Abbot brought the subject up regarding getting tougher on sexual predators. Well, what better opportunity to ask Abbott to get "tough" on Ted Nugent.

It's the perfect opening.

All she has to say is that Nugent's words tell Texas all they need to know about Nugent, and that Abbott's lack of words tell Texans all they need to know about Abbott.

To quote an old friend of mine, " 'nuff said!"

"I think a cowardly pervert who shits himself when real danger threatens and waves his gun at shadows is an excellent mascot for the GOP."

Perfect. Think I will be using this quote whenever the opportunity presents itself.

And for the benefit of those lurkers out there, particularly those right wing-nuts who like to snicker at what those "libruls" are railing about, may I suggest a search strategy so they can check out Nugent's lyrics for themselves instead of taking some "librul's" say-so: search Ted Nugent Jailbait lyrics. That is, assuming that such right-wingers have the intestinal fortitude to face unpleasant facts, which I have come to doubt.

And another little question I'm sure that many right-wingers would chose to avoid answering: is the sort of behavior that Nugent sings about the sort of behavior you'd like your boys to indulge in?

And another little question I'm sure that many right-wingers would chose to avoid answering: is the sort of behavior that Nugent sings about the sort of behavior you'd like your boys to indulge in?

Their answer would be yes if the girl was from one of those 47% worthless families of takers.

It's not as if the pedophilia of Nugent is a big secret. I can certainly understand how Republicans would be stupid enough to let Nugent campaign for them. I can't understand why this hasn't received more attention. Nugent campaigned for Romney as well and like Abbot, Romney was called on it and their answer is simply to ignore the issue altogether. For whatever reason it simply goes away. Clinton was hounded endlessly for "palling around with terrorists" for little more than passing William Ayers in the hallway on their way to a board meeting for a non-profit. So here we have a Republican overtly allying themselves with a child rapist, and it's just no big deal.

Monica was supposedly a consenting adult but OH NOES!, yet a washed up right wing entertainer sleeps with underage girls, NO PROBLEMO!

No pun intended.

Shocked, but glad.

But it IS possible to push them too far. If Abbott does NOT come out and distance himself from Nugent, and soon, he risks the DMN endorsing Wendy, or at least staying neutral. I still think the DMN will endorse Abbott, but each day he doesn't say anything negative about Nugent is about a week's worth of likelihood the DMN will not endorse him. Sex with underage girls is not the sort of behavior the DMN editorial board overlooks lightly, even if it's the candidate's favorite entertainer, and not the candidate himself.

and 15 year olds. This is the whole thing about Rethuglicans, they want to commit sexual crimes with underage persons.

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I heard he was making a new movie titled "How I Met Your Daughter"

on edit: I just wanted to say this was a shot at Woody's relationship with Soon Ye. I would never joke about pedophilia.

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the Woody worshippers will be on us quick.

Jerk. Offs.

So essentially what a couple comments above are implying is that people who want a few more facts before creating an angry mob in order to to string up someone they "think" "might" be a pedo are now "pedo worshippers" (because you've already condemned the man as such, with not enough facts). Jesus Christ, did I slip into a wormhole and end up at Free Republic? This thread is about a person who has boasted many times that they've committed statutory rape. That is a fact. Let's not use this as an excuse to disparage and slander people who do not share your opinion about a completely unrelated topic, because that just degraded the commentary here really quickly.

I see around here more than the specific person who was brought up in this sub-thread.

I'm just sick enough of the constant attacks on feminist analysis, which seem to be more protective of their perceived right to wave their "woodies" around in public, rather than listen to women's perspectives. Childish acting out their lack of respect, as well as enabling a culture of acceptable hostility to women who dare to question the dominant culture.

They direct a constant stream of hate towards women who dont want their out-of context drooling in our faces.

Women try again and again to explain the experience of being targetted and sexually harrassed--and end up being expected to politely absorb relentless hatred--directed personally and at women in general.

Then, the women get bashed and banned for reacting like any normal person would.

There's no proof at all that I've heard of and it's been shown that kids can be programmed to believe things that just weren't true. Maybe it is, but Mia was one bitter woman. Understandably, but still....

I was aiming that one at him and Soon Ye. That situation is creepy enough. I would NEVER make a joke about the situation with Dylan. Regardless of whether it was Woody or Mia lying, Dylan is the victim and I will not joke about that.

I'm sorry if it came across the wrong way. Yes, she is the victim one way or the other. Take care.

I just wanted to clarify my post, as it could easily be misconstrued.

Wayne Slater...

I imagine the answer -- should one ever be forthcoming -- will be some variation on the theme of "That was then, this is now."

