Cigarette #2: Did you think I meant country matters?

Outside of class, 3:45pm

Is Mike Huckabee a hypocrite for accepting Ted Nugent's endorsement? Peter Suderman says no, because Ted Nugent is only ever appreciated ironically. Reihan Salam says no, because hypocrisy is Red State America's bread and butter.

Why roll over so quickly to the accusation that Ted Nugent's oeuvre reflects a degraded moral culture? Southern rock may be hard-drinkin', hard-lovin', and hard-livin', but damn if it don't love its momma. What's the real difference between "Cat Scratch Fever" and Hamlet telling Ophelia about "a fair thought to lie between a maid's legs?" In the battle between Good and Evil, Ted Nugent and William Shakespeare are in the same foxhole.