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The roughly 200-member tea party group had the original sign put up last week. It showed photographs of Obama, Nazi leader Hitler and communist leader Lenin beneath the labels "Democrat Socialism," "National Socialism," and "Marxist Socialism."

After the billboard drew sharp criticism by other state and national tea party leaders, members of the local group sought the change.

North Iowa Tea Party co-founder Bob Johnson said he and other leaders agreed with critics that the image of Obama between Hitler and Lenin was offensive. He said the images overwhelmed the intended message of anti-socialism.

"They are absolutely right in their criticism because the image of Hitler just totally wiped everything else and it misrepresents the tea party movement," Johnson said. "They were right from the standpoint that the image was not a positive reflection on the tea people."

Johnson said Hitler images are usually not allowed at North Iowa Tea Party gatherings.

Removal of the sign was welcomed by the American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors and their Descendants, a New York-based group.

The North Iowa Tea Party "acted properly in removing the grotesquely offensive sign which should never have been put up in the first place. Had they not acted to remove it they would have severely damaged the credibility of legitimate political causes they espouse," the group said in a statement. "We ask that political groups do not trivialize our suffering in the future by making false analogies with Hitler's horrendous crimes."

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"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government."

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Ironic.The board says radical leaders prey on the fearful and naive

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ORIGINAL: Owner59

Ironic.The board says radical leaders prey on the fearful and naive.


What other line could better describe what tea baggerepublicans are doing and who they`re doing it to?

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ORIGINAL: truckinslave

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Ironic.The board says radical leaders prey on the fearful and naive

Ironic indeed. No less a Dim worthy than Paul Begala has said that, for the dims to limit their losses this fall, this election cannot be a "hope election", it has to be a "fear election".

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ORIGINAL: truckinslave

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Ironic.The board says radical leaders prey on the fearful and naive

Ironic indeed. No less a Dim worthy than Paul Begala has said that, for the dims to limit their losses this fall, this election cannot be a "hope election", it has to be a "fear election".

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ORIGINAL: Brain

This is the work of people who wish to discredit the tea party.

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ORIGINAL: pahunkboy

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ORIGINAL: Brain

This is the work of people who wish to discredit the tea party.

Of course there is that.   the GOP ruined the Tea Party. 

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ORIGINAL: Hippiekinkster

Because Dems aren't Socialist? Only Socialists are Socialists. Like me. Not that I would expect you to have even the slightest notion of what differentiates Socialism from regulated Capitalism.

And I suspect the concept of Libertarian Socialism would cause an aneurism in your head.

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ORIGINAL: Brain

This is the work of people who wish to discredit the tea party.

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ORIGINAL: BoiJen

I gotta ask...why is that some people can't understand that the "National Socialist" party wasn't a "socialist" party....it was a "fascist" party? Just cuz the Nazis used the damned word "socialist" doesn't mean they really were. I mean...don't let history get in the way of political mud slinging.

boi

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ORIGINAL: Sanity
I don't think theres any denying that the Obama regime leans towards Socialist, and the polls prove me out on this.