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GOP Candidate Tony Zirkle Wishes Adolph A Happy Birthday

crooksandliars.com — "On Sunday, Tony Zirkle, a Republican candidate for Indiana ’s 2nd District... attended the 119th birthday celebration for Adolph Hitler." (video)

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  • SteamPowered, on 04/24/2008, -7/+81Dumb ass.
  • darkchild82, on 04/24/2008, -13/+70Yeah, that'll help the Republicans.
    /sarcasm
    • TheUngod, on 04/24/2008, -11/+12More proof the Republican party is turning Fascist
      • MisterWormwood, on 04/24/2008, -6/+18Turning?
      • musleypope, on 04/24/2008, -13/+4Yes, the one incident is undeniable proof.
        • TheUngod, on 04/24/2008, -5/+10If it were the one and only incident you'd have a point. There are many reasons though, this one just stacks it on.
        • CryRightardCry, on 04/24/2008, -3/+8Aww, that's cute when you pretend you don't know about other incidents.
          Are you OK with being so dishonest and PRETENDING you are ignorant?
    • alk509, on 04/24/2008, -0/+8Meanwhile, at the Democratic party headquarters, people shouted: "Please, God, let this guy endorse McCain!"
      • Depthfunction, on 04/24/2008, -2/+15No, he's actually a Ron Paul supporter.
        • rpayne656, on 04/24/2008, -2/+5God damn it.
        • BabyWookie, on 04/25/2008, -0/+4That makes a lot of sense. I was at a local gun show last weekend. Saw this table where a guy was selling a bunch of books. Something about those books instantly struck me as unusual. Basically, there were swastikas on a bunch of them. I came closer and started reading the titles: "The Rise of Jewish Hegemony In America", "The War on European Culture", "The Upcoming Race War", etc. The guy was also selling a bunch of Ron Paul posters, stickers, etc. Those Nazis sure like the "good doctor". Sad.
    • hipnerd, on 04/24/2008, -10/+8I'm a liberal Democrat, through-and-through -- but I can't really make a connection between this guy and mainstream Republican politics.

      I think the GOP lags behind on issues of race and equality. But this is Godwinning by association. The guy isn't a major player in the GOP. He's never even held office. He's a fringe candidate that calls himself a Republican. It's the kind of slime by association that is being done to Obama now.

      I'd expect some crap like this from George Stephanopolis, but I would hope that Crooks and Liars would be better than this.
      • nsareadthis, on 04/24/2008, -3/+9He was a Republican appointee, an Indiana State atty, and this is his second campaign for Congress after getting on the ballot with an R beside his name. That makes him a Republican candidate. Period. That's not slime by association at all. He's been actively involved in the party politic for years now and only now are they really trying to distance themselves from him.

        He actually didn't do that bad last time he ran. He got 30% of the vote in 2006 as a Republican.
        http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/23/politics ...

        That's not a "fringe" candidate, although he's very unlikely to do so well this time around. he's still very much a Republican. A lot like George W Bush's grandfather, actually.
        http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/sep/25/usa.se ...
      • hipnerd, on 04/25/2008, -2/+2Liberal blog Raw Story calls him a fringe candidate: http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Fringe_GOP_candidate ...

        That's the article I read.

        He was never a State Attorney. I did a Google search and this tidbit only appears in the Wonkette story and people quoting or paraphrasing the Wonkette story. They got it wrong. His own Web site confirms this -- unless he left it off his resume. He had a few stints working for a couple of county D.A.s, but most lasted well under a year. I'm guessing that once you get to know him, you want to fire him soon after.

        He has not been "involved in the party politic for years." He's an embarrassment to the local party and if they could get rid of him they would. He has no local party support and has been excluded from all GOP debates because they don't want to legitimize him. That was before the Nazi photos surfaced.

        “The ‘R’ next to Tony Zirkle’s name does not stand for Republican. It stands for ‘repulsive,'" Chris Riley, chairman of the St. Joseph County Republican Party, told WSBT-TV. "The Republican Party stands for two basic principles: individual freedom and government accountability. Nazi socialism and fascism is the polar opposite of those two principles so for him to align himself with this puts him at the opposite end of the political spectrum from Republicans. And the visual images of Tony Zirkle standing in front of a Nazi flag are nauseating and repulsive."

        And he got 30% of the vote in a small primary election before it was widely reported that he was a racist? I'm shocked...

        Prescott Bush was a Nazi-supporting toolbag in the 1930s and '40s, but I really don't see the relevancy here. We're talking about Tony Zirkle.
    • IJstickI, on 04/24/2008, -1/+3actually this will have 0 effect on the R party. do you think anyone R or D gives a sh!t about this guy?
    • PhildoVT, on 04/24/2008, -2/+0Thank you for pointing out that you were being sarcastic. I couldn't tell. Thanks.
    • Connormac44, on 04/24/2008, -0/+4You know you've made it in politics when you're introduced by a Neo-Nazi wearing an armband standing in front of a portrait of Hitler.
  • omgTHEPATRIOTS, on 04/24/2008, -19/+74Welp, thats another +1 for the Democrats for the 111th Congress in 2009!
    • jmpeagle, on 04/24/2008, -1/+17they already have that seat
      • cnot3, on 04/24/2008, -1/+2You mean the neo-nazi didn't win? With the fascist trends in today's government I would have expected a victory.
    • LiquidIse, on 04/24/2008, -34/+10oh yeah, woo hoo.
      I hate the war-mongering republican trend as much as the next guy, but democrats have a thing for taking my money and giving it to people who would rather have me work for their living. Yes republicans these days are junk, but democrats are hardly the saviors that will revitalize this country
      • nirav72, on 04/24/2008, -6/+18Versus blowing the money on a useless war?
        • FatherVic, on 04/24/2008, -6/+6...like the war on poverty?
          • sv650touring, on 04/24/2008, -0/+3Instead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugs, so the police can bother me.
          • CryRightardCry, on 04/24/2008, -1/+6The war on poverty is useless?
            Have you told the poor?
            Seriously, you are a rightard piece of ***** if you would defend warmongering and claim it's a waste to help the needy.
            *****.
      • brufleth, on 04/24/2008, -4/+14I'm a fiscal conservative and you're either being mislead by your sources of information or you don't understand what's been going on lately. Neither party has been very good about tightening the purse strings but the Republicans have excelled at blowing massive amounts of money. The GOP is not a place for fiscal conservatives. Stop believing the BS about welfare costs.

        And just in case you were thinking of socialized medical care, it is cheaper BY FAR than our current system even in countries with much better health care systems.
      • card51short, on 04/24/2008, -10/+2"Versus blowing the money on a useless war?"

        The Democrats will continue the war...or maybe even spread it.
        • alk509, on 04/24/2008, -3/+4I especially like the "...or maybe even spread it"-part of your comment. Provocative enough to paint the Democrats in a bad light, yet just vague enough so you can claim ignorance when confronted with reality. Here, let me try it:

          card51short doesn't like democrats... or maybe even America...
          card51short doesn't like Democrats... or maybe he's in denial about his raging homosexuality...
          card51short doesn't like Democrats... or maybe even he's a white supremacist...

          Sweet! Thanks!
        • bluezinc, on 04/24/2008, -1/+2By "the democrats" I hope you actually meant "Hillary Clinton".
      • Pritchard, on 04/24/2008, -1/+2Both suck right now.

        Would I like some old republicans? Yes. But it's been a long time since old republicans were true to their word. Reagan ran on good policies, eh? What happened when he went into office? His policies changed.

