Republicans have no comment about their white supremacist candidate

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http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/04/01/news/state/40-supremacist-leg.txt

Candidate has ties to white supremacist group

BUTTE - The only Republican running for the state Legislature here has ties to a white supremacist group.

Shawn Stuart, 24, told The Montana Standard on Friday he is Montana's contact point for the National Socialist Movement, a group that describes itself as "America's Nazi Party" on its Web site. Stewart is running for Butte's House District 76, along with Democrats Kevin Lowney and incumbent Jon Sesso. snip

A Bozeman native, Stuart said he believes his views align with the Republican Party. He joined the Marine Corps after graduating high school and served two combat tours in Iraq in 2003 and 2004, attaining the rank of corporal. snip

He initially denied knowing anything about the National Socialist Movement, based in Minneapolis, but later admitted his affiliation to The Standard, saying he had to talk with his superiors before confirming it.

John Edye, head of Butte's Republican central committee, had no comment Friday when told of Stuart's affiliation. Earlier in the week, he said the committee was "familiar with him" but had not endorsed Stuart or recruited him to run.

[AndyA]

1. Why shouldn't the Republicans support him?

They support the Nazi in The White House.

[salin]

2. Sounds like they are hoping that voters do the work for them

and that they can keep their head in the sand and hope that the embarassment gets turned away.

[shenmue]

3. Nauseating

:puke:

:grr:

[C_U_L8R]

4. Republican Ideology is Dead

They've failed at every initiative they've undertaken... miserably..

[boobooday]

5. Is he the one who told Bush that brown people couldn't govern themselves?

Bush likes to say that people say that.

A Bozeman native, Stuart said he believes his views align with the Republican Party. He joined the Marine Corps after graduating high school and served two combat tours in Iraq in 2003 and 2004, attaining the rank of corporal.

I'm sure the white supremacist was really good at winning hearts and minds over there during the 'liberation.'

He had to talk to his 'superiors' before confirming that he was tied to the group. He says his views align him with the Republican party.

He points out the fundamental parallel between the Nazi Party and the GOP: authoritarianism.

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6. Kind of blows a hole in the whiney right-wing rhetoric about

the "National Socialist" party having anythign to do with socialism eh?

[NNN0LHI]

7. kick