Rocker Ted Nugent stands behind Obama comments

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
4/19/2012
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'Cat Scratch Fever' singer is paid a visit by the Secret Service agents following offhand comments

Detroit Rock City Terror Ted Nugent has always been very forward and outspoken about his right-wing conservative views. Caring not a whit about political correctness "the Nuge" is an avid sportsman who thinks nothing of shooting animals in the wild. His outspoken comments about U.S. President Obama have now landed him in hot water.

Ted Nugent declared that 'We need to ride into that battlefield and chop their heads off in November.' Making his comments at the National Rifle Association's annual gathering in St. Louis, he added that he would be 'dead or in jail' next year if Obama was re-elected.

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LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - The "Cat Scratch Fever" singer declared that "We need to ride into that battlefield and chop their heads off in November." Making his comments at the National Rifle Association's annual gathering in St. Louis, he added that he would be "dead or in jail" next year if Obama was re-elected.

The 63-year-old Nugent, 63 says that the U.S. Secret Service had requested a meeting with him following the criticism of Obama. During an appearance on Glenn Beck's radio show, Nugent told the conservative host, "We actually have heard from the Secret Service, and they have a duty, and I salute them. I support them and I'm looking forward to our meeting tomorrow."

Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary said, "We are aware of the incident with Ted Nugent, and we are conducting appropriate follow-up . We recognize an individual's right to freedom of speech but we also have a responsibility to determine and investigate intent."

The Secret Service is tasked with protecting the president and investigating any threats or perceived threats to his safety.

The Democratic National Committee was quick to seize the controversy and use it in a fundraising email sent out on Monday. DNC chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said of Nugent's comments that, "Threatening violence -- or whatever it is that Nugent's threatening -- is clearly beyond the pale."

Nugent has previously denounced the current administration as "Vile, evil, America-hating." In his sit-down with Beck, Nugent denied that he was calling for violence against the Commander-in-Chief. "Every reference I made, whether it's a shot across the bow or targeting the enemy, it always ended the sentence with 'in November at the voter booth.'" Nugent has endorsed Romney.

In another talk show appearance, Nugent described himself as, "A black Jew at a Nazi-Klan rally ... and there are some power-abusing, corrupt monsters in our federal government that despise me because I have the audacity to speak the truth." He also referred to Wasserman Schultz as a, "Brain-dead, soulless idiot."

In spite of this, Rep. Allen West says that Ted Nugent doesn't bear "any ill will" toward Obama.

"I think he was just expressing maybe his opinion about something and of course everyone wants to sensationalize things but let's leave it up to the Secret Service to interview him and get to the bottom of it," West, a Florida Republican told CNN.

"I don't think the Motor City Madman has any ill will toward the President of United States of America," he said.

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Judy
1 year ago
Rob & Sargon: Reflect. This same rage Obama is getting, is the same rage Bush got. Nothing has changed except the Party. Who cares anymore what any Dem. or Rep. says, unless they have Really got something to say? I do not defend Nugent, but when he used words to describe Debbie W. Shultz, he merely used his "vocabulary" (like it or not) which has a lot of abstract truth behind it. My opinions of her "vocabulary" could be, "Oh no, here we go again". And as for the remaining descriptive words Nugent gave her, well, I would ask myself, Do I know how far liberal, or socialist, or Marxist, she is? Do I know that she goes to church? And if she does, Is it a Communist minister, like Obama's Rev. Wright? I mean, a lot can be said by one's own personal known vocabulary. And before one spews one's own vocabulary, (so one won't have to apologize, etc.) one should know the facts. I do not know the facts of D.W.S. personal life, therefore i cannot make a determination. I do not know all the facts on Nugent either. So no determination. To conclude, I will say I agree w/JoAnn. That no vote at all, is a vote for Obama. Cherish today...
JoAnn
1 year ago
Brandon: Proof?????
Bulbajer
1 year ago
Harold Olsen: I've heard a lot of people comparing Obama to Hitler, one of the most evil men in history. A question: would you support an effort to assassinate Obama? Because it seems to me that most people, liberal or conservative, view the various groups who tried to assissinate Hitler as heroes. By your logic, you should be one of those people who stood by George Tiller's murderer.
Rob
1 year ago
@I remember, it's called Obama Derangement Syndrome. We have folks that would jump into bed with the devil so long as Obama is defeated. This rage they have been fostering for four years now has made them completely blind. I was on the fence regarding my own membership with the NRA as they have become nothing more than a "I hate Obama propoganda machine." I will not be renewing.
Sargon
1 year ago
Hey, "I Remember;" What gave you the ability to look into a person's heart and pronounce them to be Christian or not?

Rob, Harold may be suffering from "Obama Derangement Syndrome," but there may be good cause. Anyway, were you on a blog somewhere protesting when that movie about Bush's assassination came out? Or the book that described how to murder Bush?

I didn't think so. Whatever the cause, this president is treated differently than those of the past.
I Remember
1 year ago
This immoral man is not a "Christian". Some of you people need
to listen to this person's music and find about his life before
you go pronouncing him an ally. I don't care what he says
about ANYTHING. He does not live his life by God's laws,
and what he DOES stand for (easy sex, treating women as
nothing more than objects for sex, etc.) are things the
Church stands firmly against. Why anyone gives anything
this man says any credence at all, is beyond me.
Rob
1 year ago
Harold, so when Obama's second term ends (if he is re-elected) and he leaves DC, what are you going to do? I'm sorry, but as far as the comments coming from folks with Obama derangement syndrome, that takes the cake.
Harold Olsen
1 year ago
Where was the Secret Service when lefties protested with signs saying "Death to Bush?" Where were they when lefties came right out and said Bush should be killed? Apparently, it's okay to come right out and threaten the life of a Republican or conservative president, but say anything critical of a Democrat or liberal president, and you face being arrested. I've compared Obama to Hitler since he became the candidate in the 2008 campaign. The similarities are just too close. Like all dictators, he wants to take away our freedoms, especially our freedom of speech. It's one of the reasons why he wants to have the power to shut down the Internet in the event of a so-called emergency. An emergency would be anything critical of him and his Nazi regime. I firmly believe that if we have an election this year (and I believe he will manufacture a crisis that will give him an excuse to declare martial law and postpne the election) and Obama is reelected, it will be our last presidential election for years, maybe decades, to come. I believe Obama plans on staying in office for the rest of his life and he will use every means necessary to do so. The idiots in both houses of Congress (both parties) seem to be willing to allow him to do, and get away with, anything he wants to do. Traitors all!
mgm.
1 year ago
This guy skipped his chance to target an emeny in Vietnam ,he bragged to a magazine I recall in England how he got out of the draft even.like not bathing and eating junk food for weeks before his physical so he fail it ! Why would Romney want to be even in the same room with this clown?
leslie johnson
1 year ago
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