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January 19, 2007
Only in Tejas!! Rocker Ted Nugent Insults African Americans, Non-English Speakers, Etc. -- At Texas Governor's Inauguration!
AP reports that hours after Texas Governor Rick Perry kicked off his second full term in office, Ted Nugent, a rocker popular in the 1970s perhaps best known for his signature (and to some anti-woman) song Stranglehold (click here to see and hear it performed), helped him celebrate at a black-tie gala. Using machine-guns
as props, Nugent, 58, appeared onstage as the final act of the inaugural ball wearing a cutoff T-shirt emblazoned with the Confederate flag and shouting offensive remarks about non-English speakers, according to people who were in attendance. "I think it was a horrible choice," Republican strategist Royal Masset said. "I hope nobody approved it." Nugent, a hunting and gun-rights advocate, couldn't be reached for comment Thursday because he was hunting, a spokeswoman said. News of Nugent's appearance drew criticisms from civil-rights leaders. "Whenever someone sports the Confederate battle flag, many Texans will be offended, and rightly so, because of what it symbolizes - the enslavement of African-Americans and more recently the symbol of hate groups and terrorists," said Gary Bledsoe, president of the Texas chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Click here for the full story.
Thanks to GAM for this news tip!!
KJ
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Comments
What a hard-hitting article!!!
What did the "Nuge" say?
Posted by: bob | Feb 20, 2007 5:28:56 PM
what a hard-hitting article!!!
Too bad you never gave us a quote from Nugent.
Wow, he had a flag
Posted by: bob | Feb 20, 2007 5:38:39 PM