        It's sad to say, but I think Bill Clinton was probably the best president in the past few decades.
    • masamunecyrus, on 04/24/2008, -27/+12I don't see anything wrong with speaking at a nazi rally. Obviously, it's political suicide because it'll be hyped just like this, but this is the sort of thing that people praise Obama for. Obama says that he'll go and visit out enemies and talk to them. He'll talk to Ahaminejad, Kim Jong Il, etc... And Jimmy Carter just finished talking to Hamas. This guy went and talked to Nazis. Communicating with those you don't like and agreeing with them are two entirely different things. Communication should always be lauded, as it prevents violent escalations from occurring.
      • mr100percent, on 04/24/2008, -3/+25That would sound true, but if you actually read the article linked in the post, you'll see he didn't just talk with them, he endorsed some of their positions. That's a BIG difference over Obama and Carter.
        • Razed, on 04/24/2008, -11/+3So just because they're all about segregation, genocide and white power means they can't have at least one vaild point. :-)
        • Jagdhund, on 04/24/2008, -4/+3Jimmy Carter doesn't endorse Hamas' position? That's rather ignorant to say, considering what he has written and said.
        • OralCavity, on 04/24/2008, -0/+2agreeing with the Palestinian point of view != agreeing with hamas
      • FatherVic, on 04/24/2008, -1/+1...FAIL
      • bluezinc, on 04/24/2008, -1/+2Nazi's haven't been our enemies for 60 years. We don't need to negotiate with them.
      • CryRightardCry, on 04/24/2008, -1/+2And where did YOU party on Hitler's birthday, hmm?
    • matarij, on 04/24/2008, -6/+2way to think what the media wants you to.
    • BeyondDGrave, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1You do know there are more than two parties.... but I suppose some people only see black and white...
  • jflowers45, on 04/24/2008, -4/+36Let's give it up for the big tool!
  • liability11, on 04/24/2008, -16/+82how are people even able to get away with this in 2008?
    • AlwaysAwake, on 04/24/2008, -13/+93It's called freedom. But don't worry, it is fast disappearing. Yours too.
      • ubuwalker31, on 04/24/2008, -4/+2In some civilized free Western nations, supporting the Nazi party is a crime. Why? Because Nazi's don't believe in freedom and they want to kill everyone who isn't like themselves and they have done so in the past, and Nazi thoughts are a danger to democratic societies because they lead to genocidal actions.
        It is not a popular position, but freedom doesn't entail allowing people to join violent organizations like the Nazi Party or the KKK.
        • sylvok, on 04/24/2008, -0/+4Ummm ya freedom to think what ever you want. Although we may not like it, they still have the right to believe in it.
      • pharmakon, on 04/24/2008, -1/+2fascist terror is not free speech.
    • eclipse007, on 04/24/2008, -0/+43IANAL but I don't think he has done anything illegal. Immoral and disgusting by my values yes, but not illegal.
    • geneikillua, on 04/24/2008, -5/+21This guy's running in the primary, not an official GOP candidate. Last I checked, almost any nutjob can run for any elected position.
      • Navicerts, on 04/24/2008, -4/+33Last i checked.. a bunch of nutjob's were running for elected positions.
        • djpants428, on 04/24/2008, -0/+35Last I checked a bunch of nutjobs held elected positions
        • PeppermintPig, on 04/24/2008, -3/+16And then there are the current nutjobs running the country.
        • HoratioHellpop, on 04/24/2008, -3/+13And more nutjobs taking over in January.
        • FatherVic, on 04/24/2008, -1/+11...that reminds me... I need a nutjob.
      • wageslaven, on 04/24/2008, -3/+2He was the candidate last election, and won 30% of the vote. He was appointed candidate by the state Att. Gen.
    • BeyondDGrave, on 04/24/2008, -6/+2What did he do wrong?
  • AlwaysAwake, on 04/24/2008, -29/+7The polarization was apparently not solved by political correctness.
  • GrandmaSheila, on 04/24/2008, -14/+30They no longer bother to hide what they are from the public, and their utter contempt for this country, its ideals, and its people is something we need to address...where's Robespierre when you need him? Maybe he has a birthday coming up.
    • bgrah449, on 04/24/2008, -0/+6He does! May 6, in fact. But he won't be able to say much now that he's missing his jaw. :(
    • pegothejerk, on 04/24/2008, -2/+9How do you address someone's hatred for an idea or set of ideals without tramping on rights? No sarcasm here. Seriously, it's going to be hard to resolve issues like this. I am pretty sure education is about the only way to fight what will be the never ending problem of biggotry, racism, etc. That is, unless those hate groups or individuals break the law. But that just puts one man in jail, it does nothing to extinguish his (misguided) reasons for hate.
    • toekneebullard, on 04/24/2008, -3/+11They? Who's they? The guy is a candidate for the Republican party, not a currently serving republican. Just cause a crazy person says he wants to be in your club, that doesn't mean your whole club thinks the same way as him.
      • VitriolAndAngst, on 04/24/2008, -2/+3Wait, the Republican candidate is the "nut" attending the Nazi party?
        Wow.
      • boombye, on 04/24/2008, -2/+3Sorry but Zirkle isn't the first and won't be the last of the GOP to convince me it's a party full of stuff like that, since my childhood, I've lost count of the stuff they've done to convince me they're like that, not all of them, but they seem to attract a lot of people into this stuff. .
        • toekneebullard, on 04/24/2008, -1/+1Racists tend to have extreme conservative politics, so they go for the closest major party with their beliefs.
          If you live life with a "well, a percentage does it wrong, so they're all bad" you're gonna miss out on a lot of things.
    • Diderotten, on 04/24/2008, -1/+3Robbespierre was ***** up. If you want to talk about trampling rights he would do anything he can to keep the amount of power he had. He and the 'committee of public safety' killed so many people. There was also something up with his "cult of the supreme being."
  • diggrnumber1, on 04/24/2008, -38/+28This sort of reminds me of Ron Paul:

    http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2007/11/dark-side-of- ...
    http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=2835 ...
    • groverblue, on 04/24/2008, -16/+13yeah, use sources that have loudly stated how bias they are against Ron Paul and all other non neo-cons.
      • diggrnumber1, on 04/24/2008, -17/+16either way, his association with racist organizations is undeniable
        • oldhick, on 04/24/2008, -11/+16Nope, its completely deniable.
          • diggrnumber1, on 04/25/2008, -0/+3if you don't look at the facts, anything is deniable
          • oldhick, on 04/25/2008, -1/+1The "facts" as you call them have been presented many times and shown to be ***** many times. Half the reasons people claim RP is a racist is because he's a constitutionalist. The other crap is just bs flyers that his name isn't even on.
        • ElAssoWipo, on 04/24/2008, -9/+11Even the ***** MSM couldn't make a case for that one.

          It's more than deniable it's laughable.

          The man wants to release all convicts accused on drug posession charges.
        • SpudgeBoy, on 04/24/2008, -7/+1Wrong, he wants to release those in prison for Pot charges. Big difference, but we know how you guys like to muddy up the waters and I am not a Ron Paul supporter. I just like to see the truth stated.
        • kemp34, on 04/24/2008, -0/+4Wrong again, he stated he would like to see all non-violent "criminals" who were arrested and incarcerated for drug use released.
          • diggrnumber1, on 04/25/2008, -1/+1that doesn't have anything to do with racism. he would have done the same if all of those "criminals" were white.
      • slvrbullet87, on 04/24/2008, -6/+9And crooksandliers.com isnt biased?
        • wageslaven, on 04/24/2008, -3/+4Reality has a well known liberal bias.
          • Scheissen, on 04/25/2008, -2/+2Too bad you ***** socialists hijacked the word liberal.
    • deadmann, on 04/25/2008, -1/+1Look at the name on the article. It's the same Bill White leader of the American Nazi Party that made the unsupported allegations about Ron Paul. Guess he got a job at crooks and liars.
  • fadeout, on 04/24/2008, -37/+40Anyone track down on how much he donated to Ron Paul yet? :)
    • kemp34, on 04/24/2008, -19/+32Just so everyone is reassured against smears they may have heard, Ron Paul's philosophy is 100% opposed to anything related to Nazism (national-socialism BTW). Ron Paul's advocacy of freedom and very limited government is the opposite of totalitarian government.
      • blackolive, on 04/24/2008, -13/+18His version of "freedom" tends to um... depend on which race you are:

        Ron Paul:
        "The Civil Rights Act of 1964 not only violated the Constitution and reduced individual liberty; it also failed to achieve its stated goals of promoting racial harmony"
        -- http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul188.html

        And what was it?
        "The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark legislation in the United States that outlawed segregation in the US schools and public places."
        -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1 ...
        • oldhick, on 04/24/2008, -9/+15No, his position on the issues has always been about ensuring our laws our constitutional. Race doesn't play an issue. He's not stop anyone from amending the Constitution. Are you really that dense?
          • blackolive, on 04/24/2008, -11/+8The constitution isn't the reason Paul has racist fans, it's his interpretation of it.
          • oldhick, on 04/24/2008, -5/+13"I certainly join my colleagues in urging Americans to celebrate the progress this country has made in race relations."- Ron Paul
            Why don't you read his objections: http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul188.html
            He is opposed to granting the Federal government unlimited control over people and their property. Its a little thing called freedom. It used to be important.
        • thecoolestguy, on 04/25/2008, -0/+1You lying piece of *****, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 did a lot more than end segregation in schools, it also ended segregation in places of private business, which is a gross violation of the liberty of a bigot to be a bigot, and totally against what a free society is all about.
      • blackolive, on 04/24/2008, -9/+4FIXED LINK:
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1 ...
      • BabyWookie, on 04/25/2008, -1/+1I don't know... Ron Paul's utter contempt for the social services that help the less fortunate among us corresponds to the Nazis' social-Darwinist stances. Plus, the only reason he wants a "limited government" is to allow the newly de-regulated corporations to take its place. That's corporate fascism.
        • afruff23, on 04/25/2008, -0/+2@Babywookie
          I'm inclined to agree, except that the only time companies are fascist is when you are forced to use them by way of the gun. An example of this is the monopoly on justice and protection from the government. With any other business, you can choose to compete without death threats.
  • geneikillua, on 04/24/2008, -21/+23This article is somewhat inaccurate. This guy isn't the GOP candidate, he's running in the primary to be the GOP candidate which is on May 6th. If he won that, then this would be a helluva story. Until then, it's only interesting in passing.
    • nsareadthis, on 04/24/2008, -10/+11So what are you trying to say? do you think that Hillary and Obama aren't Democratic candidates for President because the primary selection process isn't over yet? You must be kidding.

