If you ever just pick a judicial candidate randomly at the polling place -- I mean who really knows one from the other, right -- I hope that after you read this, you'll never do it again. On page 7 of the Los Angeles "Official Sample Ballot" for next Tuesday's primary is a race for Judge of the Superior Court (Office number 125). The contest hasn't gotten much publicity. But I want you to read this:
"No person shall be a citizen of the United States unless he is a non-Hispanic white of the European race, in whom there is no ascertainable trace of Negro blood, nor more than one-eighth Mongolian, Asian, Asia Minor, Middle Eastern, Semitic, Near Eastern, American Indian, Malay or other non-European or non-white blood, provided that Hispanic whites, defined as anyone with an Hispanic ancestor, may be citizens if, in addition to meeting the aforesaid ascertainable trace and percentage tests, they are in appearance indistinguishable from Americans whose ancestral home is in the British Isles or Northwestern Europe. Only citizens shall have the right and privilege to reside permanently in the United States."
The man who wrote that-- a proposed constitutional amendment-- is asking for our votes for the Superior Court. His name-- well he has many names-- is Bill Johnson. He also goes by the names William Daniel Johnson, Daniel Johnson and James O. Pace. He's an attorney, a Mormon, and, as you may have concluded, a white supremacist (and Ron Paulista). The paragraph comes from his 1985 book, Amendment to the Constitution-- Averting The Decline And Fall Of America in which he urges the repeal of the 14th (which defines citizenship as well as due process and equal protection under the law) and 15th (which guarantees voting rights for all citizens) Amendments. He advocates deporting tens of millions of Americans within one year. That would include... well, read his little amendment again. American Indians, Eskimos, Hawaiians won't be citizens and won't be deported to "their countries of origin" -- but they'll have to live on reservations.
This isn't Johnson's first bid for elective office. When Dick Cheney resigned from Congress to become Secretary of Defense in 1989, Johnson ran for his House seat in Wyoming. He didn't win although a GOP front group publication, All the Way, strongly backed him.
"The strongest pro-majority campaign in the nation is mounting here with far-reaching implications. Congressional candidate Daniel Johnson is being blasted as a 'white supremacist' because he favors repatriating non-whites to Africa and scrapping affirmative action programs."Johnson, 34, seeking the post vacated by now-Secretary of Defense Richard Chaney [sic], is a smart Harvard-law grad who persuasively articulates the pro-gun, pro-family, pro-American position. He is a dedicated anti-communist with many youthful supporters."
Aside from being active in Ron Paul's campaign, he is also a Minuteman activist and exactly the kind of person made to feel empowered by CNN's vicious daily broadcasts by resident xenophobe Lou Dobbs. Johnson's campaign manager, Holly Clearman, is also state coordinator for the Ron Paul for President campaign and is herself is a candidate for the Republican L.A. County Central Committee. They are counting on well-organized Paulistas to put him over the top. I recently sat next to one on an airplane; very nice, polite guy, even if he was, politically speaking, quite the brainwashed little zombie. This is the kind of low-turnout, low interest election where he and his energetic Meet Up buddies could make all the difference in the world. Fortunately, there are legal community newspapers that actually do the research on judicial candidates. In L.A. we have the Metropolitan News Enterprise, which dug up a lot of the facts on Johnson's multiple identities.
UPDATE: LET'S HOPE ALL THE LITTLE ZOMBIES FIND OUT BY TUESDAY
Ron Paul just withdrew his endorsement of this loon.
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To demonize Ron Paul and belittle his candidacy in light of what we are learning every day about the abuse of power by those in Washington that represent the OPPOSITE of what Dr. Paul stands for, is to do a disservice to all that read your tripe and it is a sad attempt to discredit those supporters that have done thier patriotic duty to truly understand a candidate's positions and reject the corporate-sponsored mainstream political elite.
And the above comment is so littered with errors and shows such a lack of understanding on complex issues such as monetary policy and civil liberties that it does not deserve a direct response. Way to go, OrganizersWin. You have proven that the American education system really is in horrible shape. Reading blogs and opinion do NOT count as doing research, regardles of how much easier it is.
Ron Paul is already labeled a racist based on both his writings as well as the periodical, with his name
on it, that he sells.
Paulistas need to figure out who they are and what they represent.
If we were afraid of Bush, the Paulistas aren't that far off.
The fringe is speaking and we should take note.
Speaking of brainwashed...
We haven't heard Ron disavow this just like we never heard him diasavow the white supremists who endorsed him. I have no idea what Ron Paul would endorse and neither do you.
But why was Dr. Paul brought into this? Because this guy volunteers for his campaign? So what?
Has Dr. Paul formally endorsed this guy? If not then I fail to see the connection.
peace!
Yes to Henry Waxman and Mike Feuer, no to this racist.
Paul confuses 'civil liberties' with corporate freedom when referencing "small gov't", and the regulating of corporate activity by the citizenry. Then he supports "Big gov't" over private institutions, when it comes to the Fed, border security and abortion. As a presumed fan of the Constitution, I am sure his copy is somewhat different than the one I have read, let alone the other founding documents. Terms like "big v. small gov't", "free market capitalism", and "competition" are beyond deceptive. They are phrases used by elite corporate power to make people confuse their own rights and freedoms, with the economic and political tyranny or an organized powerful few.
Paul is correct about the need to focus on the bankers and monetary policy. However, his own ideas of 'deregulation' HELP the very people he pretends to be against. He also supports GOLD backing, which reveals he does not really understand the underlying dynamics of global trade and how power works. He thinks that if we print our own money, that somehow the financial and industrial elites will bow down to this new currency...... and he ignores DEflation.
And the result... a bunch of people trying to get a crazy racist elected judge. Way to go, you 'thinking' Americans.
Now let's compare him to a maroon.
Yep, he's more like a maroon than Jefferson.
I have since become very optimistic that Barack Obama represents the right direction, and am enthusiastically endorsing his candidacy, although I am not ignorant of the fact that he, too, is in bed with the establishment, with big business, and will not risk his political neck by standing up on issues like wasteful military spending, equal rights, or corporate crime. Ron Paul has such a fervent base because people that look past the superficial issues of the day and realize how badly the middle class is getting screwed over, and how blatantly those in power abuse our constitutition, are PISSED OFF and are looking for a voice.