Rich Iott wants you to know that he has a Jewish friend, but doesn't want you to know that he produces lots of R-rated m

[Grace62]

Does the Tea Party of Toledo know that this guy produces violent R-rated movies and hangs out at the Cannes Films festival? Don't see that in his campaign bio...
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2085306/

http://voteiott.com/2010/10/from-richard-gabai/

Below is a statement from Richard Gabai, a friend of Rich Iott and his family
Oct 11, 2010
I have known and worked closely with Rich Iott for many years.

First things first; Rich Iott is one of the most pro-Jewish, pro-Israel people I know.

We are business partners and very close personal friends. One of the first things I explained to Rich when we started working together was that I don’t work on Shabbat – the Jewish Sabbath. He said, “That’s great, I’m glad you take a break every week and spend quality time with your family!”

Rich has been a true friend in a business in which that is very hard to come by. He is the only Executive Producer that I have ever worked with that has wanted to re-negotiate a deal after the fact to improve the terms for me; this is unheard of. ”You’ve worked so hard for us,” he told me, “you deserve a bigger piece of the film.”

Rich has been an overnight guest in our Kosher home, his wife Chris, and their children Ian and Devon, are always welcome. My wife especially enjoys visiting with Chris.

When Rich and I were at the Cannes film festival he was excited to join me at an orthodox Shabbat dinner. He had a great time speaking with the Rabbis and we all enjoyed a very festive and spiritual evening.

Anytime the subject comes up Rich is not shy about his stance on Israel and the importance of it remaining a Jewish state. I know he also traveled to Israel to train with their airborne troops.

Anyone who doubts his integrity based on the re-enacting he does, be it Civil War or either of the world wars, is making a big mistake.

Rich Iott is most honorable. I cherish his friendship, and I am proud to endorse his candidacy.

Richard Gabai
Los Angeles, CA

[cbelt3]

That's nice. So... he's a Hollyweird type. Aren't they all supposed to be Democrats (Except Ahnald, and he's become one).

We have a big time car dealer in Ohio who is running for Congress. (yes, Republican) And the personal attack du jour included accusations of rape (now retracted down to sexual harassment) among others.

Alas for the American Democracy, when the issues are never even discussed in an election year.

[OWC Jamie]

cbelt3 wrote:
That's nice. So... he's a Hollyweird type. Aren't they all supposed to be Democrats (Except Ahnald, and he's become one).
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That would be X-rated movies - those are OK.

[Grace62]

cbelt3 wrote:
That's nice. So... he's a Hollyweird type. Aren't they all supposed to be Democrats (Except Ahnald, and he's become one).

We have a big time car dealer in Ohio who is running for Congress. (yes, Republican) And the personal attack du jour included accusations of rape (now retracted down to sexual harassment) among others.

Alas for the American Democracy, when the issues are never even discussed in an election year.

I agree that election ads are generally horrible. The ones running in my state right now, where we have a toss up Senate race going, are about the issues but because they are only 30 seconds long they are very distorted and misleading. I saw them for the first time Sunday night when I watched a network show (what was I thinking??) And I thought, wow, if people aren't reading the paper and understanding the bigger issues, they will buy this stuff. I agree, it's too bad.
What should we do, ban TV advertising by candidates?
Or make it free and give them 5 minutes to sit in front of us and explain their positions?

[$tevie]

As I pointed out in a different thread, despite the public's claim of being repelled by attack ads, they work better than the ads we claim to prefer.

[Grace62]

If by "work" you mean turn voters off the the entire process, then yes, they work.

[hal]

What are you trying to say here? What's wrong with r-rated movies and what makes you think that he doesn't want us to know that his friend produces some? Cannes is mention on the guy's front page, so it's not like he's hiding the fact.

It seems to me that you grasp for anything that might show a repub in negative light... IMO, their political views are usually enough evidence for me to form an opinion - manufacturing controversy is not was the good guys should be doing.

[Grace62]

hal, it's Iott who produces the movies. The friend is a co-producer. That is not in his bio, yet seems to be his current primary occupation. I just found that interesting, and the letter is beyond pathetic.
The persona that politicians create is fascinating to me. If it's not interesting to you, you are free not to read. I'm pretty specific in my subject lines, so don't subject yourself to my thoughts if they trouble you.

[OWC Jamie]

must be Huffingtonposten's wing-nut-of-the-week
yawn

[Grace62]

billb wrote:
must be Huffingtonposten's wing-nut-of-the-week
yawn

Fair enough. If you find something on HuffingtonPost about Rich Iott being a movie producer or posting this letter on his campaign site please let me know, OK? I would like to read that.