2010: C'mon, Nuge, Tell Us What You Really Think!
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This is going to be a hell of a Super Bowl party.
Already, special guest number one at Rick Perry's Sunday football fete in Houston, Sarah Palin, has gotten crosswise with the Guv's chief political adviser, Dave Carney, over his impolitic use of "retarded" (which, apparently, is the word of the week). Now special guest number two, Ted Nugent, is stirring up his own pot. In an interview with the poker magazine Royal Flush, the Waco-based rock-and-roller and Perry pal was asked what he thinks of the President of the United States.
I think that Barack Hussein Obama should be put in jail. It is clear that Barack Hussein Obama is a communist. Mao Tse Tung lives and his name is Barack Hussein Obama. This country should be ashamed. I wanna throw up.
Well, at least he didn't call him the r-word.
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