Ron Paul: Demon Ob/Gyn of Fleet Street?

By now most have probably heard that Ron Paul has been receiving endorsements from a few white supremacist groups, including the rather infamous neo-Nazi Stormfront.

For most cool-headed observers this won't come as a surprise given that Paul is an invisibly small government, strict territorial sovereignty conservative like most of the members of these groups. However, and perhaps this shouldn't come as a surprise, but most of the media, mainstream or otherwise is not so cool-headed about these things. Some, not that I'd name names, are even very eager to run wild with conspiracy theories about the Paul campaign while other use the the endorsement as proof that all disagreement with neo-conservatives is thinly veiled anti-semitism. Of course liberal and left bloggers, probably jealous of the insanely successful guerrilla campaign Paul has waged these past six months, have chimed in their two cents about this matter and ardent Paul supporter Justin Raimondo has taken them to task for it.

Of course, this is all patently stupid. Yes, as a left-winger myself I do happen to believe in the concept of "blood money" and there are just certain people and institutions I would never take favors from even if I had earned them. But, Paul isn't a lefty. He doesn't think of campaign cash the way someone more politically oriented in my direction might. And hell, once you realize that Paul is willing to take money from a Star Wars loving white supremacist as quickly as an abortion performing doctor (he has never returned a contribution this campaign), and you also note that Paul is, how do the kids say it, Pro-life, you might notice that a donation from Stormfront does not necessarily mean Paul is a racist.

Jesus Christ, it's called consistency in principles.