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GOP Leader Slams Candidate for Nazi Uniform Pics
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A top congressional Republican is criticizing a House GOP candidate from Ohio who wore a Nazi uniform during reenactments of World War II battles.
The Atlantic magazine reported last week that Ohio Republican Rich Iott has participated in the reenactments wearing a Waffen-SS uniform since 2003. Iott says he has been a historical reenactor in other venues for many years.
House Republicans’ No. 2 leader, Eric Cantor of Virginia, says he repudiates Iott’s actions and would not support someone who would do that.
Cantor’s remarks came after Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida cited Iott as an example of GOP candidates she said are extreme.
Cantor and Wasserman Schultz appeared on “Fox News Sunday.”
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Comments (173)
Sunnyr
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 1:26pmThis is a “straw man” or “red herring” for the desperate DemocRATS who are flailing and treading water to keep from drowning. Pathetic morons think they can throw out a ridiculous issue like this and people will believe we have Nazi’s running for office. How low can these creeps go?
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 6:33pmTHANK YOU!! We have so many problems to deal with that wasting any time or emotion on nonsense like this is beyond belief!!
Report Post »jacquecustard
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 1:26pmDesperate Dems and spineless Rino’s need to move along the bus and get off at the next stop. The guy is a reenctor and enjoys history. At least this guy knows his history ,sadly most Dems only know progressive PC history and Marxism.
Dems who cannot run on their miserable policies now clutch at straws to change the dynamics and grab lame stream media headlines. Please give me a break from these Dem lunkheads who for the last four years have run the country into the ground.
Report Post »glorious
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 1:19pmIt is ACTING!. I do not get these reinactments, but a lot of people do them. That means somebody has to play Nazi. What about WW2 movies….I‘ve never heard actors castigated for their roles as Nazis whose real actions I’m sure were repugnant to them. There are so many really crucial issues right now. This is NOT one of them. Cantor should have shown correct thinking by stating that. Instead he shows himself to be petty and small-minded. I have always tried to like this guy, but he makes it hard. If this is “young Guns” thinking, they should think again. Like about pork.
Report Post »NewFreedomBlog
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 1:17pmI do not know how many of you actually went to Rich Iott’s website, reviewed the website of the WWII re-enactor’s, but after reading the distortion of just the history on their site I have to also condemn Iott’s participation with this group.
If Iott wants to be the next Representative from the 9th District of Ohio, then he should come out immediately, explain his naive ignorance of this group, and apologize for his poor choice of belonging to this group.
We have enough fringe elements out in our midst who are creating more problems than they are solving. We have enough attacks from the far left extremists, who continue to use the race card and call us racists without any proof or justification at all.
The Tea Party of Perrysburg Ohio did back this man, and unfortunately threw their support behind him. They should also denounce his association with this Nazi group. I have read and seen enough of this groups vocation to re-live history. This is not a movie or one-act play. I for one do not believe we should be glorifying one of history’s worst group of criminals.
Report Post »orkydorky
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 4:42pmWhy would anyone be interested in hearing anything being said by Wasserman Schultz? When are people going to address the real issues in this election and stop being sidetracked by the personal attacks that provide cover for those without a defense of their record of going directly against the people of this nation?
Report Post »HippoNips
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 1:14pmIt’s an acting gig for historical buff. It’s funny that anyone would repudiate historical actors for playing a part for the show.
Report Post »Topcat
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 1:12pmWhat is it about this woman , Wasserman Schultz , that always rubs me the wrong way . I dont feel that way ,about all Democrat candidates although I dont agree with there policy . Maybe its her consistent , relentless support of facts , she knows are not true , to promote her agenda . Its like nails on a blackboard every time she speaks and I live in New York , I dont know how the people in Florida , can live with this woman.
Report Post »Okpulot Taha
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 1:31pmTOP CAT asks, “What is it about this woman , Wasserman Schultz , that always rubs me the wrong way.”
Her middle name. This girl should simply call herself “Debbie”. Ain’t right to call a girl, “Wasserman”, kinda rubs you the wrong way.
