Original sentence: "They were never my words, but I had some moral responsibility for them...I actually really wanted to try to explain that it doesn't come from me directly, but they [campaign aides] said that's too confusing.'It appeared in your letter and your name was on that letter and therefore you have to live with it.A 1996 article in the Houston Chronicle alleges that Ron Paul made comments in a 1992 edition of his Ron Paul Survival Report (a newsletter that he had published from 1985) which could be construed as racist, including disparaging remarks about fellow congressperson Barbara Jordan, and that this could help his political opponents.He further stated that he felt some moral responsibility for the words that had been attributed to him, despite the fact that they did not represent his way of thinking:
Edited sentence: " Also that, "Opinion polls consistently show that only about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions, i.A 1996 article in the Houston Chronicle alleges that Ron Paul made comments in a 1992 edition of his Ron Paul Survival Report (a newsletter that he had published from 1985) which could be construed as racist, including disparaging remarks about fellow congressperson Barbara Jordan.Black men commit murders, rapes, robberies, muggings and burglaries all out of proportion to their numbers.Included in the newsletter was the claim that "we are constantly told that it is evil to be afraid of black men, it is hardly irrational.] are semi-criminal or entirely criminal.support the free market, individual liberty and the end of welfare and affirmative action" and that "I think we can safely assume that 95 percent of the black males in [Washington D