like that. well, you know, i m really, really against anything like that. and question this guy and whether he s suitable for the office that he seeks. the real one, not in the dress-up yeah, the real one, not the i don t even want to think about whether he wants to be promoted to, you know, capitan or whatever. speaking of not hearing enough, there s a headline i saw today on a blog on newsweek. the nazi sympathizer who isn t, ohio congressman rich iott is being attacked for wearing a nazi uniform, but shouldn t we be concerned about his views, not his attire? and it goes on to suggest this is just a lot of the mainstream media is treating them with kid gloves. any other time in our history, wouldn t the press, left, right, and middle, just for the sake of the story, be screaming for the rooftops, hey, look, a lot of
he said it s been a few years since he donned the uniform and he quit the group after his son lost interest. this all started so he and his son could do some father-son nazi bonding together. now, one might assume that such careless disregard for the meaning of a uniform would come from someone who never served in one. but iott s own campaign site shows rich is a proud member of the ohio military reserve where he holds the rank of colonel. he s in his 28th year of service. he s a graduate of the usmc command and staff college and usaf air war college. mr. iott has been awarded highly coveted israeli jump wings and senior parachutist wings of the netherlands. iott has had a lot to say since the story broke saying it s
reasons. it was, quote, a father/son bonding thing. mr. iott left the group in 2007 after his son lost interest in it. even the republicans are recoiling. he s now been scrubbed from the gop young guns website after it turned out he preferred old guns, you know, like lugers. only when pressed by debbie wasserman schultz did eric cantor address the issue. debbie, when launched into her attacks as to some of the reports about candidates that are running and particularly the one in ohio having to do with nazi reenactment, she knows that i would absolutely repudiate that and not support an individual well, you haven t. who would do something like that. you haven t. i m doing it right here. i m doing it right here, debbie. you know good and well i don t support anything like that. to that point, the iott spokesman, matthew parker, telling the toledo blade that the house minority whip is, quote, just one member of
under his nazi pseudonym. it reads his pictured with herr schneider, a real vet. he said it s been a few years since he donned the uniform and he quit the group after his son lost interest. this all started so he and his son could do some father-son nazi bonding together. now, one might assume that such careless disregard for the meaning of a uniform would come from someone who never served in one. but iott s own campaign site shows rich is a proud member of the ohio military reserve where he holds the rank of colonel. he s in his 28th year of service. he s a graduate of the usmc command and staff college and usaf air war college. mr. iott has been awarded highly
you know, i m against anything like that. well, you know, i m really, really against anything like that. and question this guy and whether he s suitable for the office that he seeks. the real one, not in the dress-up yeah, the real one, not the i don t even want to think about whether he wants to be promoted to, you know, captaine or whatever. speaking of not hearing enough, there s a headline i saw today on a blog on newsweek. the nazi sympathizer who isn t, ohio congressman rich iott is being attacked for wearing a nazi uniform, but shouldn t we be concerned about his views, not his attires. and it goes on to suggest this is just a lot of the mainstream media is treating them with kid gloves. any other time in our history, wouldn t the press, left, right,