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Title: Raese: No Smoking signs, same thing as Star of David patches! Post by: Landslide Lyndon on April 19, 2012, 11:42:07 AM http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/04/gop-senate-candidate-raese-compares-no-smoking-sign-to-jewish-star-patches.php?ref=fpnewsfeed (http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/04/gop-senate-candidate-raese-compares-no-smoking-sign-to-jewish-star-patches.php?ref=fpnewsfeed)
Republican businessman John Raese, who is running yet again for the Senate from West Virginia, has now stepped up the tea party-style rhetoric: comparing no-smoking signs to the Star of David patches that Jews were forced to wear on their clothes in Nazi Germany. While he was at it, Raese went further back in time and compared President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Cuban strongman Fidel Castro. ... "I don’t want government telling me what I can do and what I can’t do — because I’m an American. But in Monongalia County, you can’t smoke a cigarette, and you can’t smoke a cigar, you can’t do anything,” Raese said. And I oppose that, because I believe in everybody’s individual freedoms, and everybody’s individual rights to do what they want to do. And I’m a conservative and that’s the way that goes. But in Monongalia County now, I have to put a huge sticker on my buildings to say that this is a smoke-free environment. This is brought to you by the government of Monongalia County. OK? Remember, Hitler used to put Star of David on everybody’s lapel, remember that? Same thing." Title: Re: Raese: No Smoking signs, same thing as Star of David patches! Post by: MASHED POTATOES. VOTE! on April 19, 2012, 12:01:28 PM ()
Title: Re: Raese: No Smoking signs, same thing as Star of David patches! Post by: Franzl on April 19, 2012, 12:10:29 PM Can't the party find someone with an IQ higher than that of a peanut?
Title: Re: Raese: No Smoking signs, same thing as Star of David patches! Post by: bore on April 19, 2012, 03:16:47 PM Can't the party find someone with an IQ higher than that of a peanut? This is the West Virginia republican party. Title: Re: Raese: No Smoking signs, same thing as Star of David patches! Post by: Joe Republic on April 19, 2012, 03:31:04 PM Quote "Remember, Hitler used to put Star of David on everybody’s lapel, remember that? Same thing." Everybody's lapel, was it? Title: Re: Raese: No Smoking signs, same thing as Star of David patches! Post by: memphis on April 19, 2012, 03:37:40 PM So Raese is now pro-drug legalizaton? Good for him!
Title: Re: Raese: No Smoking signs, same thing as Star of David patches! Post by: Indy Texas on April 19, 2012, 03:48:03 PM Considering WVa has one of the highest smoking rates in the country, it sounds like a bad business move. But I'm sure the seven Jews who live in West Virginia weren't going to vote for Mr. Raese anyway.
Title: Re: Raese: No Smoking signs, same thing as Star of David patches! Post by: Oakvale on April 19, 2012, 04:10:57 PM There's no chance of him being nominated again, presumably?
Title: Re: Raese: No Smoking signs, same thing as Star of David patches! Post by: JohnnyLongtorso on April 19, 2012, 04:28:02 PM There's no chance of him being nominated again, presumably? He's the only Republican who filed. Title: Re: Raese: No Smoking signs, same thing as Star of David patches! Post by: Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian. on April 19, 2012, 04:34:40 PM There's no chance of him being nominated again, presumably? He's the only Republican who filed. Losing four Senate races is really special. Title: Re: Raese: No Smoking signs, same thing as Star of David patches! Post by: morgieb on April 19, 2012, 06:13:13 PM Massive lolz.
Does the WV seriously have no-one better? Title: Re: Raese: No Smoking signs, same thing as Star of David patches! Post by: 🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸 on April 19, 2012, 11:46:22 PM Can't the party find someone with an IQ higher than that of a peanut? Title: Re: Raese: No Smoking signs, same thing as Star of David patches! Post by: Fuzzybigfoot on April 20, 2012, 12:25:53 AM lol wut
Title: Re: Raese: No Smoking signs, same thing as Star of David patches! Post by: ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ on April 20, 2012, 12:40:43 AM Too bad Manchin isn't much better.
Title: Re: Raese: No Smoking signs, same thing as Star of David patches! Post by: Chancellor Tanterterg on April 20, 2012, 09:22:56 AM Too bad Manchin isn't much better. No. Manchin is a hyper-conservative Democrat from West Virginia (and don't get me wrong, I don't like him either). Raese said no smoking signs were the same as when the Nazis forced Jews to wear Star of David patches. As bad as Manchin can be, arguing that he is almost as bad as Raese (especially after this incident) is ridiculous. Title: Re: Raese: No Smoking signs, same thing as Star of David patches! Post by: Miles on April 20, 2012, 05:30:29 PM Looks like he's fanning the flames! (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/20/john-raese-hitler-smoking-ban_n_1441771.html)
Title: Re: Raese: No Smoking signs, same thing as Star of David patches! Post by: Miles on May 01, 2012, 11:09:32 PM He made another Nazi reference today. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/01/john-raese-hitler-obama_n_1468904.html)
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