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Because I can't find what you're saying in the articles. Please quote.
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I've asked redbean the same question three different ways, and he can't seem to come up with any material...
But he's not a troll, so lets take his word for it.
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Can't come up with any material?
Hmmmm.....I sourced the assertion to a Texas Monthly article from 2001, and explained that it is a pay-for-use service to access their archives.
Here's a link to article with an excerpt of the 2001 Texas Monthly article:
Link to Texas monthly Excerpt
An excerpt from an apparent interview with Texas Monthly as quoted on the blog Everything2.com clarifies the above information as follows:
"In spite of calls from Gary Bledsoe, the president of the Texas State Conference of the NAACP, and other civil rights leaders for an apology for such obvious racial typecasting, Paul stood his ground. He said only that his remarks about Barbara Jordan related to her stands on affirmative action and that his written comments about blacks were in the context of 'current events and statistical reports of the time.' He denied any racist intent. What made the statements in the publication even more puzzling was that, in four terms as a U. S. congressman and one presidential race, Paul had never uttered anything remotely like this.
"When I ask him why, he pauses for a moment, then says, 'I could never say this in the campaign, but those words weren't really written by me. It wasn't my language at all. Other people help me with my newsletter as I travel around. I think the one on Barbara Jordan was the saddest thing, because Barbara and I served together and actually she was a delightful lady.' ...
"His reasons for keeping this a secret are harder to understand: '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." ' It is a measure of his stubbornness, determination, and ultimately his contrarian nature that, until this surprising volte-face in our interview, he had never shared this secret. It seems, in retrospect, that it would have been far, far easier to have told the truth at the time."
As many have said before RP made a fairly big political blunder by following bad advice from his aides and not putting the newsletter issue to rest when he had chance. From my judgment this is no where near enough evidence to "incriminate" him as a racist especially given the full context of the excerpt; not just the section you quoted redbean.