Texas Town Pays Ted Nugent $16K to Stay Away From 4th of July Concert

Mediaite ^ | March 21st, 2014 | Matt Wilstein

[Slings and Arrows]

The town of Longview, Texas has reportedly paid conservative rocker Ted Nugent $16,000 to make sure he does not play at their annual 4th of July concert this summer. That figure represents half of the amount Nugent would have been guaranteed if the performance happened as scheduled.

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“I’m sad the City of Longview has done this. I think it was done by a great deal of political correctness, political pressure,” Gregg County Republican Party Chair Keith Rothra told KLTV. “We have various performers who have made all kinds of statements that rattled people’s conscience and yet they are still slated as performers.”

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[M]eanwhile, Ted Nugent just made $16,000 for doing absolutely nothing.

[Slings and Arrows]

Easiest $16K Ted ever made.

[Slings and Arrows]

I'll stay away from Longview for just $10,000. No checks.

[BipolarBob]

I’ll gladly not attend for half that amount. I don’t want people to think of me as cheap but I can be had . . . for a price.

[Politicalkiddo]

Only $16K? If they dislike him so much, they’d be willing to pay much more, methinks.

[Liberty Valance]

Ha! Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Well come on man, Ted supports the constitution, is for freedom and the individual, is an excellent role model for kids, teaches them the importance of confidence and being the best you can be, never drank nor smoked dope in his life, hates tyranny and other destroyers of freedom, kills for his own food rather than have someone do it for him, and he makes great music . I mean really, who would want that kind of guy around?

[AlexW]

I thought Texas was in the USA, not Massachusetts or Albania. Maybe the Commies will get their wish and change the USA to USSA.

[jcon40]

from the Miami Herald:

In January, Nugent called President Barack Obama a “subhuman mongrel.” The comments resurfaced when Nugent campaigned in February with Gary Abbott, who said he did not endorse such language.

[Right Brother]

In January, Nugent called President Barack Obama a “subhuman mongrel.” The comments resurfaced when Nugent campaigned in February with Gary Abbott, who said he did not endorse such language.

I don't endorse that type of language either. It's insulting to subhuman mongrels.

[JSteff]

Yeah, so what if Ted goes to the next town over....,. and brings all those folks to their Ted businesses instead?

What fools are running that town?

[JSteff]

Your link did NOT connect to Cat Scratch Fever but to some easy listening rap station.

[JSteff]

It's insulting to subhuman mongrels.

LOL! Thanks!

[Liberty Valance]

dang. Sorry.

Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever

[AlexW]

” “subhuman mongrel.””
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translation: Communist illegal alien from Mombasa, Kenya.

[Politicalkiddo]

Liberals, I’d assume.

[JSteff]

Thanks, that is more like it.

[BlueDragon]

The "subhuman" part was uncalled for. The mongrel part? Fitting enough.

signed,

A Honky Mongrel

[Crim]

He should show up unannounced and give a free concert two blocks away...watch that venue clear out...

F em.

[Texicanus]

Longview, XT (ex-Texas town), should try booking the Dixie Chicks if you can find’em... :)

If I were a business owner in Longview, maybe it’s time to start planning my re-location, bankruptcy, or early retirement. Maybe even a new city council in lieu of the above.

[BlueDragon]

Nah, the tune that is called for in this situation is

Stranglehold

$16,000 worth. He has 'dem.