Why is This GOP House Candidate Dressed as a Nazi?

[babsbunny]

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/10/why-is-this-gop-house-candidate-dressed-as-a-nazi/64319/

An election year already notable for its menagerie of extreme and unusual candidates can add another one: Rich Iott, the Republican nominee for Congress from Ohio's 9th District, and a Tea Party favorite, who for years donned a German Waffen SS uniform and participated in Nazi re-enactments.

Iott, whose district lies in Northwest Ohio, was involved with a group that calls itself Wiking, whose members are devoted to re-enacting the exploits of an actual Nazi division, the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking, which fought mainly on the Eastern Front during World War II. Iott's participation in the Wiking group is not mentioned on his campaign's website, and his name and photographs were removed from the Wiking website.

When contacted by The Atlantic, Iott confirmed his involvement with the group over a number of years, but said his interest in Nazi Germany was historical and he does not subscribe to the tenets of Nazism. "No, absolutely not," he said. "In fact, there's a disclaimer on the website. And you'll find that on almost any reenactment website. It's purely historical interest in World War II."

[blue sky at night]

1. ya...I believe that....

he really is a sweetheart and voluteers at the local soup kitchen every saturday.

[Angry Dragon]

2. You too can be a Nazi .................

For only $3000 we will send to you, in a Brown paper wrapper, your very own SS uniform and all
the information you need to try to take over the world.

For joining now, we will include for free a book with famous quotes from great leaders such as G.W. Bush, Dickie Cheney, Adolph Hitler, and many other famous Nazis of our time.

[Octafish]

3. Because he IS a NAZI.

Lots of NAZIs around, still. Younger generation, in fact.

For anyone interested how they got here:

Know your BFEE: Spawn of Wall Street and the Third Reich

[Johnny2X2X]

4. Sick

This man is sick and so are many of the tea baggers. You watch though, he will still get a lot of votes.

[Arugula Latte]

5. Here he is:

What a sick, sick mo'fo.