"Patriot" Ted Nugent invited as SOTU guest by Republican Representative

[Phineas Finn]

I never saw you pipe up when Michael Moore attended the 2004 republican convention. He fit in there like a f#$t in a submarine. That guy's a conspiracy theorist and a bonafide fruit loop. And talk about a physically disgusting person!

You guys actually ELECT representatives to serve that are as bad or worse than Ted Nugent. Anthony Wiener? Barney Frank?

You'd bash Mother Theresa if she were alive and invited by a republican to attend the SOTU, Obama's lucky he's got anyone besides his captive audience to listen to him drone on about how we need to spend more money on welfare and other social programs.

You folks really break me up!

What is your problem with Barney Frank -- except his politics and his sexual orientation? How is he worse than an aging 2nd-tier rock star who in the less than immortal words of Sonny Crockett, fits the description: "played old Hendricks riffs half as well and twice as loud."

Your comments lead me to believe that you can't remember who won the last election and which party lost seats in Congress.

[llubon]

Ted Nugent, a very angry white male. We will be watching you closely Ted.

[Cameron]

Nancy Pelosi:

"I'm more concerned about Steve Stockman being here than Ted Nugent."

Game. Set. Match.

[llubon]

Good boy Ted.

[Grindelwald]

Nugent. Another drugged-up rightie.

[ODENTON]

Kudos to Nasty Nugent.................................he took a bath.....................I think!



Oh and parents its safe to let your daughters out, Nasty Nugent has left the building.

[BiggSeth]

Keep your young girls at home and bring some air freshner. Nasty Nugent is in the vicinity, you'll smell him before you see him.

Another dumb republican move, inviting admitted pimp/rapist Nugent. The GOP just gets dumber...........oh and thanks ahead of time for 2014 repubs

well, according to democratic senatorial standards, he should be a comittee chairman along with that pedophile from new jersey....

[BiggSeth]

What is your problem with Barney Frank -- except his politics and his sexual orientation? How is he worse than an aging 2nd-tier rock star who in the less than immortal words of Sonny Crockett, fits the description: "played old Hendricks riffs half as well and twice as loud."

Your comments lead me to believe that you can't remember who won the last election and which party lost seats in Congress.

the whole destroying the housing market while his gay lover profited as a result of the legislation he pushed would be a start, perhaps the gay brothel run out of his townhouse could push some over the edge......

[Monte]

What is your problem with Barney Frank -- except his politics and his sexual orientation? How is he worse than an aging 2nd-tier rock star who in the less than immortal words of Sonny Crockett, fits the description: "played old Hendricks riffs half as well and twice as loud."

Your comments lead me to believe that you can't remember who won the last election and which party lost seats in Congress.

It's Hendrix, Phineas, not Hendricks.
Don Johnson has good taste. Hired Jan Hammer for music on Miami Vice, Eddie Jobson for Nash Bridges. Ted Nugent probably only gets my attention because this thread's coming down on him. I don't own any of his records (but do own plenty of Hendrix).

The content of your post would be the exact argument I would bring to Odenton, in other words, any rock star (yes, Nugent does fit the requirements in terms of past popularity, records sold, etc.) is likely to be nuttier than a fruitcake, and say and do outlandish things. Keith Moon threw furniture out of the window, Hendrix wrecked two Corvettes inside of 2 days, and I guess Ted Nugent was apparently having fun at a reporter's expense (which I consider to be particularly mild behavior for a rock star). Why would that make news on the Huffington Post?

We do live in a free country (how much longer, I'm not sure), and if someone wants to invite Ted Nugent to the SOTU, so be it. Unlike you and so many other Sunspot posters, I do not share your reverence or opinion that the Messiah is being somehow "tarnished" by Nugent's attendance.

And yes, I am well aware of the election results, but Obama didn't win the election based on gun control, Nugent's biggest beef with the president here.

If you're going to puff your chest out and gloat about the election results with your big 50.6% popular majority, why do you and other likeminded posters on this thread feel threatened about a dissenter attending the SOTU?

[SunsetSue]

So, they added another seat to the DC clown car.

[cprenegade]

I just find it funny that an old rock guitarist like Ted Nugent still gets under the skin of the left wing. I'm sure he does too!

[Monte]

the whole destroying the housing market while his gay lover profited as a result of the legislation he pushed would be a start, perhaps the gay brothel run out of his townhouse could push some over the edge......

Thank you, BiggSeth, you quite competently articulated the problems with Barney Frank.

[ODENTON]

Nasty Nugent the pimp,rapist,druggie,draft dodger is a click away from insanity. Its best he stay in the woods and feed on his deer carcass. There is no civility in within him.

[octoburn]

I just find it funny that Ted Nugent is considered such a policy influence and patriotic example for the Republican Party and the NRA that a Republican congressman makes him his special guest at the SOTU to "send a message", that he serves on the board of directors of the NRA, writes for right~wing publications like the Washington Times, and appears on their radio programs and speaks about things like "family values". He's a right~wing patriotic icon.

[Phineas Finn]

It saddens me that so many people still cling to the myth that the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) caused the housing bubble and the subsequent market crash.

The CRA only dealt with the problem of discrimination in mortgages -- entire communities had been "Redlined" for reason that most of us believed were discriminatory.

The CRA did not create the junk bond market; it did not force rating organizations to describe risky investments as good investments; it did not force banks to push mortgage applications to approval just to beat their competitors; and it certainly did not force middle- and upper-income Americans to buy much too much house based on the belief that they'd make money in the long-run.

The CRA has become the extreme Right's favorite "bete noir," pun intended, in any discussion of the 2008 market crash. It's time people let it go and embraced the truth.

[banner1124]

It saddens me that so many people still cling to the myth that the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) caused the housing bubble and the subsequent market crash.

The CRA only dealt with the problem of discrimination in mortgages -- entire communities had been "Redlined" for reason that most of us believed were discriminatory.

The CRA did not create the junk bond market; it did not force rating organizations to describe risky investments as good investments; it did not force banks to push mortgage applications to approval just to beat their competitors; and it certainly did not force middle- and upper-income Americans to buy much too much house based on the belief that they'd make money in the long-run.

The CRA has become the extreme Right's favorite "bete noir," pun intended, in any discussion of the 2008 market crash. It's time people let it go and embraced the truth.

Dude, don't bother. Irrational hatred mixed with stupidity is something that simply cannot be reasoned with.

[skeemer]

Is there anyone more overrated as a 'rock star' than Ted Nugent?