What is the "Jewish Telegraph Agency"?

It's the AP or Reuters of the Jewish press.  They just write articles which are distributed and printed widely, usually in local Jewish community newspapers (since most of those don't have too many national or international journalists on staff).

"Ron Paul will take money from Nazis. But he won’t take telephone calls from Jews" Well, duh, that should pretty much go without saying. Personally though it seems pretty ass backwards move by Paul, I would much rather take money from Jews and take phone calls from Nazi skinheads (whom I doubt have all that much money, at least compared to the..um...you know..

stgla, the Jewish Telegraph Agency is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Jewish Steamship and cotton gin company.

Once again James Kirchick displays his unique talent for clueless mendacity when he writes:

"Daniel Siederaski of the Jewish Telegraph Agency has a story that should rile all those LIBERALS oddly attracted to the presidential candidacy of Ron Paul: not only have neo-Nazis vocally expressed support for his campaign and form a crucial part of his online spam brigades, but one of their leaders has donated money and the Texas Republican hasn't decided yet whether to return it."

It may have escaped Kirchick's attention but Ron Paul is a Republican candidate and not a Democratic one so consequenlty his criticism is mis-directed.  In the TNRs orbit the highest profile Ron Paul advocate I have seen orbit is Andrew Sullivan for whom James Kirchick had absolutely no qualms filling in for recently when Sullivan went on honeymoon.

Take a look at the pro-Confederate "Politically Incorrect Guide to American History" -- guess who blurbs it as wonderfu?  Yup, Ron Paul.  So if you think the 14th Amendment was unconstitutionally enacted and states really do have the right to enact Jim Crow (though it's good that they don't), Ron Paul is your man.

Far be it from me to defend Mr. Kirchick, but he was talking about the oddness of some liberals supporting Ron Paul. The fact taht some conservatives do doesn't seem odd, and the knowledge that he's got nazi sympathies wouldn't dissuade them. It should, one hopes, dissuade liberal supporters of him.

And if you don't think there are liberal supporters of him, go over to Democratic Underground or the like, and read. He's particularly popular among the Cindy Sheehan crowd.

What miceelf said: Kirchick's point was not that Ron Paul's supporters are all liberals, but that those liberals who do support him should be put off by this information. And yes, a lot of Paul's support comes from one-issue anti-war voters, because he seems like the guy who's most serious about getting out of this war and not starting any further ones, and those voters do tend to be liberals.

I feel one should in fairness point out that the Nazi thing would dissuade a number of conservatives as well.

Once again I knew it was you James just by reading the title. Ron Paul's a Nazi and has Nazi supporters.

J*sus James, this is just a rather sad, attention seeking smear job.

Please go to the Spine and live there forever.

blackton, you read my mind.  I had this mental image of pais coming out from under stovepipe hats and tallis fringes resting on the seat of a Model T.

Regarding the original post, I would not be surprised if Ron Paul was going to take his time before returning anti-Semites' contributions or take his time returning phone calls from the JTA.  Both things could be emblematic of the candidate's lack of love for the Jews or -- the simpler story -- of his campaign not moving very quickly on anything.  My understanding is that it's quite a half-assed campaign compared to the mainstream candidates, more of a languid Fred Thompson level than a hyperkinetic Romney or Clinton level.

I mean, even at a purely mundane, philosophical level, shouldn't a libertarian have a problem with accepting financial support from, y'know, fascists?

I'm a liberal, I guess. I like Ron Paul because he is right about the war, and right about the direction the Republican party has taken, and because I like his wee elf face and his speaking manner. So: What do I think about this money-taking thing?

Well: As a liberal, wait, as a cat owner, no wait, as a Virgo, uh, anyway: I don't see why anyone should ever return a contribution.  Repudiate an endorsement, sure, but keep the money, dang! Whether he's going to repudiate the Nazis is an interesting question. I look forward to future developments with interest. And yeah, I think he should. As a cat owner and all.

psantilla, but whatever is his position on ferrets?

Maybe they are not answering because they flat out said they are not returning any donations, no matter who it is from.  Fundraising Director Jonathan Bydlak stated "If people who hold views that the candidate doesn't agree with, and they give to us, that's their loss...."

reason.com/.../123347.html

Previous poster is right on. If RP rethinks his no return policy for any money donated by wierdos, freaks, and the socially marginalized, he'd go broke RIGHT QUICK, Is there any other kind of RP supporter? There were quite a few of them at the Ames Straw Poll and lemme tell ya....yikes!!!

Ron Paul is a crank.  He has been known nationally as a crank for the past three decades at least.

That anyone should be surprised at the latest evidence of this, shows they've not been paying attention.