Kerry's Long Time Pal And Campaign Advisor George Butler Was Behind Schwartznegger Hitler Smear
Tuesday, February 24, 2004
George Butler was a close friend of John Kerry's former brother in law and has also been a long time friend of John Kerry's. His photo graces Kerry's hard-to-find book "The Winter Soldier."
Butler made a documentary about the Vietnam Veterans Against The War called "The Winter Soldier" which won awards at the Cannes and Berlin film festivals.
Butler is currently listed as a Kerry campaign advisor.
Lastly, George Butler was recently awarded a Heinz Foundation Award (cash and a medal). The Heinz Foundation is controlled by Kerry's wife, Teresa Heinz.
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Disputing media reports of a book proposal transcript from the 1970s that paints a picture of a young Arnold Schwarzenegger as an admirer of Adolf Hitler, the California gubernatorial candidate said Thursday that he doesn't remember making the alleged comments and has always despised the Nazi leader.
"I hated the regime -- hate the regime, the Third Reich, the whole Nazi philosophy -- have always fought against it," Schwarzenegger said at a hastily called news conference late Thursday.
"I despise everything that the Nazis stood for, or Hitler stood for."
An article published in Thursday's editions of The New York Times chronicles a book proposal in 1975 by film producer George Butler in which Schwarzenegger reportedly expressed admiration for Hitler.
Schwarzenegger appeared in the Butler film "Pumping Iron," a documentary on competitive bodybuilding.
According to the book transcript as reported Thursday by the Times, Butler considered Schwarzenegger to be a "flagrant, outspoken admirer of Hitler," who also frequently played Nazi marching tunes and "pretended to be an S.S. officer."
Also, according to the Times, the Butler book proposal quotes Schwarzenegger as saying, "I admired Hitler, for instance, because he came from being a little man with almost no formal education up to power. And I admire him for being such a good public speaker and for what he did with it."
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George Butler was a close friend of John Kerry's former brother in law and has also been a long time friend of John Kerry's. His photo graces Kerry's hard-to-find book "The Winter Soldier."
Butler made a documentary about the Vietnam Veterans Against The War called "The Winter Soldier" which won awards at the Cannes and Berlin film festivals.
Butler is currently listed as a Kerry campaign advisor.
Lastly, George Butler was recently awarded a Heinz Foundation Award (cash and a medal). The Heinz Foundation is controlled by Kerry's wife, Teresa Heinz. |
