Why Paul, who said just a month ago that fascism will come to this country wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross, and who is still mired in a major controversy with his newsletters containing racist garbage he claims he didn't write, would make a stop at a fundamentalist madrasah that didn't open its doors to students of all races until 1975, and banned interracial dating and marriage all the way through 2000 (after George W. Bush appeared there), is beyond comprehension.An estimated crowd of 600 Jesusbots packed the room where Paul spoke, with hundreds more "waiting in the hallway and peering through windows" to hear the Texas Congressman, who just days ago drew more votes in the Michigan primary than Fred Thompson or Rudy Giuliani.
A campaign press release said that Paul "delivered his message of freedom, peace and prosperity" to the throng of students and faculty.
Ken Herman at the Austin American-Statesman writes that he got an earlier press release from the Paul camp that said, curiously, "It should also subtly be conveyed that Dr. Ron Paul will be the only Presidential Candidate to speak at Bob Jones University (although this fact does not translate into an endorsement in any way, shape, or form)." That's probably so because Bob Jones U.'s president previously endorsed Mitt Romney, who (despite what the Paul release says) had already made a stop at the college.
The choice of Romney is odd as well, since BJU has a history of hostility towards Mormons. A former BJU president said in 2000 that Mormonism, along with Catholicism, are "cults which call themselves Christian."
In other Paulite news, conservative "founding father" Richard Viguerie has created Ultimate Ron Paul, a website whose title brings to mind a certain celebrated site about Ninja power.