Okpulot Taha
Report Post »Choctaw Nation
Topcat
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 1:48pmSorry typo should have said Debbie Wasserman Schultz , still doesnt change my opinion.
Report Post »Okpulot Taha
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 2:01pmTOP CAT is confused, “Sorry typo should have said Debbie Wasserman Schultz”
Nope. Wasserman prefers to not use her first name. She is commonly known as “Wasserman” in the media, political circles and elsewhere. You are correct to drop her first name.
Okpulot Taha
Report Post »Choctaw Nation
clhathaway
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 1:09pmAny Republican who thinks this is an issue needs to go. What, are we going to accuse actors who portray Nazis on film of being sympathizers or being insensitive? What IDIOCY!! We don’t need weesly turncoat faux conservatives or just plain morons in the party.
Report Post »Teapartywoman
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 12:57pmWhy do they continue to play us all for idiots, when are they going to understand they are the idiots. I guess when we make them this Nov 2, please remember to vote, bring a friend.
Report Post »barackem
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 12:41pmif this is as it appears to be, both Wasserman Shultz and Cantor need to go. I am so fed up with blow hard politicians posturing I want to scream. Who are the one’s playing make believe here???
Report Post »barackem
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 12:58pmAfter reading the previous story on what the group did, this guy does seem out of line. This wasn’t just someone playing the part of a Nazi who got his butt kicked. It was someone in a group that seemed to reenact the Nazi victories and who appreciated how such a small country couldtake on the entire world. Sorry, but this wasn’t just an actor playing a part.
Report Post »Mary M. Tebbe
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 1:00pmbarackem: Why don’t you propose solutions then and stop hiding behind a pseudo name. Being a first time blogger on this website I’ve been amazed that people say a lot of stuff, but won’t come out and show who they really are. We can‘t make real change here in America at this time when our country needs us most if we are so cowardly that we can’t even say what our name is and who we are!
Report Post »barackem
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 1:17pmMary Tebbe, there is no honor in using your real name on a website that is meant to offer discussion. The ideas either stand on their own or they don’t. Let the reader decide. On the other hand, there are a lot of crazies on the internet. If I was you, I wouldn’t brag about using my real name on an anonymous website. Hopefully, even a ten year old knows better. As far as that goes, nobody reading has any idea whether Mary Tebbe is your real name or not or which Mary Tebbe you are. You might even be the Mary Tebbe in Nebraska pretending to be the Mary Tebbe in Florida or Maine. I suppose if you want to prove your macho by using your name, maybe you should include your address as well. I guess that would really prove to the cowards how brave you really are.
Report Post »Mary M. Tebbe
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 1:29pmbarachem: I don’t have to prove how brave I am; not after the controversial book I have written and the things I say on line. The world is full of crazy people. The internet is full of people on line using their real names: facebook, twitter, etc.
Report Post »barackem
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 1:45pmUnless someone is writing on their own facebook or twitter page, nobody knows whether the name they use is their own or not. It is a moot discussion. You would probably be better served by concentrating on the points someone makes rather than their moniker.
Report Post »tierrah
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 2:10pmBarackem: I don’t think the fact that they re-enact only the victories adversely proves anything. Years ago a friend visited Europe and fell in love with the country of Germany. When he returned home, he started researching their culture and history. He became intensely interested in the politics and Nazi regime of WWII era. It seemed the more he learned, the more he was drawn to learn. He collected Nazi paraphernalia and even learned to speak a mediocre German tongue. He is by NO means subversive. Guess my point is: we have no idea what is in this man’s heart and mind. You know, it’s kinda like expressing yourself in a forum such as this. No one can hear your voice to know it’s tone or the inflection and oft times the words you use are never received the way you intended them. Thanks for the opportunity to express my opinions.
Report Post »sorebird
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 12:41pmShe just smeared about five candidates without being challenged or better yet just getting dismissed as a crazy extremist herself, by the mention of any number of crazy policies that dims support–like socialism–theirs isn’t an ACT!