      There is NOTHING innacurate whatsoever about that post and you know it, He IS a Republican running for for Indiana ’s 2nd District. He is on the ballot as a Republican. He was a Republican state's atty and this is his second attempt to run for office.

      Comment Dugg down for being innacurate.
      • BohicaTwentyTwo, on 04/24/2008, -4/+5He's not going to be a Republican for long.
        • MadKennyP, on 04/24/2008, -7/+4Just the opposite: Bush will probably award him some medal or give him a cabinet position.
        • SpudgeBoy, on 04/24/2008, -2/+4Why would you think that. Many republicans supported Hitler. George W Bush's grandpa for one.
      • geneikillua, on 04/24/2008, -2/+9I'm saying that this guy's a minor crazy ***** running in a primary for a minor elected position. Any crazy ***** can do such a thing. The parties have very limited control over who can or cannot run in a primary. The title of this article is misleading. I'm sure if you scoured over anybody who's ever run in a Democratic primary, you'd find some crazy assholes there as well.

        And yes, Hillary and Obama are NOT the Democratic candidates for President. They are running to become that. That's sorta what primaries are all about.
        • SpudgeBoy, on 04/24/2008, -2/+1Dude, they are presidential candidates.

          Candidate: noun
          a person who seeks an office, honor, etc
          • geneikillua, on 04/24/2008, -0/+2Dude, I know they are presidential candidates. But they are not Democratic Presidential candidates. Rather, they are presidential candidates who are Democrats. If you can't understand the difference, I figuring it out before posting.
          • boombye, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1Well they're still Democrats, just like Zirkle is still a Republican, and I've lost count with the number of Republicans like him. I'll just shut up right there.
        • wageslaven, on 04/24/2008, -1/+2Oh no you dont pal. The man is a pure GOP.

          http://www.tonyzirkle.com/CAMPAIGN/home

          Oh, and be sure to check this little race-baiting nugget;
          http://www.tonyzirkle.com/CAMPAIGN/Barack_Obama_Sl ...


          Or this wonder;
          "a dollar vote for porn in one generation is equal to 2 votes for war and jihad in the next, yet we'll not give up murders, thefts, drugs, and porn. 66:9:15. The hippies gave us Generation X. Gen X, thanks to Clinton, skipped right over XX and spawned Generation XXX. The jihadist will never tolerate what Gen. XXX will sire. That should keep the snarky bloggers in business. Someone has to stimulate this economy.

          htttp://blackamericans.com/blogs/news/archive/2008/01/25/about-
          80-of-black-babies-are-born-to-unwed-moms.aspx

          Or here;

          "3. Immigration - The porn capitalists are doing their all to prove the case of the ante-bellum racists and the Jim Crow bigots by making the case that whites and blacks can not control themselves in each other's company. If it is possible for noires to obtain 400 criminal years of familial revenge in just 40, the porn capitalists are giving it the new college try. Accordingly, as the above two groups sexually self-genocide themselves, the currently more meek Latinos are inheriting the land - and they should under current conditions.

          The man *IS* a certified nut and a long time connected and involved GOP
          http://www.tonyzirkle.com/CAMPAIGN/home
          • geneikillua, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1Oh no I don't what? Nobody in this thread ever denied the guy was Republican. The issue is whether he is the Republican candidate, which he is not. Now, whether or not he's connected to the GOP establishment is another question, and those links and quotes you posted don't really say anything about that.
      • FatherVic, on 04/24/2008, -0/+9...and he represents all republicans, right? What ever happened to personal responsibility. Saying that the actions of this individual represent the body politic as a whole is not only fallacy but intellectually dishonest.
        Douchebag - Yes
        Republican - Yes
        shares point of view with the majority of conservatives and/or republicans - No

        Now, I know that the next step in your argument is going to be to pull out Strom Thrumond, David Duke, and the Self-hating Gays, but stop and think.
        Democrats have Robert Byrd, Opposition to Civil Rights, and plenty of self-hating Gays.

        I do not think that because Robert Byrd was a klansman or because Nancy Pelosi quotes fake bible verses that all Democrats are bad. The actions of a few individuals to not represent the views largely held by the Democrat party. I believe that Dems believe in what they are preaching just as much as republicans do. So lets not do this. Let's not pin the party on the doucebag. Let's be honest and all agree that this dude, regardless of his political beliefs, is a complete turd.

        This man will not get nominated or elected after this and that in itself will prove that Republicans overwhelmingly shun racism.
      • icepick602, on 04/24/2008, -6/+2NO! this guy says hes a Republican, so ALL republicans MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY! THEY ARE ALL NAZIS! THERE IS NOTHING INACCURATE ABOUT MY STATEMENTS AND YOU KNOW IT! AHHHHHHHHHH
        • wageslaven, on 04/24/2008, -1/+2Next time some republitard brings up Wright's comments (to which Obama wasnt a witness), you'll remember this little nugget I hope.
    • designer, on 04/24/2008, -3/+9Please no truth allowed. Title should read "GOP PRIMARY Candidate Tony Zirkle Wishes Adolph A Happy Birthday"
      • Pillage, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1Kieth Olberman said Republicans are Nazis though..it must be true.
  • americangoy, on 04/24/2008, -26/+21I saw this at the C&L blog.
    Welcome to the republikkkan party :-)

    Click on the web link just to see the picture, with the dinner table and "H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y" in colorful, letters on it.

    I am still laughing.
    • flip2trip, on 04/24/2008, -22/+14The Democrats are the party of the KKK, read your history.
      • nsareadthis, on 04/24/2008, -4/+17Read your history. Just as George W. Bush's grandfather, Prescott Bush was a Nazi and a Republican (he was a senator), so is this jerkoff.

        "How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power"
        http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/sep/25/usa.se ...
        • PeppermintPig, on 04/24/2008, -1/+5Well, yeah, the Bush family has connections to big industry and fascism, but how does that relate to flip2trip's statement, which is entirely true, by the way. Unless of course you're playing the partisan politics game?
          • stevetrojanman, on 04/24/2008, -1/+4Partisan politics on Digg?
            Get the hell outta here! No Way!
        • FatherVic, on 04/24/2008, -1/+3Dude, everyone was in bed with Nazi Germany in the 30's. Time Magazine put Hitler up as "Man of the Year" Businesses were clammoring to make deals with Hitler. Hollywood was in love with him along with the literary greats like HG Wells. Even FDR loved the guy before it all got so sticky. This Prescott Bush thing doesn't prove anything other than Prescott Bush was a politician and a business man
        • SpudgeBoy, on 04/24/2008, -2/+2and a Nazi sympathizer.

          Just because a lot of people liked Nazis, doesn't mean everybody was. Many people saw Hitler as a menace from day 1, just as many of us knew Bush was a menace from day one. History will show that those that supported Bush are just the same type of people. They are people willing to profit off of other people's deaths all the while claiming to be religious, just like Hitler.
          • FatherVic, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1...and Woodrow Wilson

            Hitler was not a Christian.
          • wageslaven, on 04/24/2008, -0/+2Not the industrialists. Fearing communism, the industrialists drew together with Hitler's national socialist party to keep from having the democratic communists undermine their state/industry love-fest. Nazism was given power by the rich so as to defend their station from the communists.
          • FatherVic, on 04/26/2008, -0/+1Let's also not forget that Hitler was enamoured of Feder's ideas for destroying capitalism.
      • illegalcortex, on 04/24/2008, -0/+3Parties are just names for groups of specific people. When all the people involved in a party switch to another party, it's meaningless to label the original party based on those people who are in a different party now. This is true for all parties.
      • brufleth, on 04/24/2008, -0/+9The party names and political platforms have changed over the years.

