Walking around in clothing with Nazi symbols (other than a swastika) goes a little beyond just collecting. And his position was one of power. Different than a politician but power none-the-less. And he didn't have to answer to voters.
But the point was on the support from either side when 'one of theirs' was caught. A knee jerk reaction to the 'not surprised he was a republican' comment. It was kind of a wide paintbrush. On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:329024 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