Report Post »RoAdFiXeR
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 12:40pmOne would think with Cantor and Boehner both walking a thin line with conservatives that they would shut up a sit down this is the kind of stuff that no one with a brain cares about,a lot of republicans in Ohio would love to fire Boehner but that step comes down the road after we take back our country in November.
Report Post »timej31
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 12:35pmI’ve never see so much Nazi type propaganda in my entire life as I see from the Eugenics loving Progressives in the Democratic party.
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 12:30pmMore absolute proof that the Demoncrats don’t have a monopoly on stupidity? http://commonsense21c.com/
Report Post »NevaDan
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 12:30pmDemocrats are turning America into a socialist hellhole, and they will do anything to distract attention from that fact.
Hint to Republicans: ANYTHING you do is up for an instant allegation of being “too extreme”. Do not pose in pictures at stupid events with people in German uniforms, or wearing funny beer can holder hats.
Hint to fellow Republicans when asked about such things: Try “No Comment”
Why do fellow Republicans have to be the first to trash a Republican who did something questionable or stupid?
Because that is where the MSM goes first. It is ten times better to get a Republican quote that a democrat quote.
My advise to Eric Cantor of Virginia: STFU
Report Post »Conservative Grinch
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 12:27pmEric Cantor of Virginia should grow a backbone, the spineless jelly fish. All this political correct commotion over war reenactments is just plain ridiculous. Nothing worse a stinking RINO with a fence pole stuck up his butt running to the other side giving credence to their slander. Eric Cantor have you no sense of morality, shame, or decency?
Report Post »Mary M. Tebbe
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 12:43pmconservative grinch: I believe that Eric Cantor is Jewish, therefore I don’t think that he would find what the Nazi did very savory. I write about the Assyrian/Goth in my book. The Assyrian is the race of people that took the Northern Kingdom of Israel captive and then traveled through the pages of history with them. I studied their travels from the Middle East through Europe and into the United States. They are among us and contrary to us. They are the very progressives that you are speaking about now and wishing to remove from government, only you can’t remember that because our history has been erased, distorted, and rewritten.
Report Post »Fireguarding
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 3:37pmSo, what are you saying, Mary? We should stop re-enactments that involve ANY unsavory side? Was the South trying to hold on to slavery “Savory?” And when you forbid re-enactment, that’s another win for the those who wish to rewrite history, since those who enact, and those who gather to watch, and those who read about the re-enactment, and those who watch it on video will be deprived of that reminder of what actually happened. Mary, I’m a Christian; should I raise a stink about Easter? After all, it’s a holiday celebrating, at least in part, the death of my Savior, at the hands of his persecutors. Should I reprimand anyone who dresses as a roman for Halloween? Politically Correct is INCORRECT, Mary, because it clouds issues, and banishes any pretense at good productive discussion. Get off the high horse, come down here with real people who have faults, blemishes, regrets etc…. if you’re the only perfect person, where’ve you been hiding away?
Report Post »All done, you can have your whiny plug for your book now.
Mary M. Tebbe
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 7:54pmfireguarding: Just came back to the site and saw that you asked some questions of me, so I’ll try to answer them. I’ve been to re-enactments (thanks for correcting that for me; I’ve been spelling it wrong all day) and don‘t see anything wrong with them except the one I’m referring to here. I am in no position to “forbid” anything and I don’t pretend to be. I am a Christian as well. If I’m on a high horse he has a humble rider because I have plenty of faults, blemishes, and regrets and I’d be the first to admit it. I have been hiding away for far too long, living my comfortable life, but since this administration, and Glenn Beck asking us to pledge ourselves our wealth and our honor I have answered Glenn’s call. I come here to voice my opinions and spread a little knowledge if I may just like you and everyone else. I respect everyone’s opinion and have learned a lot from the knowledgable people participating on this website. If you don’t like what I say, pass over it. You are free to do that. I have a passion for ancient history and so I write mostly about that here on this website whenever I can insert it.
Report Post »Conservative Grinch
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 9:56pmMary, I am against people smearing anyone over a war re-enactment. I usually do not like watching you tube videos, but as I watched this one, I became under the Impression that Eric Cantor did not understand what Debbie Wasserman Schultz even babbling about.