        Understand your history.
    • fivefootfour, on 04/24/2008, -4/+11Democrats *used* to be the party of the KKK. They also voted against abolishing slavery (Lincoln was a Republican). Clearly they no longer hold these values and are instead the true "democratic" party of today. I can't believe how easy it is to fool conservatives. It wasn't that complicated a plan.
      • nsareadthis, on 04/24/2008, -0/+3Um, ok, but only until President Johnson (D) signed the civil rights bill and all of the racist Dixiecrats became Republicans. The parties switched at that time, and then the GOP has embraced the "Southern Strategy" of Goldwater and Nixon and Reagan, et al to appeal to the bigotry in the US for electoral benefit ever since, although now it's morphed into bigotry against mexicans/latinos and gays more than blacks.
    • lettuce55, on 04/24/2008, -2/+2unbelievable garbage. who's condemning this in the party?
  • hostingpursual, on 04/24/2008, -0/+16this man is crazy to be running for office and to do something like that.
    • ebbv, on 04/24/2008, -1/+2Because it wouldn't be crazy to celebrate Hitler's birthday as long as you aren't running for office?
      • Diderotten, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1His point is he will be politically humiliated. At some point now he will receive national hatred, singled out unlike the virtually anonymous local klans.
  • brantw, on 04/24/2008, -2/+29What a douche.
  • p0s3r, on 04/24/2008, -34/+14The only thing worse than this I could possibly imagine would be if this toolbag sat in that dude's church for 20 years and gave $50k to their cause over the past 2.
    • groverblue, on 04/24/2008, -1/+11i see what you're trying to do there....
    • nirav72, on 04/24/2008, -0/+11Nobody said anything about Obama here. Judging by your comment, I guess you support the fact that this guy celebrated Hitler's birthday?
      • FatherVic, on 04/24/2008, -8/+2FAIL
      • SpudgeBoy, on 04/24/2008, -3/+6Not fail.

        Valid quesion does not = fail.
        • FatherVic, on 04/24/2008, -7/+1The topic is racism and public office. Obama and his pastor - This douche and his nazis.
        • dbs1221, on 04/24/2008, -0/+4Do you really think Obama hates white people, his mom is white.
          • FatherVic, on 04/25/2008, -2/+1Speaking about his white mother :
            Let's let Obama speak for himself

            "But she is a typical white person, who, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn´t know, you know, there´s a reaction that´s been bred in our experiences that don´t go away and that sometimes come out in the wrong way, and that´s just the nature of race in our society."

            So white folk, including his white mother, are bred that way.

            wow
      • p0s3r, on 04/24/2008, -9/+2I don't support it. I just want to see the same rationales and justifications used by Obama and his Cult for Reverend Wright. Maybe Zirkle needs to give a big speech saying how the Black Man is to blame for all of the White Man's anger. You know, the inverse of what Obama said.
        • malex, on 04/24/2008, -0/+10... Well, if the opposite of white supremacy is that people of all races should be treated as equals, then yeah, I can see why you'd be offended by that.
          • p0s3r, on 04/24/2008, -8/+1Non-sequitur
          • malex, on 04/24/2008, -0/+6... says the guy who thinks Social Gospel is even remotely related to Racial Nationalism.
          • p0s3r, on 04/24/2008, -6/+2... says the guy who thinks Wrights brand of "Social Gospel" isn't Racial Nationalism.
          • malex, on 04/24/2008, -1/+5Tell me, have you heard _all_ of his sermons in person, or do you only go on Christmas and Easter?

            Here, maybe this guy can talk some sense into you: http://youtube.com/watch?v=C5GJio6rNM0
          • p0s3r, on 04/24/2008, -3/+1Like Wright, that guy is a hateful douche too.
            I don't need to listen to all of his sermons to know that Black Liberation Theology is based on racial nationalism. I can just look up what Black Liberation Theology is.
          • malex, on 04/25/2008, -0/+3So believing that black people have been mistreated in the United States is equivalent to attending an Adolph Hitler fanclub.

            You go ahead and run with that.
          • p0s3r, on 04/25/2008, -3/+1"Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill Gods who do not belong to the black community ... Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy. What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal. Unless God is participating in this holy activity, we must reject his love."

            Yeah, really innocent "Social Gospel" right there. Absolutely nothing hateful in those comments. Any hate that is there is justified because Whitey's been keep the Man down, right? Absolutely no way shape or form one could draw any comparisons to Hitler with those rosey poetic words!
            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_theology#cite_n ...
          • gsxrjason, on 04/25/2008, -0/+1I'm not religious, but I read that and it sounds pretty fair (aside from being a little dramatic). The first part says get rid of biased religion that doesn't treat people equal. The second part says do whatever it takes to stop oppression, so unless you're doing some oppressing I wouldn't be worried.
          • p0s3r, on 04/25/2008, -2/+1Huh? Are you serious? How do you interpret "not identified TOTALLY with the goals of the black community" as "get rid of biased religion"? Or "If God is not for us and against white people" as treat people equally? How do you get 'stop oppression' out of "will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy"?
            Your interpretation is completely dishonest because you know those statements, which is the core of Black Theology, which is central theme to the church that Obama attended for 20 years, are completely and utterly indefensible.
          • malex, on 04/25/2008, -0/+2Gee, look what else is linked to that article:

            "Morning Edition, March 19, 2008 · The Rev. Jeremiah Wright's comments from the pulpit at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago have put the spotlight on his church and his relationship with Sen. Barack Obama. The church being portrayed in the media, however, is unrecognizable to many who are familiar with the congregation."
            http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?story ...

            Face facts, sir. Wight does not hate white people, and neither does Sen. Obama. Your instance that your are in any position to judge otherwise just makes you look very, very silly.
          • p0s3r, on 04/25/2008, -2/+11.) Rev. Wright was the Senior Pastor at TUCC for decades.
            2.) Obama was a member of TUCC for 20 years.
            3.) Obama and Rev. Wright have a very close relationship.
            4.) TUCC preaches Black Theology.
            5.) "Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community."
            6.) "If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him."
            7.) "Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy."
            8.) "What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal."

            Those are the facts. Draw your own conclusions.
          • p0s3r, on 04/25/2008, -1/+19.) Obama is in such alignment with the teachings of his church and Pastor that he donated $50k to the church over the past 2 years.
          • malex, on 04/25/2008, -0/+2Half of your "facts" are quotes from a 1969 book that was written by someone who was neither Wright nor Obama.

            If you really wanted to know what Barrack Obama thinks about race relations, (and I know you don't,) wouldn't it make more sense to read his OWN words?
            http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/hisownwords ...

            "Draw your own conclusions?" I have sir. And I conclude you are extraordinarily silly.
          • p0s3r, on 04/25/2008, -1/+1You should try his book instead. It's chock full of "whitey this" and "whitey that" and "lashing out at whitey".
          • malex, on 04/25/2008, -0/+2Are you saying that you've read it?

            Pardon my skepticism.
  • flip2trip, on 04/24/2008, -27/+14He's not the GOP candidate, buried inaccurate.
    • nsareadthis, on 04/24/2008, -7/+20There is NOTHING inaccurate about it. All you had to do is click on any one of the links in the post to see just that. He IS a Republican running for for Indiana ’s 2nd District. He was a Republican state's atty and this is his second attempt to run for office. He is on the ballot as a Republican in the upcoming primary.

      Comment Dugg down for being innacurate.
      • geneikillua, on 04/24/2008, -4/+3You are inaccurate. He is running to be the GOP candidate. That's what primaries are about. He is a Republican who is a candidate for... the Republican candidacy. Calling him a Republican candidate is deceptive and misleading because it implies he's an official candidate of the party.
        • banderwocky, on 04/24/2008, -3/+4But he is still a Republican :) A Nazi sympathizer Republican at that.
          "Tony Zirkle for Congress 2008 Congressional Republicn Primary" From his website
          • geneikillua, on 04/24/2008, -0/+2Nobody ever denied he was a Republican. I'm not familiar with the procedure, as I've never joined a party and don't intend on doing so, but I believe all you have to do to join a party is say you join it, or fill out a form with the state. I don't believe there's a form of excommunication.
        • Laughsatyou, on 04/24/2008, -0/+2mccain is less of a republican than hillary. ;-)
        • nsareadthis, on 04/24/2008, -1/+3So, are you trying to say Obama and Hillary are not Democratic candidates because the primary process isn't over? Get real.

