Memorabilia is one thing. Moreover that guy was not runnign for office. IHowever this is a very different case. This candidate was a military history reenactor. In and of itself that's not bad. That the guy wants to be a German soldier from WW2 may not be that bad, there are quite a few Weirmach, and WW1 German reenacter groups. However that he wanted to be a member of the Wikings reenactor group is something else entirely. They play members of the 15th Waffen SS division. a group that was particularly brutal and was associated with quite a few atrocities on the eastern front.
That is extreme. On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Michael Dinowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I remember the liberal Human Rights Watch expert who was suspended for > his Nazi memorabilia 'obsession'. He was defended up and down by some > of the left wing in the same way that there are those on the right who > are defending this guy. I'm not surprised that he's a Republican as > much as I'm not surprised that he's a politician. Or an activist. Or > or or. > Humans. Feh. > > On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> not only as a nazi but a member of the Waffen SS? For a republican >> candidate? Why am I not surprised? I think I'm going to have a heat >> attack and die from not surprised. >> >> http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/09/candidate-responds-to-charge-he-dressed-as-nazi/?iref=obnetwork >> >> Candidate responds to charge he dressed as Nazi >> By: >> CNN's Gabriella Schwarz >> (CNN) - The Ohio Congressional candidate who has received national >> attention for a photo where he appears in a Nazi uniform, responded to >> the reports Saturday in a statement on his website. >> Rich Iott, a Republican who is running in Ohio's 9th district, said in >> the statement that he has participated in military re-enactments since >> college and it is a "hobby" he enjoys with his son. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328970 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