But, you don’t run over to the side of evil and Eric Canter should have rigorously questioned Debbie Wasserman Schultz. “What the hell are you babbling about you dumb ….”
As far as the tribe of Joesph of the Northern Kingdom goes the blood line of Israel is supposed to be a blessing to the world and to the United States of America. It has never been intended to be a curse. I have read the writings of our founders and I do believe they were blessed.
I don‘t know how much you know of Glenn Beck’s faith but through that blood line America is intended to be one of the most blessed nations on the earth under the precondition that we serve the lord God. But, if we fail to serve the lord God America is cursed and we will be destroyed.
I am amazed but if that people do not understand Glenn Beck. He is really quite transparent. He says what he believes. Glenn Beck may not always be right but he is a honest man. But you need to understand his faith to understand him.
Report Post »CYCLONE
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 4:55pmAmen grinch !!! ….. Amen!!!
Report Post »intothelight
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 12:26pmSo, who’s going out on Halloween as Bin Laden or other unsavory characters? Grow Up.
Report Post »C. Schwehr
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 12:24pmWasserman Shultz is just being a “good German” herself by spreading the lies of her progressive masters in Washington…lying bitch!
Report Post »jimmet
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 12:23pmPolitical correctness at it’s best. An Ohio candidate participating in a re-enactment of a world war 2 battle with his son is not acceptable to liberals. What a shame but it does point out that liberals don”t pay much attention to history. I hope Mr. Lott never decides to portray Gen. Robert E. Lee in a confederate re-enactment. He will probably be accused of promoting sescionist ideaology.
Report Post »Mary M. Tebbe
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 12:21pmI think the GOP should toss Rich Lott out on his ear as I stated on another blog here, but I don’t think Dem. Debbie Wasserman Schultz has much to talk about seeing that her party brought progressives/communists/socialists/ marxists right into THE PEOPLES WHITE HOUSE! It’s just her trying to smear the tea party again. There’s plenty of dirt to throw back and forth on both sides of the isle. That’s why in just a matter of a few days the people are going to CLEAN HOUSE.
Report Post »M31Sailor
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 1:09pmI remember dressing as a devil for halloween.. Does that mean i cant go to church? You should worry less about a reinactors uniform and more about polititians who take away your freedom.
Report Post »Vote on Nov 2
TruthTalker
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 1:36pmWho is Rich Lott? I thought we were talking about Rich Iott the Republican from Ohio. Thanks for your educated and informed opinion….
Report Post »Buck Bagaw
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 5:17pmMary, You seem, from your comments, like a person who would remove a kid from school for having a picture of a gun in his lunchbox. The man belongs to a re-enactment group, he has not, does not, and will not be dragging Poles and Jews to the train station. When re-enacting a war you need TWO sides, that means somebody has to play the bad guys, not actually BE the bad guys. I re-enact a farmer-hunter-militiaman of the 18th century and have never entertained the desire to gun down an Indian or British soldier. You may have been published (clap, clap, clap), but your logic has taken a side trip concerning this subject.
“Tolerance is the last virtue of a dying society” Aristotle
Report Post »Capt_Spalding
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 12:21pmLove Cantor but can not stomach DWS. Glad Cantor stepped up about this before The Left could get to it too much…. although I‘m sure that won’t stop the desperate idiots.
Report Post »And a note to others looking to get into public office… just use common sense. Perhaps portraying a Nazi isn’t the best idea… no matter the back story.
tierrah
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 1:49pmCapt_Spalding, Agree but think denying a person the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness via oppression is wrong no matter who does it. That also includes American, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and as the King of Siam would say, “etcetera, etcetera, etcetera!” Believe we all agree this news story is, as most are these days, a bunch of garbage mud slinging. Thanks for your comments
Report Post »sorebird
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 12:21pmWhat a bunch of cowards the Republicans are, Cantor should be ashamed, I actually liked him but he has just dropped a few notches, almost down to RINOism levels.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 5:45pmI felt the same after watching him spew his cr@ppy thoughts.
