'Swastika on the ballot': American Nazi Party gets its first

[frigidmagi]

MSN

The American Nazi Party has its first lobbyist in Washington, according to reports.
The Hill newspaper, which covers Congress when it is in session, said John Bowles had registered with House and Senate offices as a representative of the “ANP,” according to disclosure records.
The records said that he planned to lobby on “political rights and ballot access laws,” and other issues such as civil rights, healthcare and immigration.

“You know, congressmen and congresswomen have always been telling the American public that they were open to other viewpoints,” Bowles told The Hill. “I’m going to see if they were sincere about that, or I’m going to call their bluff.”

Bowles was a presidential candidate in 2008 for the National Socialist Movement, according to US News and World Report. Nazi comes from the German words for National Socialist.

He told The Hill that people in America did not understand the term socialism, but knew what Nazism was.

“So [we] decided: Why don’t we just say what we are?” he added. “In the future, when we get people on the ballot, when people see the swastika on the ballot, they’ll know what they’re getting."

Wow, this is just... I can't even be mad! It's just to ridiculous! I mean just... Wow!

[rhoenix]

Fuck, I can only imagine what Germans or Israeli think of this.

I don't even have words for this.

Oh wait, yes I do. This is some of the most mouthbreathingly, glassy-eyed, drooling, imbecilic thing I have seen in a very long time. Not just that the fucking American Nazi Party now is "officially recognized," but the fact that this was allowed to occur.

The proper response to someone walking up with forms, saying "Hi, I'd like to make the American Nazi Party able to have lobbyists," is to stare at them for a moment, and then point to the door behind them, silently sending the very clear message of "Get right the fuck out of here with that stupid bullshit."

[frigidmagi]

This is America, Tyson. Everyone has a right to representation. The Nazi's have every right to organize and campaign.

They're still shitheads and deplorable human beings.

[rhoenix]

True.

I am instantly offended by this, but part of America's thing is that everyone has the right to their opinions.

*sigh*

[General Havoc]

Bah. I'm all for this. I want to see the reception they get in Congress when they show up.

[Josh]

"when people see the swastika on the ballot, they’ll know what they’re getting."

Pretty much says it all, man. Utterly delusional.

Freedom means you're going to see things you don't like, including things that churn your stomach. What you do have to take for an advantage from this is that the time and energy they waste attempting to lobby openly is time they aren't spending trying to reanimate der fuehrer's corpse or blow shit up.

[Comrade Tortoise]

"when people see the swastika on the ballot, they’ll know what they’re getting."

Why yes. Yes they will.