          He was a Republican appointee as a state's atty in Indiana. He then ran for office in 2006 and got 30% of the vote.
          http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/23/politics ...

          He's been active member of the Republican party in Indiana for years. He IS a GOP candidate for Indiana's 2nd district. Period.
    • brufleth, on 04/24/2008, -2/+3Liar.
  • kemp34, on 04/24/2008, -8/+27What an Anti-American ass hat.
    • matarij, on 04/24/2008, -9/+7Why do you hate freedom?
      • kemp34, on 04/24/2008, -0/+2I didn't say he wasn't free to go, did I? But just as free as he is to go, I'm free to call him an anti-American ass hat. Nazism is the OPPOSITE of freedom.
    • Laughsatyou, on 04/24/2008, -5/+2kinda like most of the fags on this site.
  • iPissExcellence, on 04/24/2008, -39/+6you all think you're intelligent and free, but you've hated Hitler since you were three.
    • candafilm, on 04/24/2008, -2/+16So praising a murderous dictator is considered intelligent?
      • MH94, on 04/24/2008, -1/+2Unfortunately, these days that's what they call democracy.
  • gkubrick, on 04/24/2008, -7/+7One definition of the word candidate is a person who seeks an office, honor, etc. Is he not seeking trying to seek office as congressman of Indiana ’s 2nd District on behalf of the Republicans? I don't think he represents the vast majority of Republicans, but to claim he's not a candidate is false.
    • kemp34, on 04/24/2008, -1/+3What is meant by those objections is that he is not the chosen candidate. Hell, the guy could get one vote. Until he is an official candidate in the general election, people should refrain from condemning the general electorate in his area. Hopefully such stupidity is totally eschewed.
      • nsareadthis, on 04/24/2008, -1/+2He was a Republican appointee as an Indiana State's Atty and then when he ran for Congress as a Republican in 2006 he got 30% of the vote.
        http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/23/politics ...
        • geneikillua, on 04/25/2008, -1/+1Your link does not say what you say it says.
          • nsareadthis, on 04/26/2008, -1/+1FAIL for not being able to read.

            "Zirkle received 30 percent of the vote in the 2006 primary, losing to incumbent Chris Chocola, who was defeated in the general election."
            http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/23/politics ...
          • geneikillua, on 04/27/2008, -0/+1FAIL for not being able to think. When you say a person ran for Congress and received 30% of the vote, it means 30% of the vote in the general election. You deliberately left out the word "primary" in your initial description of the article. I can only conclude based on your prior deceptive conduct you did this deliberately to mislead.
            Also, that article said nothing about him being an appointee as an Indiana State attorney. So you FAIL again for not being able to read my comment.
  • Rotzooi, on 04/24/2008, -28/+20Typical Republican.
    • bgrah449, on 04/24/2008, -4/+27Aren't labels fun? They make insulting people way, way more time efficient than actually naming individuals and calling Hitler Birthday Celebrators.
      But seriously, keep fighting the culture war. It's worked so ***** well these last forty years. It's much easier, intellectually, to handle the world when you don't have an obligation as a citizen to think critically about the opposition's policies - we can dismiss them out of hand because, as everyone knows, Republicans are evil and stupid.

      YOU are the problem. I'm not a Republican. You are the problem.
    • lostarchitect, on 04/24/2008, -3/+6dude, i am no a fan of republicans, but let's not paint them all with the nazi brush, shall we?
    • Scheissen, on 04/25/2008, -1/+1Godwin's Law
  • zephyear, on 04/24/2008, -3/+6well, we're keeping that seat
  • maexn, on 04/24/2008, -4/+65his name is not Adolph, but Adolf.
  • LadyKofNYC, on 04/24/2008, -8/+21What a tard. His hatred of Jews and Blacks reminds me of Herkle's hatred of Muslims.
    • ExSlashdotter, on 04/24/2008, -17/+5I'm fully allowed to hate muslims if i feel like it. Being black or being jewish (well sometimes with jewish) is a nationality. You cant help what nationality you are. But being muslim is not a race/gender/etc. Its an ideology, and it deserves to be scrutinized as such.
      • brufleth, on 04/24/2008, -3/+10Did you just try to justify the wholesale hatred of all Muslims?
      • davdev, on 04/24/2008, -1/+5Being black or Jewish is an ethnicity, not a Nationality. A Nationality would be Italian or Russian.
        Being Jewish is the same as being Muslim or Christian, they are all religions and they can also be ethnicities as well as ideologies. That's the problem with using labels to defend absurd viewpoints, many times, more than one label is relevant.
        • cawpin, on 04/24/2008, -2/+3Being Jewish, Christian or Muslim is NOT an ethnicity. They are simply religions. Being a Christian myself, I would also argue that Christianity is not a religion by the definition of religion.
          • davdev, on 04/24/2008, -1/+3Can you explain how Christianity is not a religion? That entry has me curious
      • theneb29, on 04/24/2008, -2/+2black in an ethnicity, caucasian is an ethnicity, mongoloid is an ethnicity, everything else is a combination of ethnicities labeled as nationalities, religions or both.
        (btw, spell check in firefox is racist, it underlines caucasian (should be Caucasian according to it) but does not do that for black or mongoloid...super gay (also not underlined) ))
        • cawpin, on 04/24/2008, -1/+3Black is a simple color, Caucasian is not.
      • rpayne656, on 04/24/2008, -1/+2"I'm allowed to hate some people, but not others."

        You're a huge sack of stupid.
    • Herkimer56, on 04/24/2008, -9/+6That's funny. His hatred of Jews and blacks reminded me of, well, you.
    • ChayD, on 04/24/2008, -1/+3Zirkle is Herkle's robot cousin.
      • geneikillua, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1Where does Steve Irkle fit into all of this?
    • Calcularius, on 04/24/2008, -0/+2I was going to say his hatred of Jews and Blacks reminds me of Hitler.
  • socialpyramid, on 04/24/2008, -0/+13Tony Zirkle, making my home state look bad in 1, 2, 3...
  • NightVortez, on 04/24/2008, -21/+5I honestly see nothing wrong with it, it's not like he's killing Jews, it's a free country (for now) so who he wishes a happy birthday to, dead or alive, is his own business.
    • bgrah449, on 04/24/2008, -1/+10It's not illegal, and it shouldn't be illegal. But not all wrong things are illegal (nor sohuld they be). So I see nothing illegal with it, but I see loads wrong with it.
      • NightVortez, on 04/24/2008, -3/+1Well then who are we to judge what is right or wrong?
        • Strman, on 04/25/2008, -0/+1Since he is apparently running for public office, it is very much our business to judge whether what he is doing is wrong or right.
    • egoherodotus, on 04/24/2008, -2/+12you really don't get it? no one is trying to make a law taking away his free speech. no one is calling for his arrest. by all means, go and celebrate Hitler's birthday, but be prepared when millions exercise THEIR free speech and call you a dumbass. especially when you are running for public office.
    • brufleth, on 04/24/2008, -1/+4So you don't find it upsetting that someone who apparently has a wide enough body of support to make a serious bid at running for major political office supports one of the masterminds of one of the greatest genocides in human history?

      That's strange. I find it incredibly disturbing that people who think genocide is A-OK can be politically successful in this country. Call me old fashioned but the killing of even one person, let alone millions, is pretty upsetting to me.
      • Laughsatyou, on 04/24/2008, -1/+3When you kill one, it's a tragedy. When you kill ten million, it's a statistic.
  • Markris, on 04/24/2008, -23/+19Everytime a Hillary Supporter or a Obama supporter gets pissy and declares they will vote for McCain instead of "their" candidate they should pause and think about what voting Republican can mean:
    • Manhigh, on 04/24/2008, -2/+13Lumping McCain in with this guy is a huge, erroneous leap. I'm a fan of Obama, but given the field of Republicans, they could have done much worse than to nominate McCain.
      • brufleth, on 04/24/2008, -1/+6Agreed. He's been spouting a lot of crap to capture the far right but he's also a war hero with a strong military background and legacy. He's even done some good things as a senator. Give the guy some credit.
        • Laughsatyou, on 04/24/2008, -3/+1plus he gives reach arounds across the isles with democrats.
    • PhildoVT, on 04/24/2008, -0/+2It says at the bottom of the article that the local republican party is distancing themselves from the guy. What more do you want from them?
    • PolishLogic, on 04/24/2008, -0/+2Wow, neat thought. Although when they vote Democrat they might also want to pause and think of what their actions could mean too. Namely having their candidate's head cracked open like a watermelon at a Gallagher show while sitting in a motorcade in Dealy Plaza.

