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Fifth Column |
Nazi beauzeau loses election |
2003-11-05 |
BOISE, Idaho (Reuters) - White supremacist I can see why the people might not want him. The former head of the neo-Nazi Aryan Nations, Butler never contested that Hayden, population 9,000, is a well-administered city. Yet he hoped the campaign would further his political views, which include launching a race war, separation of races, anti-immigration and anti-Semitism. He probably didn’t SEE enough of the people. "I’m not really anxious to become mayor," he said recently. "I’m just anxious to get my word out." A word of horror and evil With more than 80 percent of the votes counted, he had won just 38 votes, or two percent of the total. Incumbent Ron McIntire led by more than 90 percent of the vote. Gee, I wonder WHY. Butler handed over the leadership of the Aryan Nations in 2001, a year after he sold his 20-acre (8-hectare) compound to pay a $6.3 million court verdict in favor of a woman and her son attacked by Aryan Nations guards. He now lives in the town of Hayden with his supporters, who have dwindled to a handful. Ha ha. White supremacists have not had much luck running for office in northern Idaho. Several years ago, Butler supporter Gee, I wonder WHY. Far-right candidates have also had little success nationally. Former Ku Klux Klansman Duke ro’Duke David Duke Not everyone emulates Nazis, easily recognised. Far-right groups such as the British National Party and the National Front in France have had more success in Europe. Because Jew-hatred is more common there. |
Posted by:Atrus |
#2 I have a good friend that lives in Sand Point. His take of Butler is that he's a loon in a death spiral. Even the people of Hayden don't have much to do with him. At its peak, the Aryan Nation never numbered more than 200. The local people will be glad when Butler finally bites the big one, and they can erase that bit of idiocy from their town's past. |
Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-11-5 8:44:07 PM |
#1 I did a double-take when I saw the title. For a second I was wondering what former UNSCOM boss Richard Butler was doing in Idaho.... |
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-11-5 5:21:44 PM |