Report Post »He could have ridiculed this shrill woman and the whole DNC for getting their undies in a bunch over an act in a drama but elect an actual jihady to the WH . There was so much here he could have said to sound sensible but he chose to act like ….well a DC animal . No wonder people in the rest of the country are amazed by the level of degradation of DC and the critters that belong there.
intothelight
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 12:20pmYou can’t enact a reenactment of a war without representing both sides. Someone has to be the bad guys. Grow Up.
Report Post »dressseller
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 12:20pmAm I missing something here? …It was a RE-Enactment! ????? …………..I have dressed up in costumes in the past for various reasons (halloween maybe) ….but I didn’t actually think anyone would think I was an actual raggedy ann doll ..or a witch.. …Wait.. I need to go ask my husband if he really does think he’s Santa Claus.
Report Post »SDMF
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 12:23pmHa ha! That is good…
Report Post »Mary M. Tebbe
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 12:33pmdressseller: Raggedy Ann and Santa Claus weren’t part of the Nazi ideology. We aren’t playing little games here. The Nazi is the ancient Assyrian/Goth of the SWASTIKA, our ancient enemy. Hitler was a monster killing Jews in gas chambers and trying to conquer the world. I think you might consider that this is serious business.
Report Post »RavenGlenn
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 12:19pmAgreed. This is stupid. You can’t have a WW2 reenactment without /someone/ playing the bad guys. What’s next? Are we going to tear down actors who play serial killers, nazis, and other assorted bad guys in movies?
Report Post »mintyfresh
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 1:51pmok, you let me know when enough time has passed that it is ok for someone to dress up as al qaeda on 9/11… there are some things that just aren’t acceptable.
caitlynsdad
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 2:22pmExactly what I was thinking, Raven. No actor who’s played a Nazi in a movie can ever switch careers to politics now. Ronald Reagan once played a mob boss in “The Killers.” Should he have been repudiated for his actions? (And with all due respect to your point about al-Qaeda, Mintyfresh, there are actors who have already played 9/11 terrorists in several movies. Are they to be barred from politics, should they want to run for office?)
Report Post »mintyfresh
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 2:26pmthe actor reference was absurd. a man who does this voluntarily in his free time is something entirely different.
Report Post »caitlynsdad
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 2:57pm@Mintyfresh
Report Post »So a professional actor we can excuse, but an amateur actor not at all? If you’re on the payroll of Hollywood, all is forgiven. If you’re a hobbyist, you have no excuse.
mintyfresh
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 3:13pmso this guy, hanging out in an ss uniform and drinking a beer on the weekend, is comparable in your mind to, say, schindler’s list? sure, same ball park, right?
Report Post »caitlynsdad
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 3:49pm@Mintyfresh
I don’t read where he was “hanging out” and “drinking a beer.” I do read where was doing re-enactments. First you attempt to make a distinction between a professional actor and someone who does battle reenactments in his spare time, then when that doesn’t work for you, you change your argument to portray him as someone who’s downing a cold one in the clothes he wears on the weekend.
Kindly either show some consistency or provide the other information you have that I am not privy to.
Report Post »mintyfresh
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 4:27pmit is the same logic. i‘m sorry you can’t follow it. and that you didn’t bother to look at the photo posted with the story.
Report Post »caitlynsdad
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 4:42pm@Mintyfresh
Report Post »Logic is not even close to being the same, and the equation of a man engaged in a battle re-enactment and a man who’s swigging a beer with his buddies while dressed in his favorite garb for lounging is sophomoric. I indeed saw the picture, and your attempt to read into it what you do is evidence of the same kind of thinking. Men involved in hobbies together often have their picture taken with their buddies after activities, and sometimes don’t bother to change clothes first. The insinuation that the man has Nazi sympathies because of it is simply too blitheringly absurd to comment on further. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but you‘re reading a thousand more that just aren’t there.
mintyfresh
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 4:51pmoh i’m sorry. in my world, that counts as “hanging out.” and with a beer there. so insinuations that in order to classify it that way, you needed some sort of “privy” knowledge seemed moronic to me.
i never made the argument that he was a nazi sympathizer, etc. i just think this is something not to be taken lightly. and isn’t something you should do for a hobby. period.