      See, I can make stupid irrational comments just like you.
      :)
  • khail250, on 04/24/2008, -2/+21its really just JimmySpaza
    • Chaoticfist, on 04/24/2008, -0/+15I just auto bury whatever that moron posts. I do not think he has ever made a rational post that in someway does not accuse everyone that does not 100% agree with him of being an evil liberal that indoctrinates kids with a gay agenda.
      • brufleth, on 04/24/2008, -0/+7Your description of his posts reminds me of the story about that movie "Happy Feet" being a not too subtle attempt to make kids liberal and gay. I think I choked on my dinner when I saw that "news story."
      • talonstriker, on 04/24/2008, -1/+3I counted one rational post so far. I'm one of his "fan" just so that I could read his posts for the lulz.
        On the other hand, there some scum named VilePutrid who's well... vile and putrid.
      • GhostyBoy, on 04/24/2008, -0/+3The problem is that these trolls actually get name recognition for being so ***** stupid.

        How many of you recognize names like Ell3 or bingobongony? And yet very little recognition goes to people who consistently try to post positive insightful comments.
        • khail250, on 04/24/2008, -0/+2I'll remember Ghostboy..

          stupid EII3 hate that man chick
  • reuscel, on 04/24/2008, -2/+26The really important question is:

    What kind of cake did they serve?
    • serif69, on 04/24/2008, -4/+18The kind that's baked in an oven.
    • cabooglio2, on 04/24/2008, -0/+18White.
    • bgrah449, on 04/24/2008, -0/+6Two strikes so far ...
    • zephyear, on 04/24/2008, -1/+3swastika design on top
    • Witchbaby, on 04/24/2008, -0/+11White. Very white and pure cake.
      • cyberscape2, on 04/24/2008, -0/+3Zirkle: "Who brought these chocolate chip cookies in here!?"

        *gunshots*
    • kingmanic, on 04/24/2008, -0/+7The cake was a lie.
    • excession, on 04/24/2008, -0/+8The cake was a lie!
    • FatherVic, on 04/24/2008, -5/+1When they were making the cake, they rounded up all the chocolate chips and melted them before burying them in the backyard.
    • Calcularius, on 04/24/2008, -3/+1It was made out of ground up jewish babies.
    • cnot3, on 04/24/2008, -0/+6German Chocolate.
    • cyberscape2, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1[cake joke]
    • ThermiteTerrace, on 04/25/2008, -0/+2Shaped like East Prussia.
  • bduddy, on 04/24/2008, -0/+10The great part about this country is that anyone can run for office. The ****ty part is that most people are morons.
    • Laughsatyou, on 04/24/2008, -1/+1hence obama, clinton, or mccain supporters.
  • Ganja420, on 04/24/2008, -5/+9Ironically Weed Day 4/20 is on Hitler's birthday and the anniversary of columbine
    • brufleth, on 04/24/2008, -2/+2How is this ironic?
    • Diderotten, on 04/24/2008, -3/+2Columbine was purposely done on Hitler's birthday. I wonder what started 4/20? It's possible that couldv'e been random chance. Nazis are too uptight to toke.
      • upnortherik, on 04/24/2008, -2/+3They were more partial to methamphetamine and homosexual sex.
        • upnortherik, on 04/24/2008, -1/+3http://www.amphetamines.com/adolf-hitler.html
          http://www.leaderu.com/jhs/lively.html
        • Calcularius, on 04/24/2008, -2/+4Why are you trying to demonize gay people by associating gay sex with Nazis?
          You are actually 100% wrong, as the Nazi's branded and murdered Homosexuals (much like some Muslim nations do today)
          The same anti-gay mentality can be seen with these right wing jerks like the guy the article is about.
          In fact, I dare you to go to a gay bar and announce that Nazi's were partial to homosexual sex and we'll see just how many punches from muscle bound bodybuilders you can actually take.
      • sarahv143, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1for sure. i would think cyanide-laced cake is more their style.
    • Calcularius, on 04/24/2008, -0/+2You don't know what "ironically" means, do you?
  • kman2190, on 04/24/2008, -10/+2Its as if the GOPers want to screw themselves to the wall
  • cabooglio2, on 04/24/2008, -14/+15... the rest of the GOP celebrated quietly at home.
  • weside, on 04/24/2008, -10/+31The fact that this person is Republican has nothing to do with him attending the party. It's akin to finding out he eats at McDonalds and posting "McDonalds eater attends Hitler party." The two are unrelated, even the party is now distancing themself from him, as that's now what they are about. One guy's poor judgment is not indicative of an entire category of people; using that logic is how racist stereotypes developed in the first place.
    Not defending him, because this guy is a moron, but the correlation in the title is misplaced.
    • ArchieAndrews, on 04/24/2008, -4/+8Next you'll be telling us that atheism doesn't cause genocide!
    • SuperMoses, on 04/24/2008, -5/+8You're right, but it never surprises me when a racist also declares himself republican
      • jbmcb, on 04/24/2008, -4/+5Or a democrat. Wasn't it Gore's dad who tried to block the civil rights legislation that Nixon signed into law?
        • FatherVic, on 04/24/2008, -2/+3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Gore,_Sr.
          sorry you are getting dugg down for using the Prescott Bush tactic that diggers are so fond of.
          a quote...
          "Gore could not, however, be regarded as an out-and-out integrationist, having voted against some major civil rights legislation including the Civil Rights Act of 1964."
          • jbmcb, on 04/24/2008, -0/+4True, I used a bad example, but I can find loads of other examples of Dems behaving badly. Racism isn't a characteristic that is exclusively republican.
          • FatherVic, on 04/24/2008, -1/+2You didn't use a bad example... I agree whole heartedly. I posted some fact to back you up b/c you are getting dugg down for using a time tested Liberal Diggtactic.
            It's like they can dish it out...
    • MrColdheart, on 04/24/2008, -1/+8yeah you can white wash it all you want but in America not all Republicans are racist but as a rule of thumb racist are usually Republicans.
    • desqjockey, on 04/24/2008, -3/+3He wouldnt have gone if he were a Democratic candidate; the fact he is a republican is completely relevant because he thought it was acceptable behavior for someone in his position.
      • weside, on 04/24/2008, -1/+4My mistake. I wasn't aware you and he had discussed this.
    • Calcularius, on 04/24/2008, -4/+3Becoming a Republican and going to a Hitler party are both symptoms of the same ailment, that is, being an evil, retarded douche bag.
  • caseclosed326, on 04/24/2008, -8/+13Good ol' Indiana. The state that was run by the KKK from top to bottom. This douche probably won't lose his seat.
    • onyxraven1979, on 04/24/2008, -0/+6He dosn't have a seat, try reading the article
    • JointVenture, on 04/24/2008, -0/+4He doesnt have a seat ya dumb *****. He's a candidate, and a lawyer.
  • ceredron, on 04/24/2008, -1/+14All republican poking aside... Doesn't celebrating the birthday of a dead guy seem... unnecessary?
    • alexdeeley, on 04/24/2008, -0/+3Ironic, anyway.
    • wsuvtx, on 04/24/2008, -0/+8You mean like celebrating Christmas
    • darwinwins, on 04/24/2008, -0/+5or MLK Jr, The Presidents, Columbus (he didn't even land in what is now the states!), etc., etc. they all seem kinda silly actually.
    • Calcularius, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1Not when his ideologies have become a unifying force, much like what Hitler has done for the Republicans.
  • tj111, on 04/24/2008, -1/+6Click on the link to his "re-segregation plan", quality read. He wants "the blacks" to get 6 states, all to their self!
    • MrColdheart, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1kinda like Indian Reservations right?
      Native American Reservations are a place of culling and slow genocide.

      how about 6 states for "the whites"
      • PolishLogic, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1I'll take California, Oregon, Washington, Texas, Alaska, and Hawaii....fair enough?
  • lostarchitect, on 04/24/2008, -2/+10you have GOT to be ***** kidding me.
    • JointVenture, on 04/24/2008, -1/+2Anyone can run for office, even porn stars.
      • lostarchitect, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1no *****? is that how it works? wow.
  • Hartman27, on 04/24/2008, -0/+36"Nazi's...I hate those guys" - Indiana Jones
    • CheeseburgerBro, on 04/24/2008, -2/+7"There's no apostrophe in the plural of Nazi, dumbass." - Hermann Graemmaring
    • Hartman27, on 04/24/2008, -0/+10They're Nazi's.....they don't deserve my proper grammar.
    • credence, on 04/24/2008, -0/+4Elwood: "Illinois Nazis."
      Jake: "I hate Illinois Nazis."

