Greg Abbott Is Ready to Move Beyond Ted Nugents Comment After His Half-hearted Apology by: Joe Deshotel Sat Feb 22, 2014 at 11:01 AM CST Ted Nugent was pressured into giving a half-hearted apology after calling President Obama a subhuman mongrel caused a firestorm of negative press for Greg Abbott and the GOP at large. Unfortunately, it was not sincere or directed at the President, but instead at the candidates hes perceived to have hurt. It took Rand Paul the US Senator from Kentucky to call for The Nuge to take back his remarks before other Texas Republicans began to speak out. Greg Abbott has finally acknowledged the comment himself, but only after Gov. Rick Perry and Senator Ted Cruz also suggested Nugents comments were out of line. Before Nugent took to the airways to say, I do apologize - not necessarily to the President - but on behalf of much better men than myself, he went on an epic Twitter rank insinuating his comments werent, really more offensivethan [sic] -- insert harsh hyperbola implicating Obama. It appears from Nugents apology that he was pressured to do so by the politicians he is stomping for. I will try to elevate my vernacular to the level of those great men that Im learning from in the world of politics. Now Abbott says, I believe Ted Nugent recognized his language was wrong and he rightly apologized...This is not the kind of language I would use or endorse in any way. Its time to move beyond this, and I will continue to focus on the issues that matter to Texans. I problem for him is that it always was, and it should not have taken so long for him to acknowledge as much. This turned out to be a completely unforced error on his part. At two campaign events Saturday Wendy Davis pointed to Abbotts campaigning with Nugent as a mark against his character. She not only referenced Nugents hateful comments against the President but also his admitted indiscretions with underage girls. Davis said Abbotts decision to embrace Nugent displayed the stark contrast between the two candidates and proved Greg Abbotts values are not Texas values. According to several reports Perry and Cruz have not ruled out campaigning with Nugent but each actively chose to distance themselves from the heat of his racist Nazi propaganda rhetoric. Gov. Perry who has his own Presidential aspirations to consider said, He shouldnt have said that about the president of the United States...I got a problem calling the president a mongrel...I do have a problem with that. That is an inappropriate thing to say. Ted Cruz told CNN, Those sentiments, of course, I dont agree with. Youve never heard me say such a thing, nor would I. One of Abbotts opponents in the GOP primary was one of the first to come out strongly against Nugents remarks. Lisa Fritsch who is also an African-American told CNN the GOP was in a spiritual battle and that the comments were unacceptable. Also unacceptable she said was that, leadership [did] not come out and completely disavow that type of language. She also noted that, until the Republican party can solve its identity crisis, rebuild and rebrand, that they are putting the party at risk and could lose the White House for many years to come. So while Nugent was apparently receiving immense prodding to retract his statement Greg Abbott believed he was protected by some air of inevitability. He did however curiously retweet someone who @Mentioned him saying, Lavandera great, Abbott utterly pathetic, a reference to CNNs correspondent who tried to interview Abbott about the comments at a campaign stop with Nugent. That seems an arrogant play while at the same time actively dodging reporters over the biggest dust up of negative press so far in this race. If Abbott is so confident he can take the Governors mansion without support from minorities or women, instead of remembering the Alamo, he should remember Clayton Will Smithiams. Ted Nugent is a despicable man. To use him for campaign purposes is a disgrace. The Sheep and the Goats “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will set on his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on the right, “Come, you who are blessed by my Father, take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothed and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me I was in prison and you came to visit me. Then the righteous will answer him, Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in or needing clothes and we clothe you. When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you? The King will reply, “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least, of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” Then he will say to those on his left, ‘depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angles. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me’. They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison and did not help you?’ He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’ “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.” Matthew 25:31- 46
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