Dr. Hate -- Republicans, to paraphrase Palin, are "palling around" with Nugent
[Speaking Truth To Power]
Last week, racist right-wing rocker Ted Nugent “apologized” for calling President Barack Obama a “subhuman mongrel.” Mr. Nugent issued the “apology” after Tea Party Kentucky Senator Rand Paul criticized the rock musician for his racist invective against the president.
But isn’t Mr. Nugent typical of the deeply regressive racism within Republican ranks?
On Friday, in a radio interview with Conservative talk-show host Ben Ferguson Mr. Nugent said "I do apologize–not necessarily to the President–but on behalf of much better men than myself." Mr. Nugent who was campaigning with Texas Attorney General Gregg Abbott, said he “apologized” for “using the street-fighter terminology of 'subhuman mongrel' instead of just using more understandable language, such as 'violator of his oath to the Constitution'."
He also said “I will try to elevate my vernacular to the level of those great men that I'm learning from in the world of politics."
In January, speaking at a gun event, Mr. Nugent said this: "I have obviously failed to galvanize and prod, if not shame enough Americans to be ever vigilant not to let a Chicago communist-raised, communist-educated, communist-nurtured subhuman mongrel like the ACORN community organizer gangster Barack Hussein Obama to weasel his way into the top office of authority in the United States of America."
On Thursday, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul criticized Mr. Nugent saying "Ted Nugent's derogatory description of President Obama is offensive and has no place in politics. He should apologize." A day later, Nugent issued his “apology.”
Mr. Nugent has also been linked to Texas Republicans like Texas Governor Rick Perry, a former presidential contender, and Tea Party Senator Ted Cruz—both of whom didn’t rule out campaigning with him, even though, they say they thought his comments
