Ewww. Notch it back a little Ted.
just maybe "The Nuge knows" that the only way a Constitutional loving/military loving/gun enthusiast extraordinaire/hunter supreme/REAL ecologist/etc person is going to get any media time is by slinging out a sound bite they can't refuse.
They took the bait and now more people are aware of who The Nuge is and what he espouses.
And immediately following the interview he was rushed to the hospital to have a kidney stone removed - so he probably was a bit uncomfortable during the interview and not amiable to the media angling for a hatchet job.
BTW, the event the military canceled on him? That was to play at the FUNERAL of a Navy Seal - per that Seal's request in his will! He has a tradition of being invited to perform at Seal's funerals. He has a long and mutual admiration relationship with the Seals and other branches of the military, had done several trips to Iraq/Afghanistan and gone out on patrol with the troops instead of staying safely in the back bases. (The military, btw, was following orders from the the WH who was furious at The Nuge for daring to "insult" him)
These media hacks couldn't keep up with The Nuge for ONE DAY. They'd mess their britches.