MADISON, Wis. -- A neo-Nazi rally on the steps of the state Capitol in Madison went off relatively peacefully Saturday afternoon.

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Capitol police said about 60 Nazis were present at the rally. About 800 people showed up to protest. Police reported five arrests -- four for disorderly conduct and one for resisting arrest.

Members of the National Socialist Movement took the march to the Capitol's west entrance clad in distinctive brown shirts and swastika armbands bellowing "Sieg Heil!"

A roaring downpour that began as the Nazis took the stage put a damper on the event, driving some protesters away. The crowd dwindled as the demonstration stretched on for almost two hours.

Still, the crowd was vocal, telling the Nazis to go home, swearing at them at making obscene gestures. The Nazis weren't deterred.

They continued to bellow into the microphone, complaining about President George W. Bush, blasting Israel for attacking Lebanon and advocating for troops on the Mexican border with orders to shoot to kill.

"This is America. We don't want you here -- go back to Mexico," Jeff Schoep, commander of the National Socialist Movement shouted into the public address system.

Police in riot gear, toting gas masks and backed by mounted officers, ringed the Capitol's west side. A double snow fence and chain-linked barrier separated the crowd from the Nazis.

Mary Wallace of Madison held a pair of signs that read "Ignorant bigots, leave us in peace" and "Wrong time. Wrong place. Halloween is in October."

Wallace, 55, said the signs were a play on the Nazis' uniforms and the annual rowdy party in Madison on Halloween that usually has to be broken up with tear gas.

She said it's very sad to see the spectacle.

Although city leaders advised those who didn't agree with the National Socialists Movement's views to stay home, hundreds showed up to protest the Nazis' message.

"It's important to come out and protest because it's not OK to preach open hatred of minorities," said Paul Heideman of Madison. "We want to show that Madison doesn't tolerate Nazis and to show them that anytime they come to Madison, they will be met by hundreds of people who oppose them."

Deborah Durchslag traveled from Rhinelander on Saturday to show "physical support" for the counterprotest.

"We just can't ignore it when groups have an agenda of hate and violence, and we have to challenge that," Durchslag said.

University of Wisconsin-Madison student Erin Carlman said she had mixed feelings on attending the rally.

"This group wants attention, and by showing up we're giving them that. But, on the other hand, I also wanted to show support for opposing the Nazis," Carlman said.

There were only a handful of Nazi supporters standing in a partitioned-off area beside the stage during the rally, but Col. Tim Bishop of the NSM said the seemingly low numbers of supporters is deceptive.

"People are afraid to come out and publicly support us because they are afraid they'll lose their jobs," Bishop said. "They are afraid they'll have to apologize like Mel Gibson because he got drunk and spoke his mind."

Speakers for the Nazis said that their party isn't about hate but rather about standing up for poor white people who are trying to attain the American dream.

They said that illegal immigrants are flooding America's borders and taking jobs from these struggling Americans.

"I don't hate black people," Schoep said. "We believe every race on earth deserves self-determination. But we need something pro-white in America."

"If you are white and proud, then you're a racist, a hater and a Nazi," Bishop said.

Bishop said the NSM is looking to develop a public presence and attain its goals through the political system.

"Revolution by the barrel of a gun doesn't work," Bishop said. "We believe the system still works and we intend to use the system to represent white America."

He said that National Socialist Movement member Shawn Stewart is currently running for state Legislature in Butte, Mont..

Sgt. Major Bowles, NSM national election director, said that the party plans to increase its profile in elections and field candidates for vice president and president in 2008.