When the Left is desperate enough, they resort to baseless attacks; that appears to be the case with their recent attack on a Republican candidate for Congress in Ohio.
Rich Iott, who's battling 14-term Democrat Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, has been attacked for wearing Nazi uniforms as a re-enactor, and thus (in their twisted thinking) makes him some kind of racist and extremist. Unsurprisingly, Charles Johnson at Little Green Footballs has been using this as proof that Nazis are everywhere, while portraying right-wing bloggers as supporting racists and white supremacists “because there is nothing these people won't defend, if it's done by a right wing Republican”.
Notably, Virginia Congressman Eric Cantor has gone so far as to “repudiate” Mr. Iott's so-called behavior over the matter. The problem is, all I'm seeing is a guy who dresses up for re-enactments of WWII. His statement on the matter notes he also has dressed up for re-enactments of the American Civil War and WWI.
Charles Johnson's reaction is no surprise; he's been seeing Nazis for the past three years, and they're mostly nonexistent, so any claim of seeing Nazis by Mr. Johnson has the same quality as that of a typical run-of-the-mill conspiracy theory. Also of no surprise is his continual use of guilt-by-association with people and organizations; the Puritans at the Salem witch trials have got nothing on this guy when it comes to using guilt-by-association as a branding iron.
As for Eric Cantor, shame on him. There's no evidence Rich Iott has done anything other than wear various military uniforms for re-enactment purposes, and Congressman Cantor not only accepts the crap from peddlers like Charles Johnson, he also has allowed the Left to divert the focus of the election from the issues affecting Ohio's 9th District to this non-issue.
Makes me wonder how desperate Marcy Kaptur is to keep her seat in Congress for another two years.
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