The New York Times commits drive-by journalism against three Republican presidential contenders:
The leader of a white supremacist group that has been linked to Dylann Roof, the suspect in the murder of nine African-Americans in a Charleston, S.C., church last week, has donated tens of thousands of dollars to Republican campaigns, including those of 2016 presidential contenders such as Ted Cruz, Rick Santorum and Rand Paul, records show.
There is no evidence that the Cruz, Santorum or Paul campaigns solicited donations from Earl Holt, the white supremacist leader who has been linked to Roof. The Cruz campaign immediately returned the funds once they were notified of their origin. It is likely that the Santorum and Paul campaigns will do the same shortly. It doesn’t require a journalism degree to grasp that national presidential organizations do not have the time or resources to vet individual donations, even ones that run into the thousands of dollars.
The sophomoric attempt to link the Republican Party to white supremacism is almost par for the course, what makes this article truly appalling is the tangential linking of Cruz, Santorum and Paul to the tragedy in Charleston. You need to follow the Times logic very closely for it to make even the slightest sense.
In his manifesto Dylann Roof cited Earl Holt’s bigoted writings for helping to radicalize him. Holt in turn gave thousands of dollars to a variety of Republican candidates over the years. So because an evil and deranged young man read something by someone he likely never met, who in turn had made financial contributions to Republicans, there is enough justification for making this tenuous relationship a front page story in the newspaper of record.
It’s often been remarked that the Times spends much of its energy these days running interference for the Clinton campaign. I doubt even the Clintons would stoop quite this low.
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What I don’t understand is why White supremacists aren’t smarter about where their money goes. It’s obvious the Democratic Party has done far more for their cause than any Republican.
I think the Clintons would stoop that low or lower.
This stuff just writes itself.
NY Times, March 16, 2008:
“A radical church leader who promotes racial division and anti-semitism has been linked to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. When reached for comment, Mr Obama, who has called the reverend his “spiritual advisor” and in whose church he has participated throughout his adult life, stated that “I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community”.
NY Times, March 20, 2008:
“An unrepentant terrorist bomber and self proclaimed “communist revolutionary” who advocated the forceable internment of millions of Americans in re-education camps and approved of the assassination of Robert Kennedy because of his vote in favor of selling American jet fighters to Israel has been linked to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Though advisors to the candidate deny anything more than his passing acquaintance with Mr Ayers, a Times investigation reveals that the Mr Obama’s first political fundraiser was held in the home of Mr Ayers and that the former terrorist bomber was responsible for Mr Obama obtaining the only executive leadership role he has ever held. ”
BHO, yesterday blamed Fox News for being out of step with the NYT. Fox is causing all the angst in the country.
Of course he did. Fox has been Moby Dick to Obama’s Ahab since 2008.