(Alachua County, FL) GOP cancels Nugent appearance, blames Obama (low ticket sales).

[Scurrilous]

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"The Alachua County Republican Party has canceled Ted Nugent’s appearance at Thursday’s Black Tie and Blue Jeans BBQ fundraiser, citing low ticket sales, which the party blamed on “Obamanomics.”

“We started hearing heartbreaking stories,” Stafford Jones, the party chairman, said of the tales he and other party officials heard when they contacted usual supporters who hadn’t purchased tickets, which cost between $65 and $125 for single tickets and $680 and $1,000 for eight-person tables.

Jones said there was more excitement for Nugent, a rock ‘n’ roll musician and an outspoken conservative, than other speakers in recent years, but people are struggling.

“The problem is that, thanks to Obamanomics and ‘trickle-up-poverty’, nobody has any money,” the party said in a statement announcing that Nugent wouldn’t be appearing. “It became evident that small business owners and working Republicans were hurting, tremendously, and simply couldn’t afford to come to Black Tie and Blue Jeans.”

http://citylimits.blogs.gainesville.com/15690/alachua-gop-cancels-nugent-appearance-blames-obama/

:nopity:

[monmouth]

1. And yet they are adamantly against the President's Jobs Bill. Go figure..n/t

[NightWatcher]

2. Darn you Obama, I've no money for The Nuge tickets

FAIL

[maddezmom]

3. oh brother

:rofl:

[dhill926]

4. and once again.....

NOT The Onion......

[Scurrilous]

18. LOL

:thumbsup:

[wilt the stilt]

5. Nuge do it for free n/t

[SomethingFishy]

6. "Trickle up poverty"? Is he fucking kidding?

Tell that to the guy working two fucking jobs to support his family, who still has to take government "handouts" because even with two jobs he can't afford his health insurance. Yeah that piece of shit leech on society is the reason people can't afford $1000 a plate to eat shitty, cold, rubber chicken and listen to a guy with a double digit IQ ramble on about the virtues of Reaganomics. :eyes:

[Fire Walk With Me]

7. Nugent didn't donate any money to help them? Surprahs surprahs.

That's what "conservative" means.

[bluestate10]

23. Nugent was trying to make money off those morons. nt

[Viking12]

8. Let me get this straight...Obama is to blame because Nugent is a no-talent hack?

Is it Obama's fault that terrible ted plays county fairs instead of stadiums, too?

[Tom Ripley]

9. There are not enough of Ted's fellow pedophiles in FLA to buy the tickets?

I am sincerely shocked

[gratuitous]

10. Sixty five bucks?

I wouldn't pay that for a lot of performers I like. Damn if I'd pay it for that slavering nincompoop.

[RagAss]

11. They've crossed the fucking Rubicon !

[pinboy3niner]

15. They've jumped the snark

[benld74]

12. They did not wish to wipe out ANOTHER entertainment supporter ala Hank Jr.

[joeybee12]

13. How sad...they blame Obama that no one wants to hear a no-talent crackpot...knr

[The Backlash Cometh]

14. Who knew that a bad economy would dry up GOP campaign donations.

Who knew?

[Old and In the Way]

24. With Citizens United, Republicans don't need these shitty grassroots fundraisers anymore..

They'll have 100's of millions from corporate treasuries to fund their 2012 campaigns. Suppressing the vote and computerized voting machines should take care of the rest. Republican voter participation no longer needed (or desired).

[bluestate10]

25. Yet, the GOP don't want to tax the super rich. Go figure.

Maybe the organizers of the failed concert can ask the Koch brothers of scions of Wall Street to come up with the puny $65 per person. May be the Kochs will send in dozens of buses full of toothless morons to listen to a zero try to sing.

[louslobbs]

16. This Obama guy they always refer to is amazing. It's unfortunate that President Obama shares his

last name with this other Obama guy.
Lou

[lbrtbell]

17. Oh, it breaks my heart

...from LAUGHING!!

[TNLib]

19. Or maybe there just wasn't enough people wanting to see the Nuge.

He kind of sucks.

[blogslut]

20. Translation - We couldn't get enough pre-sales to cover the Nuge's expenses

That's what I'm betting.

[bluestate10]

21. Stuff like this makes me boil. I bet their democratic opponents are just

sitting back allowing the republican bullshit to hit the airwaves. Some democrat need to call their asses out. They canceled the event because it was a fucking failure, pure and simple. Some democrat need to explain to the press that not even crazies would pay money to listen to a washed up loon.

[DirkGently]

22. Couldn't be people are just not that enthused about The Nuge. Could it?

[NYC_SKP]

26. How about "No Tie, Filthy Boxers, and a Wife-beater Tee Shirt Picnic"?

Assholes...