On Apr 18, 3:29*pm, wrote:

groups that the republican party identifies with are active
again:jerald O'Brien, has a large swastika tattoo on his scalp, is one
of the leaders of the white supremacist group and expects membership
to grow because of the election of President Barack Obama

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/aryan_nations

Aryan Nations recruiting again in northern Idaho


Sat*Apr*18, 4:13*pm*ET
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho – The Aryan Nations has returned to northern
Idaho with what it is calling a "world headquarters" and a recruitment
campaign.
Coeur d'Alene resident Jerald O'Brien, who has a large swastika tattoo
on his scalp, is one of the leaders of the white supremacist group and
said he expects membership to grow because of the election of
President Barack Obama.
He told The Spokesman-Review newspaper that the president is the
"greatest recruiting tool ever."
Residents of a Coeur d'Alene subdivision found recruitment fliers on
their lawns Friday and O'Brien said more fliers will be distributed.
He said the group has "several handfuls" of members in the city.
The fliers show a young girl asking her father "Why did those dark men
take mommy away?"
But many in the region reject the group.
"I saw Aryan Nations and put it in the trash," said Garvin Jones.
"What's wrong with these people? Give me a break. I bet if you went
back in their family history, not one is 100 percent white."
The newspaper reported that most people interviewed about the fliers
declined to be identified for fear of retribution.
The Aryan Nations had a compound in northern Idaho until 2000, when
the group lost a $6.3 million civil judgment in favor of two people
who sued after being attacked by Aryan Nations' members.
The Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations has fought the Aryan
Nations for decades and is offering its services to anyone threatened
or harassed by the group.
"It's bound to be a small group of people trying once again to bring
hate into the community," said Tony Stewart, a spokesman for the task
force. "They don't have anywhere to operate from except a post office
box."
O'Brien said he regularly flies two white supremacist flags outside
his home on the east side of the city.
The newspaper reported that its files show O'Brien marching in a neo-
Nazi parade in Coeur d'Alene in July 2004 and joining in a skinhead
rally that drew eight people outside the Spokane County courthouse in
Spokane, Wash., in June 2007.
O'Brien said he and Michael Lombard have taken over the group
following longtime leader Richard Butler, who died in 2004.
The fliers are signed "Aryan Nations, Church of Jesus Christ
Christian." O'Brien and Lombard are listed on the group's Web site as
"pastors."
At least two residents who received the fliers called the Coeur
d'Alene Police Department. Sgt. Christie Wood said no investigation is
planned because distribution of fliers is protected free speech.