      - Blues Brothers
  • acroyear2, on 04/24/2008, -10/+5We're going to have to set Obama on his ass. Put the Barack down on Indiana.
    • IJstickI, on 04/24/2008, -0/+2that's the dumbest comment i have ever read
  • samirb, on 04/24/2008, -0/+4Wow, and just when I thought politics couldn't more weird
  • bigjimslade, on 04/24/2008, -6/+7
    Yeah, let's ask Byrd's opinion.
  • matarij, on 04/24/2008, -18/+1Yeah how dare this man have an opinion about Hitler that isn't complete contempt The zionist media has you guys right under its thumb.
    • dexter411, on 04/24/2008, -3/+12You're right. There's this great pro-Israel slant about disliking a guy that murdered twelve million people.
      • nycmac247, on 04/24/2008, -11/+2Stalin was much worse - but we're not supposed to talk about that as much ... get my drift?
        • dexter411, on 04/24/2008, -2/+9... Nope, I don't. And considering that I had family members who were killed under Stalin's regime while you probably watch videos about conspiracies on YouTube, I'm pretty sure there is no drift to get.
          • matarij, on 04/24/2008, -12/+1We only see Hitler as the evilest man ever because the media wants us to.
            Get it?
          • dexter411, on 04/24/2008, -1/+8I see him that way because he killed a few dozen of my ancestors because of their beliefs. But you're right, it's the media that probably brainwashed me to feel such silly emotions towards an otherwise upstanding gentleman...
      • matarij, on 04/24/2008, -9/+112 million? Dude, come on...
      • MrColdheart, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1oops sorry i mistakenly dugg you down when i ment to digg you up
    • alexdeeley, on 04/24/2008, -2/+1Potato, potahto.
    • MrColdheart, on 04/24/2008, -0/+3nobody here needs the media to tell them you sound like a total nutjob.
      sorry to tell break this to you but Nazi's arent in the current media, there in our History books...

      To be honest if your reading about nazi's in your everyday life then more than likely your the one reading the propaganda AND you should should take yourself off the mailing list and stop going to those neo-Nazi websites.

      • tomd123, on 04/24/2008, -2/+0Do you have any proof to back your comment? Since when is talking about people's ideas mean your a nazi? Sometimes I wonder what free speech actually means..
  • dexter411, on 04/24/2008, -15/+13How does his liking Hitler relate in any way with him being a member of the GOP?

    Typical Crooks and Liars *****. When Eliot Spitzer admitted to being involved in a prostitution ring, they conveniently left out any mention of his political affiliations. Why can't people speak out against ridiculous bias regardless of whether it meshes with their own political leanings?
    • mr100percent, on 04/24/2008, -2/+11There's a difference between secretly sleeping with a prostitute, and openly attending a Hitler rally and calling for segregating America.
      And yes, Spitzer's political affiliations were mentioned on TV, which I remember.
      • dexter411, on 04/24/2008, -4/+3The first mention of the scandal from C&L: http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/03/10/whats-up- ...

        PS: You're right. Sleeping with a prostitute is illegal while hating Jews isn't. Does that really excuse ridiculously biased coverage in either case? Really can't step outside of your box for this one?
        • nbyn, on 04/24/2008, -1/+3Come on, you know that accusations of bias coverage around here is reserved only for Fox News.
    • nirav72, on 04/24/2008, -2/+3"How does Hitler relate in any way with him being a member of the GOP?"

      Well lets see, he was introduced as a candidate running for office in the video and not some ordinary Joe.
      According to you ,not reporting a sex scandal is some how in the same league as celebrating a birthday for someone that killed 6 million people? It is almost an insult to the thousands of u.s servicemen that died fighting this ***** in WWII.
      • dexter411, on 04/24/2008, -1/+2"Well lets see, he was introduced as a candidate running for office in the video and not some ordinary Joe. "

        ... No... the implication in Crooks and Liars' titling is that his being a GOP candidate somehow takes precedent over his personal beliefs in this case; as if the GOP endorses his view. Just to be clear, are you really going to claim that official Republican party ideology calls for exalting Hitler? If so, as a Jew and a Republican, I'd laugh at your idiocy.

        "According to you ,not reporting a sex scandal is some how in the same league as celebrating a birthday for someone that killed 6 million people?"

        Thanks for asking, because you got it all wrong. I simply question C&Ls intentions considering that some lune celebrating Hitler's birthday is billed as "GOP CANDIDATE LOVES HITLER" while a Democratic governor who resigns over a criminal act is marked as "Eliot Spitzer resigns." You still don't see a disconnect in "reporting" here?
        • JosefK88, on 04/24/2008, -2/+0I agree with you that the actions or beliefs of this one republican doesn't necessarily represent the views of the GOP. Everyone has their spin on a story.

          I would, however, suggest that your "interpretation" of the headline "GOP Candidate Tony Zirkle Wishes Adolph A Happy Birthday" is equivalent to "GOP Candidate Loves Hitler" represents your own spin. It may be a matter of degree but I think there IS a difference in how inflammatory each of those headlines are. The actual headline and story mentions the individual and doesn't really indite the entire GOP. There is even mention that the republican party is distancing themselves from Zirkle. Obviously C&L is liberal and does make associations that may not always be fair but I think you are overstating the bias against the ENTIRE Republican Party in this story.

          Also your memory of the headlines "Eliot Spitzer Resigns" conveniently leaves out any mention of prostitution, as if the reason WHY he resigned was NEVER mentioned in the news!?! really? There was no reporting on the fact that Spitzer was a Democrat? There was no mention of the prostitution ring or immoral behavior? I think the benign headline you mentioned "Eliot Spitzer Resigns" is vastly understated...perhaps spun in your post to suit your argument....much like C&L might do.
          • dexter411, on 04/24/2008, -1/+1I've been very clear in just calling out C&L for this and how they begin a negative headline against a Republican with "GOP Candidate..." but leave out the Democratic party affiliation of a criminal. I doubt we'd have "Democratic Party Candidate..." in front of many pro-Hitler pieces.

            Note also their coverage of the Monique Davis "children shouldn't know atheism exists" story with the headline, "Rep. Monique Davis to atheist Rob Sherman: `It’s dangerous for our children to even know that your philosophy exists!’" Strange how they do that, no?
    • jpittawa, on 04/24/2008, -2/+0Dig up a WEB posting on Father Charles Coughlin? He was a real Nazi and nobody mentions his political party. According to my grandfather Father Couglin was a life long Democrat.
    • MrColdheart, on 04/24/2008, -3/+1wow dexter411
      your so angry that people are calling him out for being a republican that your making false claims..
      the media did make an issue of Spitzer being a Democrat.
      Am I guessing right that you might be a Republican?
      Stop focusing on him being part of the GOP sense that bothers you so much and make a comment on him being a neo-Nazi then?
      • dexter411, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1"your so angry that people are calling him out for being a republican that your making false claims..
        the media did make an issue of Spitzer being a Democrat." (sic)

        When did I refer to "the media?" I referred to Crooks and Liars. It was really buried in there, though, so I can see why you're confused ("Typical *****Crooks and Liars****** *****. When Eliot Spitzer admitted to being involved in a prostitution ring, they conveniently left out any mention of his political affiliations." [emphasis added]).

        Still confused?
    • IJstickI, on 04/24/2008, -4/+3because 90% of the media is far left sadly
    • Calcularius, on 04/24/2008, -2/+2"How does his liking Hitler relate in any way with him being a member of the GOP? "
      Because we don't want Nazis running our country, maybe? DUH!!!!!

      "When Eliot Spitzer admitted to being involved in a prostitution ring, they conveniently left out any mention of his political affiliations."
      Who is "they", why are you lying?
      • dexter411, on 04/24/2008, -1/+1We don't want Nazis running our country separate from political affiliation. So you're a dunce.

