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...would also like to mention rocker, marksman and conservative activist Ted Nugent, who, in his autobiography "God, Guns and Rock 'n' Roll" refers to himself as "Rosa Parks with a loud guitar." That's so inaccurate; everyone knows he's more like Mary Matalin with a fancy deer rifle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You, Sir, Are No Rosa Parks | 1/26/2001 | See Source »

...just people on the right like Katherine Harris and Ted Nugent who seem especially silly being likened to Parks. I first cringed at this "Rosa Parks c'est moi" phenomenon last October at Ralph Nader's lefty rally at Madison Square Garden. Ever sit in a coliseum full of people who think they're heroes? I was surrounded by thousands of well-meaning, well-fed white kids who loved it when filmmaker Michael Moore told them they should, like Rosa Parks, stand up to power, by which I think he meant vote for Nader so he could qualify for federal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You, Sir, Are No Rosa Parks | 1/26/2001 | See Source »

...defense of Ted Nugent, the street performer, the mayor, the dairy farmer, the lap dancers, the Naderites and a fictional sportscaster, I will point out that Katherine Harris is the only person on my list of people lamely compared to a civil rights icon who is actually being sued for "massive voter disenfranchisement of people of color during the presidential election" by the NAACP...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You, Sir, Are No Rosa Parks | 1/26/2001 | See Source »

...Benjamin Nugent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: William O'Shea | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

...walks a fine line between charm and pathos when he brings out his first sewing machine and warbles about his need for attention His voice won't win any Tony Awards, but the show entertains because of the winning fussiness that made him a fashion legend. --By Benjamin Nugent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Les Mizrahi | 10/30/2000 | See Source »

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