By BERNARD SCHOENBURG
The State Journal-Register

Any Republican presidential candidate would be “a monstrous upgrade over the current, America-hating administration” of President Barack Obama, right-wing rocker Ted Nugent told Sangamon County Republicans Friday night.

“The whole world sucks, but America still sucks less,” Nugent told a crowd of about 500 people who paid $100 each for dinner. “But with this administration, we are catching up.”

Nugent told reporters before the event that people need to fight for freedom.

“We have a guy in the White House who is an absolute, America-hating punk,” Nugent said. “And it isn’t really the punk’s fault. It’s we the people for bending over and letting the punk in the door.”

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