        "Who is 'they', why are you lying?" (sic)

        "They" are Crooks & Liars. Read a few extra lines before coming off like a moron.
    • nsareadthis, on 04/27/2008, -0/+1Title: "House GOP Candidate Spoke At Hitler Event"
      "Candidate For Indiana District Defends Speech At American National Socialist Workers Party Event Celebrating Nazi's Birthday"
      "...Zirkle received 30 percent of the vote in the 2006 primary, losing to incumbent Chris Chocola, who was defeated in the general election."
      http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/23/politics ...

      Readers of the site crooksandliars, a progressive political blog, as did virtually all of the voting public, already knew Eliot Spitzer's political affiliation, as he had been in the national spotlight for years and years. In that case, the political affiliation is redundant. crooksandliars, nor the national media, needed to add Spitzer's political affiliation, just as they don't whenever they write a story about Bush.

      As one of the top 10 political blogs as far as traffic goes, crooksandliars has an international audience in which 99% of its visitors would never have heard of Tony the Zirkle jerk (R). As a progressive political blog, of course the site will focus on anything negative on the right. At least they posted about Spitzer (D). You didn't ever see nare a mention on any of the trash blogs on the right of Sen David Vitter (R) for his admitting he frequented prostitutes while in office or of Duke Cunningham (R) for rampant fraud including prostitutes in Hawaii, nor Larry Craig (R) for bathroom solicitation, and on and on.

  • darkism, on 04/24/2008, -5/+3On Sunday, Tony Zirkle, a Republican candidate for Indiana ’s 2nd District... attended the 119th birthday celebration for Adolph Hitler.
    A Republican candidate for Indiana ’s 2nd District... attended the 119th birthday celebration for Adolph Hitler.
    A Republican candidate for Indiana ’s 2nd District
    Indiana
  • mwrl, on 04/24/2008, -16/+6When do we find out that Obama is a member of the Black Panthers?
    • alexdeeley, on 04/24/2008, -1/+3When he is.
    • MrColdheart, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1have you ever met someone from the current Black Panthers?
      there all black, college educated geeks (surprise)
      I met a few when I first moved to Philly... I didnt get along with them because I drink alot, smoke weed, and go to parties...oh yeah and im not racist.

      Obama was in fact raised in a upper middle class white home... hell most of the diggers here arent even that privileged.
      I think its safe to say he has nothing in common with the Black Panthers



      • PolishLogic, on 04/24/2008, -1/+1Upper middle class home? Wait, I thought his family was on food stamps numerous times throughout his childhood. Or was he just an average guy trying to make his way, while he in a condo valued at almost $400,000 in back 1993 (though he had to suffer from not having a garage).

        Oh the confusion. Can I get more snake oil please, Mr. Obama?
  • spyderbc, on 04/24/2008, -3/+3You have to hand it to Hitler though... The man really *did* know how to sketch a dog. ;-P

    But yeah... Complete political blunder.

    • tomd123, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1I agree, as a painter, you have to admit he was a pretty good artist. But that's where the nice line comes to an end.
  • RogueGenius, on 04/24/2008, -19/+18Typical Republican.
    • jpittawa, on 04/24/2008, -3/+0Are you from Columbus, Ohio, or Indiana?
    • TheDudeDiggs, on 04/24/2008, -6/+7what a ridiculous statement! I'm not a republican but i can't sit here and read ridiculous slander like that. How can you possibly generalize all republicans as Nazi's? First of all, who was president during WW2? Dwight D. Eisenhower, a republican. Eisenhower was the driving force behind Hitlers demise. Maybe your right though, maybe all republicans think WW2 was a big mistake and secretly want Hitler back. You should be ashamed of yourself.
      • FatherVic, on 04/24/2008, -0/+2That was FDR, a dem.... Ike was elected after truman... after Korea. Ike led the American Armed forces to victory in Europe against Hitler. With the exception of the Bush's, most war presidents have been dems.
        But I get your point.
        A better statement would have been that Nixon, A Republican signed the civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.
      • dae3dae3, on 04/24/2008, -0/+3Eisenhower was not president during WW2. He was the commanding general of allied forces in Europe. He became president in 1953.

        F.D.R was president during WW2 and was a Democrat.
      • reuscel, on 04/24/2008, -0/+6The American educational system fails again.
        • TheDudeDiggs, on 04/24/2008, -1/+2even i gave you a thumbs up for that because it's true.
        • PolishLogic, on 04/24/2008, -1/+1Apparently it does. Considering so many people are rushing to praise a campaign that is being run solely on the words hope and change with little else to show.
      • TheDudeDiggs, on 04/24/2008, -1/+2haha, wow my bad, your right. I knew Eisenhower was the Commander during WW2, but i thought he became president halfway through and finished it off as President. And your right the American Educational system has failed again, big shocker there. But that doesn't really change my point that republicans aren't all Nazi's, and to say that this type of behavior is typical of republicans is simply ignorant.
        • reuscel, on 04/24/2008, -0/+19/11 = Reichstag fire
          Secret CIA Torture Prisons = Concentration camps
          Muslims = Jews, Gypsies, Homosexuals, etc

          See, it's much easier when you try. I'm sure there are more, but it's time for me to go home.
          • TheDudeDiggs, on 04/24/2008, -1/+1Are you being sarcastic? I'm honestly not sure anymore because some people really think that Bush is the new Hitler. But you seriously can't compare Bush to Hitler. Over 50 million people died during WW2 man! And at least 12 million of those were Jews that you can credit directly to Hitler. The biggest estimate for the Iraq death toll that I have heard is 100,000 combined.
          • PolishLogic, on 04/24/2008, -1/+1Hilarious post, thanks for the laugh.

            Especially the part about you trying.
    • ender7074, on 04/24/2008, -5/+4So we should assume that all Democrats are members of the KKK? Oh, wait, you didnt know that Robert Byrd is a ranking member of the KKK? Guess you should do your research before making asswipe statements. RogueGenius, no. More like RogueIdiot
      • buddhistMonkey, on 04/24/2008, -0/+3Robert Byrd is NOT a "ranking member" of the KKK. He hasn't been a member since 1947, when he was 29 years old (he'll be 91 this year). He renounced his involvement more than half a century ago.
    • IJstickI, on 04/24/2008, -7/+2your an idiot, sorry a liberal
      • laserblazer, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1Sorry you got owned. Back to the moors with you.
  • caseclosed326, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1http://www.tonyzirkle.com/CAMPAIGN/

    This guy must have a terrible porn addiction.
  • JointVenture, on 04/24/2008, -3/+4All I have to do is go to the Huffington post to find out what Dems are all about. The comments are fun.


    Meanwhile theres a West Virginia politician who has been in office for decades that was a high ranking member of the KKK.

    In 1942, 24-year-old Byrd joined the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), whose parades in Matoaka, West Virginia, he had witnessed in his childhood. He was unanimously elected Exalted Cyclops, or leader, of his local chapter.[4]

    Byrd, in his autobiography, attributed the beginnings of his political career to this incident.

    So you ***** actually elected a member of the KKK, AND continue to vote for him.
    • flashingcurser, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1So is he a Democrat? You don't make that very clear. You might also give his full name and maybe a link.
      • geneikillua, on 04/24/2008, -0/+2Robert Byrd, Senator from West Virginia, is one of the highest ranking Democrats in the Senate.
      • JointVenture, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1Wow, where the ***** have you been?
    • malex, on 04/24/2008, -0/+3JointVentrure, there's one question I ask every time some Republican brings up Byrd's Klan membership, and I have yet to get an actual answer. Perhaps you'll be the first;

      If Sen. Byrd is still a White Nationalist as you claim, what specific bills has he sponsored or co-sponsored, or votes has he cast, that are consistent with the Klu Klux Klan's agenda?

      I'll take my answer off the air.
      • JointVenture, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1
        Filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

        Byrd joined with other Southern and border state Democrats to filibuster the Civil Rights Act of 1964, personally filibustering the bill for 14 hours.

        There you go Sparky! You want more?
        • malex, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1Yes. Yes, I do.

          I mean, I'm impressed that you actually had a point there, but maybe something more recent, like _after_ Thurmond, Helms, and the other hard-core segregationists left the Democratic party?
          • JointVenture, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1For Christ sake Jesse Helms retired in 2002. Im not going to play your game and only include something from the last 5 years.

            Nice try Sparky.
          • malex, on 04/24/2008, -0/+1No, I said when Helms left the _Democratic_ party. And became a Republican.
  • JasonCox, on 04/24/2008, -0/+3What.The.*****
  • HaSatan, on 04/24/2008, -5/+3But what about all the good things Hitler did?
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