Kelly Clarkson Endorses White Supremacist Ron Paul. Will It Hurt Her Career ?
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January 03, 2012 19:58:37
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Kelly Clarkson Endorses White Supremacist Ron Paul. Will It Hurt Her Career ?
Singer Kelly Clarkson scrambled Thursday to beat back a fire storm unleashed when a day earlier she tweeted her endorsement of Republican Ron Paul for president.
The first-season "American Idol" champion wrote, "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."
Fans roasted the singer, 29, for supporting a politician who has been accused of being racist and homophobic -- based on articles published in a Paul newsletter more than 20 years ago, which the candidate denies having written. One follower tweeted, "Wow, so a pop star endorses a lunatic racist, homophobe and anarchist? Kelly Clarkson, you need to look at Ron Paul closely."
The backlash prompted Clarkson to clarify her support for Paul.
"I am really sorry if I have offended anyone," she wrote. "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."
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Ron Paul voted AGAINST the MLK Holiday.
Ron Paul voted AGAINST awarding Rosa Parks the Congressional Medal of Freedom.
Ron Paul said he would have voted AGAINST the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Ron Paul has a 30 year history of pandering to the KKK and White Power Movement.
You can make all the LAME excuses for White Supremacist Ron Paul you want. His actions speak louder than words.
The people flying Confederate Flags make the same argument as you do. I feel sorry for you.
"First, congressional gold medals have been handed out since even before the constitution, and there's no historical record suggesting that the founding fathers deemed them to be an unconstitutional expenditure. The first one was awarded to George Washington, in 1776. Second, the medal wasn't being funded by tax dollars, it was funded through the sale of bronze replicas, which Ron Paul would have known if he had actually had actually read the bill. If Ron Paul wanted to chip in his own money rather than charging the tax payers, then he could have done so, by purchasing a replica. Is there any evidence that he actually did? I guess words speak louder than actions. Third, Ron Paul claims that the medal went against everything that Rosa Parks believed in. But Rosa Parks was still alive at the time, so why not just ask her how she felt about it? What makes Ron Paul think that he has the authority to speak on her behalf?
At the very worst, Ron Paul is a blatant racist. At the very least, Ron is too incompetent to actually read a bill before he makes a speech against it. This is bad, because he was making an extremely unpopular vote on an extremmely popular medal, and even then, Ron Paul still didn't bother to double ch...
"First, congressional gold medals have been handed out since even before the constitution, and there's no historical record suggesting that the founding fathers deemed them to be an unconstitutional expenditure. The first one was awarded to George Washington, in 1776. Second, the medal wasn't being funded by tax dollars, it was funded through the sale of bronze replicas, which Ron Paul would have known if he had actually had actually read the bill. If Ron Paul wanted to chip in his own money rather than charging the tax payers, then he could have done so, by purchasing a replica. Is there any evidence that he actually did? I guess words speak louder than actions. Third, Ron Paul claims that the medal went against everything that Rosa Parks believed in. But Rosa Parks was still alive at the time, so why not just ask her how she felt about it? What makes Ron Paul think that he has the authority to speak on her behalf?
At the very worst, Ron Paul is a blatant racist. At the very least, Ron is too incompetent to actually read a bill before he makes a speech against it. This is bad, because he was making an extremely unpopular vote on an extremmely popular medal, and even then, Ron Paul still didn't bother to double check to make sure he had his facts straight. So the next time you hear a Paultard bring up Rosa Parks, please keep this article in mind."
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Ron Paul voted AGAINST awarding Rosa Parks the Congressional Medal of Freedom.
Ron Paul said he would have voted AGAINST the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Ron Paul has a 30 year history of pandering to the KKK and White Power Movement.
You can make all the LAME excuses for White Supremacist Ron Paul you want. His actions speak louder than words.
Ron Paul voted AGAINST the MLK Holiday.
Ron Paul voted AGAINST awarding Rosa Parks the Congressional Medal of Freedom.
Ron Paul said he would have voted AGAINST the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Ron Paul has a 30 year history of pandering to the KKK and White Power Movement.
You can make all the LAME excuses for White Supremacist Ron Paul you want. His actions speak louder than words.
"All Ron Paul's fans just became Kelly Clarkson fans."
That means she gained like 3 fans. lol