I've lost alot of respect for Ted......
..... back in my teenage years (mid 80's), I used to think the Motor City Madman was the coolest dude around. He didn't do drugs, played a mean guitar, and professed his love for the sport of bow hunting.
As the years have passed, I now believe TN is his own worst enemy primarily due to his often verbalized extremist views. Ted tries to make himself look like the good-guy, by putting other people down and mocking them. Essentially if you are not Pro-Republican, 110% supportive of GWB, and a die-hard hunter, then The Nuge will likely ridicule or scorn your person and views.
I also find it rather hypocritical of Ted's outspoken support for the war in Iraq and his "pro-military" attitude. This coming from someone who literally defecated all over himself which led to deferment and his postponement of military service during the Vietman years.
My loss of respect for TN was further witnessed in person during a concert in Biloxi, MS in August 2004. My uncle (Vietman Vet) and I had 3rd row tickets as I wanted to hear old-school classics such as: Cat Scratch Fever, Wang Dang.... , Great White Buffalo, Fred Bear, Stranglehold, Free for All, Dog eat Dog, etc......
Instead, old Ted decides to drop the F-bomb at least 25 times throughout the 1 hr. 15 min. concert. To make matters worse, this moron decides to talk about how much he hates N*ggers and would love to go back to the Days of Confederacy when it was cool to own slaves ! Ted repeated ... "F*ckin' N*ggers" ... 5 or 6 times after one set almost as if he was egging on the crowd. This dude did not care one bit what he said and how many times he said it. Besides the fact that there were several African American cocktail waitresses walking around during the concert serving patrons. Pretty much the entire crowd of 2,500 concert-goers were in as much shock as I of TN's extreme racist remarks. I'm still amazed of what I heard out of Ted's mouth that night and surprised he was not arrested for the repeated morally crude comments.
TN puts up a good smoke screen behind the camera bowhunting at "Sunrise Safari's" ; however his character and credibilty are a trifling matter as far as I'm concerned.
CB <*)))>{
