A Stranglehold, Indeed

Ted Nugent is at it again. He's been getting a lot of flack lately for his death threats and other crude onstage remarks made against senators and presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, as well as his suing of concert venues that have refused to book him for alleged racist remarks he's recently made.

The above doesn't really concern "5" per se. The former is a matter for the Secret Service to investigate. (Alleged death threats against public officials at that level--in this case, one of them being a former First Lady, as well--are their responsibility, if we're not mistaken.) As for the latter, whether or not Nugent may or may not be a racist is a subject we'll gladly discuss in a different forum.
But what bothers us is that this foul-mouthed loon who inspires like-minded individuals to follow and defend him, gets all this undeserved press coverage, considering that in his actual field of expertise and talent he is considered a has-been who's not made a relevant contribution to music in 30 years. So, we ask the media: Please people, review his lame-ass records but don't give him an undeserved platform when it comes to public discourse. Stick to his music and he'll wither away. His career already has, let's keep it that way.