Comment: GOP Congressional candidate Rich Iott of Ohio has been flying colors that demonstrate the true nature of the Republican party. A favorite of the Tea Parties, Iott for years participated in “reenactments” of battles of the Fifth Waffen SS division (Viking). (Iott is second from right in this photo.)
As noted in numerous broadcasts, the GOP is little more than a front for a Third Reich gone underground.
“Why Is this GOP House Candidate Dressed as a Nazi?” by Joshua Green; The Atlantic; 10/08/2010.
Excerpt: 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. . . .
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Oh. Well THAT’s a relief! His interest is only historical.
He’s baaaaaack!
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/11/nazi-reenactor-causing-bad-headlines-for-gopagain.php
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Needless to say, this caused a bit of a stir. Iott said he didn’t mean to offend anybody, Democrats condemned him, the NRCC scrubbed his name from their “Young Guns” website and then-House Minority Whip Eric Cantor also condemned him.
But fellow Buckeye and then-House Minority Leader John Boehner declined to abandon Iott, campaigning with him near the end of the race Iott eventually lost to Kaptur.
Now, it seems, Iott is returning the favor. The Washington Jewish Week reports Iott gave the maximum legally allowed ($2,400) to Boehner’s PAC in the last FEC filing period. The paper’s Adam Kredo asked, “given what we know about Iott’s pastime, should a leader like Boehner keep the contribution?”
The answer to some Jewish Democrats is certainly no. On Tuesday, the National Jewish Democratic Council called on Boehner to return the money. A request for comment from Boehner’s PAC was not immediately returned.
Boehner is not the only Ohio Republican to face awkward questions surrounding Iott’s cash. A Democratic-aligned group, ProgressOhio, made headlines yesterday when they called on Josh Mandel, the Ohio Treasurer and a likely candidate vying for the chance to take on Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) next year, to donate the $1,000 Iott gave his campaign to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
The whole thing is doubly awkward for Mandel because he’s Jewish, and was once on the board of Cleveland Jewish News, which hit him with this less-than-flattering story last week.
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Oh Joe, say it ain’t so