Did Ted Nugent somehow miss the whole “macaca” thing? Guy shows up at a GOP-sponsored black-tie gubernatorial inauguration party in Texas wearing a Confederate-flag outfit, yelling his head off about people who don’t speak English. Guess he forgot it wasn’t a Klan meeting, although given how hard the Republicans work to block blacks from voting I can understand the mixup.
Hey, I’m all in favor of free speech and understand that there’s broad latitude for “offensive” speech, but this is a private GOP event. You would think that they’d use a little judgment – he’s not the “motor city madman” for nothing.
[quote]Perry’s spokesman, Robert Black, downplayed the Tuesday-night incident.
‘‘Ted Nugent is a good friend of the governor’s. He asked him if he would play at the inaugural. He didn’t put any stipulation of what he would play,’’ Black said.[/quote]
At least one GOP strategist realizes that this is hurting the party:
But it appears all the rest of the GOPpers present were eating it all up:
[quote]Nugent seemed out of place as the men in tuxedos and women in evening gowns pressed in to see him. He came out waving an American flag and wearing a ripped confederate flag shirt – with a stars-and-stripes guitar, a 50-millimeter machine gun onstage, as well as a skull with an American Indian headdress.
Nugent saluted Perry and those serving in the U.S. armed forces – and at one point he delivered a wild guitar solo and at the climax screeched the name “George W. Bush!” to the applauding crowd.[/quote]
50-millimeter? WTF… guess the 2nd Amendment crowd got a hard-on over that. 
This wouldn’t be the first time he’s done the whole Confederate-flag-screw-those-with-bad-English thing, so my sense is that Perry knew exactly what was on the show. In a news piece from Nugent’s own official site dating from 2005:
