Skip to comments.
Aryan Nations founder runs for mayor in Idaho
CNN ^
| Wednesday, October 22, 2003
| AP
Posted on 10/21/2003 6:55:51 PM PDT by yonif
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:03:17 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
[history]
HAYDEN, Idaho (AP) -- The people of Hayden can't seem to rid themselves of neo-Nazi Richard Butler.
The founder of the Aryan Nations lost his compound outside of town to bankruptcy several years ago, but moved into a Hayden house bought by a supporter. Now Butler is running for mayor of this town of 9,000, linking Hayden in the public mind once more with his anti-Semitic, white separatist views.
(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: antisemitic; aryannations; butler; hayden; mayor; neonazi; racist; scumoftheearth
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-35 next last
![](http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2003/US/West/10/21/aryan.formayor.ap/story.butler1.ap.jpg)
Despite heart problems and legal woes, Aryan Nations founder Richard Butler is running for mayor.
1
posted on
10/21/2003 6:55:52 PM PDT
by
yonif
To: yonif
Good grief. Someone tell him he's 15 years over his Biblically-allotted threescore-and-ten...
2
posted on
10/21/2003 6:57:42 PM PDT
by
Poohbah
("Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?" -- Major Vic Deakins, USAF)
To: Poohbah
HAHAH
bump to that!
3
posted on
10/21/2003 7:02:25 PM PDT
by
TheAngryClam
(Don't blame me, I voted for McClintock.)
To: yonif
He'll get creamed. The locals there (I just bought a place 15 miles up the road) are steamed at him because the rep he brought with him has lowered property values and the rich folks are less willing to buy. His people were ex-cons who were creepy even by the very tolerant standards of small-town Idaho. If the SPLC hadn't run him out of town somebody'd likely have shot the SOB.
To: yonif
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The founder of the Aryan Nations lost his compound outside of town to bankruptcy several years ago, but moved into a Hayden house bought by a supporter. Now Butler is running for mayor of this town of 9,000, linking Hayden in the public mind once more with his anti-Semitic, white separatist views."
Disgusting. This guy is an all-around loser and will lose even another one.
5
posted on
10/21/2003 7:08:41 PM PDT
by
Cindy
To: Billthedrill
In a previous article on Butler it said he needed a whopping five signatures to get on the ballot. I hope they examined the petitions closely to make sure he didn't sign his own name five times.
6
posted on
10/21/2003 7:10:12 PM PDT
by
Catspaw
To: Poohbah
Good grief. Someone tell him he's 15 years over his Biblically-allotted threescore-and-ten... Probably even the Devil doesn't want his company.
To: yonif
Despite heart problems and legal woes, Aryan Nations founder Richard Butler is running for mayor. How can you have heart problems without a heart?
To: Catspaw
In a previous article on Butler it said he needed a whopping five signatures to get on the ballot. I hope they examined the petitions closely to make sure he didn't sign his own name five times.I just snorted soda pop all over my keyboard...
9
posted on
10/21/2003 7:17:20 PM PDT
by
Poohbah
("Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?" -- Major Vic Deakins, USAF)
To: Slings and Arrows
"Heaven doesn't want him, Hell's afraid he'd take over."
10
posted on
10/21/2003 7:17:50 PM PDT
by
Poohbah
("Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?" -- Major Vic Deakins, USAF)
To: yonif
I grew up not far from Hayden and have childhood memories of bombs exploding in Coeur d'Alene. There is no way this guy will get elected.... the locals hate him.
To: Poohbah
I just snorted soda pop all over my keyboard...Freepers have the cleanest monitors & keyboards in the world :-)0
12
posted on
10/21/2003 7:21:17 PM PDT
by
Catspaw
To: Joe Anybody
Why do you think he is doing this? Publicity? A recruiting effort? I wonder...
13
posted on
10/21/2003 7:22:16 PM PDT
by
TopQuark
To: TopQuark
Who knows what makes fruitcakes do what they do...
To: TopQuark
Butler's group has been going downhill & losing membership since he lost the Aryan Nations HQ--add in internal squabbling, competition from other groups, and it's in its decline.
15
posted on
10/21/2003 7:38:31 PM PDT
by
Catspaw
To: yonif
well, he'll definitely split the Democrat vote
16
posted on
10/21/2003 7:41:13 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Please visit www.geocities.com/geronl)
To: Billthedrill
Half the members of Aryan Nations were probably undercover informants for a half dozen different federal agencies.
17
posted on
10/21/2003 7:42:45 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Please visit www.geocities.com/geronl)
To: Billthedrill
Half the members of Aryan Nations were probably undercover informants for a half dozen different federal agencies.
18
posted on
10/21/2003 7:42:46 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Please visit www.geocities.com/geronl)
To: yonif
He is no less a person, has no less entitlement to his beliefs, and has as much right to run for public office as any other (Robert Byrd, for example).
No need to call the lynch mob here, there is no benefit in that. Best we can hope for is he'll get about three votes and will go away from the race knowing that the community doesn't want him as their mayor, and more important, some good reasons why they don't.
As long as he's alive, salvation is possible. Perhaps this reading of his public support, or lack thereof, will help him along the way, and he'll have learned the lesson that we all wish the Senator could have learned so long ago.
Dave in Eugene
19
posted on
10/21/2003 8:32:26 PM PDT
by
Clinging Bitterly
(This tagline has been used before, so I won't repeat it.)
To: yonif
20
posted on
10/21/2003 9:22:49 PM PDT
by
tubavil
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-35 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson