GOP candidate who dressed as Nazi will receive some drunken, chain-smoking, VERY orange assistance

[Amerigo Vespucci]

John Boehner To Campaign With Rich Iott, Candidate Who Dressed As SS Officer

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/27/john-boehner-rich-iott-campaign_n_775078.html



WASHINGTON -- House Minority Leader John Boehner will campaign this weekend with Rich Iott, the Ohio Republican congressional candidate who found himself embroiled in controversy several weeks ago when photos surfaced of him dressed in a Nazi SS uniform.

The Iott campaign confirmed to the Huffington Post that the two will appear together at the Lucas County Republican Party headquarters. It is, if nothing else, a risky stop for Boehner to make just days before the election.

Iott's chances at winning the seat were seemingly downgraded after photos of him dressed in Nazi garb surfaced. But Boehner's visit suggests that Republicans feel the seat is within their grasp. Iott claimed that he was merely partaking in a historical reenactment and not out of latent sympathies for the Third Reich. Still, his candidacy became somewhat symbolic for the extremities of the GOP.

Boehner, through it all, stood by his fellow Ohioan. The House Minority Leader declined to return the campaign funds he had sent to Iott. The campaign swing on Saturday is, however, a step towards an even fuller embrace of Iott's candidacy. A spokesman for Boehner did not immediately return a request for comment, but the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee did.

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Oberst Böhner trifft sich mit Oberleutnant Iott.

[EarlG]

2. Er...

:wow:

[EarlG]

3. Picture Boehner weeping

as Iott recounts the heroic exploits of the 5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking."

[Rhiannon12866]

4. John Boehner also came to my district (NY-20) to campaign for my congressman's teabagger opponent...

It was very strange, received little press because Boehner refused to even be interviewed. I guess that you had to be invited to meet him and I wasn't... I looked for a pic, but there are none. :eyes: