[lbo-talk] structural racism/sexism

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Jan 11 14:58:21 PST 2012


On Jan 11, 2012, at 3:07 PM, shag carpet bomb wrote:


> I couldn't find any data on income, only age. From the NH Polls, Paul
> didn't get that much support from young people. Gingrich actually led
> among youth.

Actually, no.

http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/states/new-hampshire/exit-polls

Paul got 46% of the 18-29 vote. Romney got 26%. Gingrich, 3%.

Paul got 31% of the lowest income category, tied with Romney.


> but as for what Rose was talking about, she was talking about his
> broader spiel, not any of the crap he's said recently to defend
> himself against the racism charge.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/27/ron-paul-drugs-drug-war_n_1170878.html


> Ron Paul’s presidential campaign has spent the last two weeks dealing with the political consequences of the reemergence of racist newsletters that went out under his name in the 1980s and ‘90s. During that same time period, however, Paul also laid out an historical analysis of the racist roots of the drug war that accurately and honestly reflects its origins.



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