Authoritarians Identify Enemies/Scapegoats to Unify Their Followers

The following was distributed by Andy Shanks on August 27, 2007, and is published here with his permission:

“We’re ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas,” Natalie Mains of the Dixie Chicks.  What followed was a storm of protest, their blacklisting from more than 12,000 radio stations and a complete disenfranchisement by the Country Western music industry.
 
“I was in Chicago last week — I was in Chicago; I said, ‘Hey Obama, you might wanna su*k on one of these (holds aloft a military style rifle), ya punk.’ Obama, he’s a piece of sh*t, and I told him to su*k on my machine gun — lets hear it for him. And then I was in New York. I said ‘Hey Hillary, you might wanna ride one of these into the sunset, ya worthless bit*h.’ Now, since I’m in California, (unintelligible) Barbara Boxer — she might wanna su*k on my machine gun. Hey, Dianne Feinstein, ride one of these you worthless wh*re,” Ted Nugent, darling of the NRA, burned out rock music fans and right-wingers everywhere.  See the video.

 
I’m waiting for the moral outage over threatening two presidential candidates and two sitting congress people with guns.    Not holding my breath but waiting.

I thought the secret service was supposed to get involved in this sort of thing.   Guess not, they’re too busy arresting the father of a seven year old in front of his son for telling the VP that his Iraq war policy was “reprehensible,” arresting and charging a couple for wearing anti Bush t-shirts at a Bush rally or arresting people for leaving the “Free Speech Zone” set up a few blocks from a Bush photo op. 

Say you’re ashamed of Der Fuhrer – it’s jail time, but threaten Democratic candidates and sitting congress people with guns and it’s just free speech.
 
Here’s how the “liberal media” treats Ted: (dedicated family man)   (He also has a hunting camp, the Ted Nugent Kamp for Kids.) (Headline: Peaceful Ted Nugent brings Shrapnel Tour to area).  Then of course there’s FOX news.

Ted is performing on the “Shrapnel Tour” promoting his next album, Love Grenade.  What many don’t know is that like Dick Cheney, George Bush and most of Bush’s Cabinet, Teddy avoided the draft.  He was a bit more creative though; when he was drafted during the Vietnam war Nugent stopped all forms of personal hygiene for a month and showed up for his draft board physical in pants caked with his own urine and feces. 
 
For more wisdom from this fine examples of conservatism.

I welcome any and all of the conservatives on this list to defend Ted.  I will publish your comments un-edited and without comment to this list.  C’mon, show your pride and support for this fine example of Conservatism.