Report Post »Buck Bagaw
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 4:56pmMinty, Take it lightly, Seriously!!
Report Post »Jack Russell
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 9:57pmI‘m enjoying the ridiculous perspective of this ’MintyFresh’ character. Must live under some sort of rock. For this person to NOT comprehend the valuable historic contributions that war re-enactments offer and the opportunities they provide for history to ‘come alive’ for history buffs of all ages goes to the narrow-minded responses all the way down the post. If this person isn’t a typical emotional/liberal, he/she might consider giving emotionalism/liberalism a whirl. There’s certainly not enough cerebral process there to qualify as a rational/conservative.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 10:54pmMintyfresh….you’re a moron. Stop before you hurt yourself.
caitlynsdad
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 11:01pm@Jack Russell
Report Post »You make a very valid point there with the history coming alive argument. It’s one thing to sit in a history class and have the teacher move doo-dads all over a board, or draw diagrams, in order to illustrate battlefield tactics and maneuvers. It’s quite another thing be able to see it re-enacted, as if you were actually watching the history unfold before your eyes. For history buffs, or World War II buffs, Civil War buffs, Revolutionary War buffs, it provides a fabulous way to learn and to meet with people who share the same fascination. This overwrought hand-wringing from Cantor and DWS down in Florida–nothing more than abject stupidity.
whale
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 4:39pmMintyfresh, you clearly don’t have a clue what you are talking about. Re-enactments are ways for history buffs to show history to people who may not be able to learn strictly through books. This is a visual experience that can make kids understand the incident being portrayed and/or increase their desire to learn more about history.
How are those bad things? They aren’t, anything that promotes interest in children and adults learning more about history is a good thing. There are re-enactments all over the country for many different periods of time, do you think the people re-enacting the British at Yorktown or Lexington/Concord are anti-American pro-British?
whale
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 12:13pmThis whole episode is idiotic. Where are all the news organizations bashing all the candidates that play on the confederate side in civil war reenactments. It’s the exact same thing.
Report Post »SDMF
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 12:22pmExactly. It would be different if we found out he was showing up to clan meetings or Aryan Brotherhood meetings.
Report Post »Mr.Citrus
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 12:31pmD u m b .
Report Post »Mithra
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 12:31pmThe south will rise again.
mizflame98
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 12:32pmCantor needs to go if he doesn’t have the spine to stand up and say that this “scandal” is ridiculous.
timej31
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 12:33pmWho cares it is a reenactment. That is what Progressives want. To change history or erase it. It’s important to remember our history. I never heard a word from anyone when Tom Cruise and many others filmed Valkyrie. Did anyone else?
Report Post »2
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 1:37pmWeizinhimmer needs all the help She can get. Someone had to play the Indians?
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 1:50pmThe “Wannabe Tyrants” will publicize the irrelevant using their “preponderance of the propaganda” to avoid a discussion of the issues. Pay no attention to the smokescreen.
The only relevant issue is freedom or tyranny!!!!
http://commonsense21c.com/
Report Post »Ellie
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 1:51pmNo doubt this would have been welcomed by the Dem party if he had only just played a member of Stalin’s murderous horde.
Report Post »klstj
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 2:53pmThis is sooooo… stupid. The guy participates in a world war II re enactment with his son. Some people would call that a history lesson. Cantor needs to grow a pair. The Ohio candidate state clearly that his personal feelings and position are fully against what the Nazis did and stood for. This was nothing more than a part in a play. At least he stood up for himself. If 11/2 is going to go our way then these so called leaders better stop running scared.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 3:34pmGee I saw some REAL ones on the mall in Washington on 10/2…what about those Nazis? hmmmmmmmm
Report Post »orkydorky
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 4:21pmThe real Nazi’s are out there trying to gather votes for the Democrat candidates, not just being an actor in a play!
