06.08.12
25k for Nugent
Estimated median household (2 – 3 people) income in Sangamon County, IL: $53,000.
Price of Ted Nugent to speak at GOP Party dinner in Sangamon Country recently: $25,000, 10 thousand of which was for a special air flight from Waco to deliver the speaker.
From the Springfield, IL, newspaper:
Meanwhile, another significant bit of information has surfaced about the Springfield appearance of rocker and conservative activist TED NUGENT at the Sangamon County GOP’s Lincoln Day dinner Feb 10.
A large-donation report filed by the party with the State Board of Elections on May 24 listed a $10,000 in-kind contribution from Brandt Consolidated, a Springfield-based farm supply business.
The description of the donation is “Airflight,??? and it turns out that the passenger on that flight was Nugent.
Nugent’s appearance — which became controversial because of comments Nugent made about President BARACK OBAMA, such as calling the President an “America-hating punk??? — took place before
e Long became the party chair. She said Kent Gray made the connection with Brandt Consolidated.Large donations are supposed to be reported in a matter of days after they are made, not three months later.
“We had a horrible time trying to reach someone to get the cost,??? Long said when asked about the delay.
RICK BRANDT, a Tampa, Fla., resident and president and CEO of the company, said he personally owns the jet, and there could have been a delay in billing from the company that manages the aircraft for him. He said he provided a one-way trip for Nugent from Texas.
“Being a child of the ’80s, I didn’t want to miss that,??? he said of the flight with Nugent. “It was neat to meet him.???
The party also paid a $15,000 appearance fee for Nugent.
Cheapest one-way flight from Waco to Springfield: $300, coach, from ExPedia.
At the Lincoln Day do, Nugent:
“We have a guy in the White House who is an absolute, America-hating punk,??? Nugent said. “And it isn’t really the punk’s fault. It’s we the people for bending over and letting the punk in the door.???
“How about a welfare program … (where) for every kid who gets a sandwich from the welfare program, there’s about 10,000 pigs buying bling-bling, dope and meth with my welfare money,???
“If we don’t fix the United States government this November, we will get exactly what we asked for,??? Nugent said, “and it won’t be the rabid coyote’s fault for getting into our living room – it will be our fault for not shooting him.???
Nugent, for a Peoria radio station, earlier this week:
I’m a producer, I’m an asset to you, I benefit the American economy …
Wilson, in The Limey: Who’s he think he is, the Marquis of Tavistock?