He surely has helped the poor since he been in huh….
    well, when he aint playing golf or on vacation huh? can you say SELLOUT!
    he is now in the 1% class he so believes is destroying America.
    Politicians that do not do as they promised destroy America.
    But it’s all falling on deaf ears.. most vote with eyes..
    and don’t see past it or inside who the real man is.

  • Anonymous

    Yes, lets vote for politicians who will continue the wars (drone, drug, death penality) that selectively targets brown people and label those against it as racist.

  • Anonymous

     I have always admire for her Good work and support to her Boyfriend.
    http://acaithermo.net/?p=48

  • http://profiles.google.com/jitendrabist847 Jitendra bist

    Now after all the comments in above, it has been cleared that they are innocent and i don’t think their fans want to any new drama on it. So let go this matter friends.
    http://healthproductadvice.org/nu-visage-pro-collagen-enhancer.html

  • Anonymous

    Lulusi,
    The death penalty is now a “War”?? hahahah. Your grip on reality is close to your saviour. Denial is not just a river in Egypt dude. There is one true bigot in this race and his name is Ron PAul!!!! lol

  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous

    Does not anyone remember Execuative Order 9066 … Now what is this about a news letter ?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PKEQSTA4WOBYU5Z7QNSBUR2LXI MASSMURDERMEDIA

    some of her fans hating on her has resulted in her other fans boosting her song “stronger” with a 192% increase in sales…  it’s a win for fans of crappy music and a loss for fans who look to ill-informed manufactured icons as their political role models…

  • Anonymous

    Many of Ron Paul’s campaign staff are black.

  • Anonymous

    This is in response to barabu. excuse me but I am a Tea Party member, and I am not raciest. Nobody in the Tea Party cared what color the President was or is. All we care about is limited Government and the Constitution. Actually I hoped that Obama would bring the races closer together, but he has done the opposite. If you knew the history of thei country, you would know that it was the Republicand that freed the slaves. All Democrats have done is keep the black person down by giving them welfare. I believe in helping the poor, but that is what is suppose to be left up to the states not the Feds. I see people that shouldn’t be getting welfare, getting it. Any person living in the US, regardless of race have more opportunities than people in any other country, to make something of themselves. i started working when I was 16. My first job was in a laundry mat. The next job I had was at a grocery store working as a cashier. I finally got a decent job which I had for 7 years. The last job I got , was a very good paying job that I stayed at for 20 years unril I retired.I am not a rich person, but I am not poor either. I worked for everything I got, unlike some who just want a handout.

  • Anonymous

    Cobra, the Tea Party didn’t exist when Bush was in office.

  • Anonymous

    Thank you. I have only been to one Tea Part rally, but i agree, they have been hi jacked. I will vote for Ron Paul, because the Democrats and Republican are mostly the same. I don’t see much difference in either.

  • Anonymous

    How true. I get so tired of the same old raciest excuse. I don’t care if you are pink with purple poka dots, I will vote for you if you defend the Constitution, and get the Fed. Govt out of my business.

  • Anonymous

    I urge all of you who doesn’t like Ron Paul to read The Creature from Jeckle Island. They are the elite that control the media and Obama. They are the same people that started the Fed. Reserve that Ron Paul has been trying to abolish for years. They are the Rockefellers, Rothchilds, Chase Morgans and others. They want The New World Order, and are close to getting it. I use to feel the same way about Ron Paul, because I listened to everyone else. Then I started reading and trying to educate myself. President Kennedy gave a speach warning us of these people, then he was killed. Look up builderburghs, Illuminati, Free Mason, Council of Foreign relations. These are just a few of the NWO organizations. Research which politicans went to any of their meetings. Here is the Kennedy speach link.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibMNJA2evgM

  • Anonymous

    Paul also said that Iran wasn’t any way near getting a nuclear weapon.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1190134026 Barry Dalton

    It’s a phony argument by phony people (present company excepted).

    All government isn’t bad. All corporations aren’t bad.

    Citizens need protections from both.

    Right now the House Republicans want the 1 percent to not only have all the wealth but all the freedom and all the government power as well.

    It’s a cancerous movement that will only lead to the destruction and balkanization of America.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1190134026 Barry Dalton

    We never heard a peep, much less an outpour of rage against Bush, until the 8th year of his imperial presidency.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Carl-Miller/1255007937 Carl Miller

    And her record sales goes up 850% since people found out she supports Ron Paul. She will be #1 if she isn’t already. Ron Paul for president! If wanting to end war and not wanting to kill people is what racist means I am in.

  • http://twitter.com/zone909 Jerry B

    Iran hasn’t actually expressed the desire to annihilate Israel, the saying about wanting Israel “wiped off the map” was most likely a mistranslation.
    Here, the likely mistranslation is explained: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2006/jun/02/comment.usa
    And here, the mistranslated words are elaborated in greater detail:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2006/jun/14/post155

    All that talk about Iranians wanting to slaughter Jews is mostly nonsense. It’s not Jews, it’s Israelis. Specifically, Israelis and Palestinians, and the conflict between them. They want to see the current Israel regime removed and reformed, to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict (remember, when Israel was declared for Jews back in the early 20th century, Palestinians had already been there for generations).
    Ahmadinejad even said that he’s okay with Israelis, as long as the Palestinians are okay with them. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/mahmoud-ahmadinejad-a-gays-hate-israel-article-1.326099?pgno=1

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