Report Post »Larry Sheldon
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 5:00pmInteresting that it is OK to be a Kleagal, but not a play-actor.
Report Post »Buck Bagaw
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 5:19pmCantor should take a smart pill, Little Debbie shouldn’t forget to take her anti-twit medicine again.
Report Post »kschmud
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 5:55pmI would expect Wassernan-Schultz to sink so low to spin the reenactment issue…..but I also have lost respect for Cantor. Why must politicians speak before they know anything about an issue? There is nothing to repudiate. Reenactment is a very popular hobby in Ohio…and Iott has participated in many types of reenactments over the years…and I do think it can be a good father/son (or daughter) activity to share. Google Iott’s home page to see his comments and other photos from various reenactments.
Report Post »http://voteiott.com/2010/10/rich-iott-statement-on-the-latest-kaptur-campaign-lie/
AstupidAmerican
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 7:07pmNew Party in 2012…
Report Post »Remember 1860, thats the kind of change that needs to happen.
Whigs were replaced Republican Party by 1860.
Game on ruling elitist class.
Man up! Stand up America!
Its WE THE PEOPLE!!!
listeninginVT
Posted on October 10, 2010 at 8:36pmCantor seems of the “old school rep” while trying to ride the Tea P. wave, but in this instance is showing his own colors, along with propg. artist Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, I’ve watched them “debate” sides on Fox and it is all word games and mis rep. of facts. this site; http://voteiott.com/2010/10/rich-iott-statement-on-the-latest-kaptur-campaign-lie/ ; is R. Lott response to said pic’s. its a nice read.
Report Post »caitlynsdad
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 8:41amMithra predicts, with historical ignorance: “The south will rise again.”
Robert E. Lee was a Nazi? Oh, no, wait! I’ve got it: Adolf Hitler was a Confederate general, who killed himself at Appomattox!
What a mind.
Report Post »MonroeFan
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 11:13amHe should have played a “New Black Panther” and then the GOP leader would be to scared to say anything about him.
Report Post »kschmud
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 4:38pmA lot of men who re-enact cival war related battles served as the bulk of the soldiers in the movie “Gettysburg” (they all have their own uniforms and gear etc)…I lived in the Ashland/Mansfield OH area at the time…it was a big deal. Re-enactment does contribute to learning history. Rent the movie and see them in action.
Report Post »Atheist
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 9:55pmMan, that is some serious faulty analogy.
“Derp, it is the same thing as playing the Confederacy in Civil War reenactments.”
OK. First, before I respond, take 30 seconds and try to realize for yourself why it isn’t the same thing.
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Couldn’t figure it out? I’m not surprised.
No one reenacts slave ownership. No one dresses up as a southern gentlemen and pretends to whip a black boy named “Toby.”
One can reenact World War II without dressing up as a damned Nazi. If he was dressed as a standard German solider in a standard German military unit, then this wouldn’t be as big of a deal. However, he is dressed as a Nazi in the SS.
The SS existed to hunt down and kill Jews and to protect Hitler; NOT to fight the Allies.
So, no, this is not OK.
Report Post »Atheist
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 9:58pmAlso, I want to say thanks to the moderators for not deleting my comments. I’m not trying to attack anyone personally or be a general A-hole. I do get mad by nearly everything I read here, but in the end I’m just killing time and having some fun.
Report Post »Atheist
Posted on October 11, 2010 at 10:11pmHa, I spoke too soon. Looks like my last message was deleted. Let me see if I can sum it up without any of my previous frustration.
The defense that someone needs to be dressed as a Nazi in WWII reenactments is false. There were German troops who weren’t SS, and those were the ones that fought the Allies in World War II.
Reenacting as an SS agent is less similar to reenacting as a typical Confederate solider and is more similar to reenacting as a slave owner. No one does that. No one pretends to be a southern man who owns blacks, because that is offensive and nothing to be proud of.
The SS were the Nazis who were charged by Hitler to hunt down the Jews. That is simply nothing to be proud of either.
Please don’t delete this comment. I just want to have the discussion.
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