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Rick Perry on 'inappropriate' Ted Nugent
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 12: Musician and gun rights advocate Ted Nugent listens as U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress February 12, 2013 in Washington, DC. Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) invited Nugent as his guest for the President’s speech. Facing a divided Congress, Obama concentrated his speech on new initiatives designed to stimulate the U.S. economy.\nCredit: Getty Images\n

Rick Perry on 'inappropriate' Ted Nugent

“He shouldn’t 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."-- Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) on CNN Thursday reacting to recent comments by rocker Ted Nugent, who called President Obama a "subhuman mongrel."

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has also called on Nugent to apologize for his remarks.

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Eddie Scarry

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