Photo of Nugent at SOTU
This photo is priceless. Seated next to Ted is his antithesis, a real musician by the name of Thomas Lauderdale who is founder of small orchestral group, the Pink Martinis, out of Portland. Thomas is a liberal, Occupy Movement supporter, openly gay civil rights activist who favors gun control and classical music. Photo was from Occupy Democrats Facebook page.
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... of the time Kerry and McCain sat next to each other after the Gabby Gifford incident. I hope some of Lauderdales intellect rubbed off on Ted. 
See, Ted's a rocker.
The governor of Oregon set his own decorum standard, and it is jeans are ALWAYS cool.
Perhaps Mr Nugent, nutter that he is, was worried he might 'catch' homosexuality.
Pink Martini is a 13-member “little orchestra” from Portland, Oregon, formed in 1994 by pianist Thomas Lauderdale. They draw inspiration from music from all over the world – crossing genres of classical, jazz and old-fashioned pop.
Pink Martini has twelve instrumentalists (and sometimes travels with string sections), and performs its multilingual repertoire on concert stages and with symphony orchestras throughout Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Northern Africa, Australia and New Zealand and North America.
The money he must save on toilet paper... 
