Ted Nugent Loses the Washington Times, Rick Perry, Rand Paul
By David Weigel
The biggest national politics story in Texas when I was there? No question: Ted Nugent's campaign swing with Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott. I didn't cover it, but people kept asking me whether I planned to, given that talk radio was chattering about it and Democrats were asking everyone they could to denounce it.
The Democrats' gambit worked. They focused on one comment, from Nugent, that had not received too much attention before—Nugent had called the president a "Chicago communist-raised, communist-educated, communist-nurtured subhuman mongrel." Had Nugent simply called Obama a communist, he'd have kept the ball on the green; the "mongrel" remark did him in.
In similar situations, Republicans have rallied behind celebrities when the media started their Scandalous Comments stories. Nugent hasn't seen a rally. Rand Paul has called on him to apologize. Ted Cruz and Rick Perry have denounced him. But the most interesting denunciation might come from Wes Pruden at the Washington Times. Nugent, to Pruden, was an "aging rock musician with a loose mouth who was semifamous 40 years ago."
That long ago? Only a year ago, he filed a special column for the Washington Times. Before that, for a few years, he published a weekly column. That's why the de-Nugent-ing of the GOP, if that's what's happening, feels genuinely surprising. Is it the content of the comment—especially in Texas? Is Nugent the unlucky winner on the Wheel-of-Repudiation, which skipped the last umpteen conservative figures who stumbled into gaffe stories?
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to hear what Black Republicans think of this? They usually remain silent on these issues so as not to piss off their white masters. The Colonel & Chickens analogy comes to mind when I think of them. As an AA, I am ashamed of them for not announcing their immediate & collective exit from the GOP. I mean, how much self loathing is required to remain a black Republican? 
tn too. So, that's bad for Abbott.
to improve their electoral prospects, and now they want the monster to go away because it actually speaks to the core beliefs of their party base? Well, good luck with that. Like you, I hope this benefits Wendy, but it's TX and I don't have a lot of hope. 
Democrats who have fought tooth & nail to bring this country out of the dark ages. They scream about big government while taking advantage of all the social programs that Dems fought for. It's crazy. 
sane people to denounce to spewings of one ted nugent. That's a no brainer.
"But the most interesting denunciation might come from Wes Pruden at the Washington Times. Nugent, to Pruden, was an "aging rock musician with a loose mouth who was semifamous 40 years ago."
Roft.. ted lost ted.. 
"Ted Cruz and Rick Perry have denounced him." How about that Abbott?
mahalo DonViejo~
