Admittedly I was painting a wide streat when I said "For a republican candidate?" Although with many republicans with strong Tea party support these days I do not think its that much of a stretch. My point is that the republicans are going further and further to the extreme right wing, much to this country's detriment.
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Michael Dinowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:329048 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
