10.06.11
Florida GOP/Tea Party can’t afford Ted Nugent — blames Obama
Ted’s eagerness to spread his political wisdom on what ails the US only extends as far as the willingness of the listeners to pay the freight.
Unintentionally hilarious item from a Gainesville, Florida, newspaper:
The Alachua County Republican Party has canceled Ted Nugent’s appearance at Thursday’s Black Tie and Blue Jeans BBQ fundraiser, citing low ticket sales, which the party blamed on “Obamanomics.???
“We started hearing heartbreaking stories,??? Stafford Jones, the party chairman, said of the tales he and other party officials heard when they contacted usual supporters who hadn’t purchased tickets, which cost between $65 and $125 for single tickets and $680 and $1,000 for eight-person tables.
Jones said there was more excitement for Nugent, a rock ‘n’ roll musician and an outspoken conservative, than other speakers in recent years, but people are struggling.
“The problem is that, thanks to Obamanomics and ‘trickle-up-poverty’, nobody has any money,??? the party said in a statement announcing that Nugent wouldn’t be appearing. “It became evident that small business owners and working Republicans were hurting, tremendously, and simply couldn’t afford to come to Black Tie and Blue Jeans.???
In an interview, Jones said, “We’re spending billions of dollars in stimulus money that is just going into black holes — Solyndra is one.???
“In Nugent’s keynote stead will be former state Rep. Adam Hasner, a South Florida Republican who is running for the U.S. Senate and won’t be paid for his appearance …” it finishes.
Trickle up poverty is a GOP dog whistle phrase for the idea, one that really didn’t catch on (coming as it did from a Michael Savage book that didn’t sell like gangbusters), that unemployment is kind of, like, contagious. And that it’s the poor that have dragged the nation down, not Wall Street.
Therefore, from the tortured logic on display in the brief newspaper piece, the poor, Solyndra and Obama are responsible for the inability to pay pricey tickets to see a Ted Nugent rant in Alachua County.
Another unintentionally funny item from the Tennessean, this on a Stand With Gibson [Guitars] rally.
Gibson’s CEO, hopes — probably fruitlessly — that blaming the US government for tyranny, a popular position in the Tea Party, will save his company from criminal charges, is holding a small rally in Nashville:
[Gibson spokespeople] also said one or two surprise guests might show up unannounced but wouldn’t give many clues as to who, other than to say it will not be Ted Nugent. (Not sure whether that was a rumor they were trying to squash or just an obvious pick for a conservative rally.) Organizers neither confirmed nor denied another reporter’s guess, Hank Williams, Jr.
Hank Williams, Jr. The reporter may have been making a not so subtle joke.