Steve Stockman doesn't have a lot going for him in the United States House of Representatives.  He refused to vote for his own party's leadership and therefore holds no committee assignments.  So he's the guy flinging stuff at the walls, talking the loudest, and desperately trying to get attention.  So far, Stockman has introduced legislation to repeal federally mandated gun-free zones at American schools, and promises to impeach popular President Barack Obama on the honeymoon of Obama's landslide reelection.  Not exactly the way to make friends and influence people.

Stockman's latest gimmick (in lieu of actual policy or effective working relationships in a collaborative body) is to invite former rock star Ted Nugent as his "special guest" at the annual State of the Union address.  Now, some of you might be thinking, “Who is Ted Nugent?”  Which isn’t such a bad question, considering that “The Nuge’” hasn’t charted a hit song since the Reagan Presidency.  But for some reason, he keeps floating in America’s right-wing social circles.  Just last fall, he endorsed Republican multi-billionaire Mitt Romney’s abortive presidential campaign, which would have set-up an odd situation:  If Romney had won, would we have seen Ted within months of qualifying as a “senior citizen”, prancing about in a fur loin cloth at the inaugural ball, singing “Wang Dang Sweet Poontang” and “Cat Scratch Fever” to the next First Lady of the United States of America?

Will Nugent even be allowed in the Capitol Building?  A more pressing issue is Nugent’s violent eliminationist rhetoric.  Last year, his promise to be either “dead or in jail” if President Obama was reelection earned the Motor City Has-been a visit from the Secret Service, protectors of America’s Presidents.  We’re still waiting for him to make good.  This, and a call for then-Senator Obama to “suck on” Nugent’s machine gun has Nugent banned from performing on US Military bases.

Nugent’s star power among American right wing extremists is a difficult to explain.  A big advocate for guns and hunting, he frequently is banned from hunting in entire states for breaking the simplest of rules.  A loud mouthpiece for the use of military power, Nugent infamously blew off his chance to serve in Vietnam when his draft number came up.  He is quoted as saying that he willfully pooped his pants for the week prior to reporting for induction in order to avoid Military Service and stay in the states, playing rock and roll.  Loudly mouthing off for “conservative values”, he says he’s “repulsed” by Gays and yet brags of past relationships with underage girls.

It’s almost as if that by embracing Ted Nugent, American Conservatives are gleefully reveling in their hypocrisy problem.