Since when does anybody care what a washed up, burned out, alcoholic musician thinks about politics? It's kinda like when the Dixie Chicks made an off comment about George Bush. Who cares! It's not like people are paying for tickets to go to their concert because they want to hear a rousing 90 min lecture on politics. People pay for their tickets to hear them sing. Ted gets paid to sing and play guitar. Now when he wants to give a 90 min guitar clinic, i'll happily listen to what he has to say, but his views on politics are more about ratings and getting people to pay attention to him.