-- Mal

ask someone which President supported crack-runners, a Maoist who said he was God, Pol FRIGGIN' Pot, Saddam, the Iranian Mullahs, and the Taliban and whose best friend was the GenSec of the CPSU and they'd guess either Carter or Clinton

(and ask someone as to what president ended welfare as we know it, they'd say Ronnie or Caligula)

It will be a monster win if the Democratic Party can take back the Texas governorship. With Abbott shooting himself in the foot, using Nugent's gun (not his weapon) and Wendy Davis reaching high in the polls, this election presents a very good chance of doing just that.

and the connection to "jailbait" values.

Be brutal and ruthless. It's a chance to damage Nugent if not Abbot.

“This isn’t about some aging rockstar way past his prime that simply needs to go away,” Davis said during her remarks at the Texas Democratic Women Convention in Austin. “This is about Greg Abbott. It’s about his character, his judgment, his values when he stands on a stage next to someone like that and refers to him as his ‘blood brother.’”

http://sync.democraticunderground.com/10024547717

I've been watching the West Wing (old tv show, not
the current weekly Potus stuff).

Wow is it amazing, outstanding and moving, inspiring.
Highly recommended if you've never watched it.. I am
still in first series (been bedridden with pneumonia)

So intelligent and funny, relevant and current.

But I give the DMN credit for at least bringing it up!

Greg is not that bright. Greg is trying to copy Perry's campaign tactics where Perry refused to debate his opponent and relied on the tea party to win

or at least it got us Gov. Paul LePage here in Maine.

That strategy worked the last time. Of course Slick Rick had the advantage of incumbency and a still-disorganized Trxas state Democratic Party.

This time, Abbott isn't in the Governor's Mansion and the Democrats are better-organized.

The Texas Republican Party has had a choke-hold on state government for nearly 20 years. The only real campaigning the Rethuglies have had to do has been in the Republican primaries, which have grown increasingly out-of-synch with the general electorate. This time people might-possibly-be interested in a change.

rat bastard like Nugent plays with guns and waves the flag, that's called compensation. When he calls someone a "sub-human mongrel." that's called projection. When he molests underage girls that's called a crime. When he brags about it that's called conservatism.

Great post!

As my little Mom (bless her heart) used to say, "You are only as good as the company you keep".
May as well punch Abbott's ticket and send him on down the road.

Don't condemn his right to write those lyrics. Some art has always shown morally or criminal behavior. This is good. . . unless the artistis actually commit those crimes, as Nugent says he did.

The artists are portraying a piece of information vital to a society. Art is the feedback system of a culture. It tells us where the illness is. We need to know that.

Remember the case of the teenage boys who tried to commit suicide (I think one did) and the district attorney brought charges against the heavy metal band that the boys listened to?

http://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/17/arts/2-families-sue-heavy-metal-band-as-having-driven-sons-to-suicide.html

The trial exposed the myriad ways in which the boys families, schools and society failed them.

Not to mention all the other little girls/women he had sex with? I find it hard to believe that anyone (or anything) would have sex in any way/shape/form with that disgusting creep. Just to look at him makes my skin crawl.

According to Fox News there are millions and millions of them and they all have a vote.

calls this pedophile, "Turd Poogent". For the life of me I can't figure out why any politicians would consider campaigning with this walking disaster. I can not imagine that Abbott's campaign is benefitting from having this offensively stupid, opinionated, moronic, base and ugly man standing on stage with the candidate. I used to take offense, now I just laugh at each new headline. How a 3rd rate rock guitarist has any relevance to American politics is beyond me; the GOTP is digging, scraping at the bottom of their ideological barrel. Keep the hits coming, Turd Poogent.

"Jailbait" contains lyrics like these: "Well I don’t care if you’re just thirteen/ You look too good to be true/ I just know that you’re probably clean/ There’s one lil’ thing I got to do to you."

Nugent admitted to having affairs with underage girls in a 1998 "Behind the Music" documentary."

Ian Watkins is the ex-lead singer of British rock band Lostprophets who was recently convicted of multiple charges of child pornography and abuse. Among the evidence used against him was video of him having intercourse with an underage girl in the US.

Who knows if Ted Nugent is guilty or could be lying for the notoriety, as nothing beyond his occasional lightweight admissions or hearsay have suggested he has abused girls. The difference is, Watkins was shameless and stupid enough to leave all sorts of smoking guns lying around. Nugent so far has been able to keep the doors shut...just wait until women start speaking out saying Nugent abused them.

Nugent is so found of shooting animals but when he faced getting shot at himself (during Vietnam war) he crapped his pants. We should not be so upset though, whenever anything requires courage, republicans always come up with crap to hide their lack of courage. Nugent continues to make us laugh. As Shakespeare said he doth protest too much. I think he is also a closet homosexual based on his utterances.

where he boast about beating women, what's really disturbing is I also remember him doing Sesame Street after that