State of the Union Address and Ted Nugent

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Rep. Steve Stockman, who recently threatened President Obama with impeachment over his executive orders regarding guns,  is allowed to bring one guest to the State of the Union Address.  He plans on bringing Ted Nugent who sits on the Board of Directors at the NRA.   That would be fine except for the fact that the Secret Service had to pay Mr. Nugent a little visit about a year and a half ago over his mouth flashing at an NRA convention.  Mr. Nugent told a crowd  that  he will “either be dead or in jail by this time next year” if Obama is re-elected.

The Secret Service and probably the Capitol Police  should deny admission to Ted Nugent.  His comments were taken seriously enough that the Secret Service paid him a visit.  He can just sit out the State of the Union Address.  There are too many important people all under one roof to allow someone who has shown as little good judgement as Nugent to have access.

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If your’re Ted Nugent, what does a big mouth get you?

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The correct answer is, a visit from the Secret Service. 

ABCnews.com

The U.S. Secret Service is looking into the incendiary and potentially threatening remarks made by rocker and Mitt Romney-backer Ted Nugent at the National Rifle Association convention over the weekend.

“We are aware of them and we are conducting the appropriate follow-up now,” Secret Service spokesman George Ogilvie told ABC News.

Nugent told a crowd of convention goers that “if Barack Obama becomes the president in November, I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year.”

“If you can’t go home and get everybody in your lives to clean house in this vile, evil, America-hating administration, I don’t even know what you’re made of,” he said. The comments were caught on tape and posted online by the website Right Wing Watch.

The Democratic National Committee and Obama campaign have launched a multimedia offensive against Romney over Nugent, demanding that the presumptive GOP nominee disavow the statements of his high-profile supporter.

But the White House today refused to join in the condemnation and said that it won’t be “policing the statements of supporters across the board.”

I sure am glad that the Secret Service agreed with me.   The rhetoric seemed a little extreme to me, but what do I know?  Threats against the president, both explicit and implicit are usually taken very seriously.  I don’t hold Mitt Romney responsible.  I hold the NRA responsible.  The mouth flashing happened on their watch.  Poor Mitt would probably shoot his foot off if he handled a gun. 

More to the point, the NRA is busy spreading lies and creating hysteria about Obama taking everyone’s guns.  Clearly, that has never been suggested.  Remember before President Obama was inaugurated?  Ammunition was very scarce and had gotten expensive.  Why?  The rumor that Obama was rounding up everyone’s guns.

It’s really time for the lies to stop.  Gun laws have become much less restrictive since 2008, across the nation.  It’s time for thinking people to stop falling for NRA’s tricks.  They and other 2nd amendment groups want your money and your membership.  I see the crap that they send out.  It  comes to my house.  It is alarmist and incendiary and has one purpose.

 

Ted Nugent, the NRA, and some good old fashioned hate speech

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Huffington Post:

Nugent called President Obama a criminal and denounced his “vile, evil America-hating administration” which is “wiping its ass with the Constitution.” Taking it a step further, he said that “If Barack Obama becomes the president in November, again, I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year.” “If you can’t galvanize and promote and recruit people to vote for Mitt Romney, we’re done,” he continued.
 
Supreme Court justices also came under assault by Nugent, who claims that the court’s more liberal members have signed a declaration against Americans’ right to self-defense:
 
“We’ve got four Supreme Court justices who don’t believe in the Constitution. Does everyone here know that four of the Supreme Court justices not only determined you don’t have the right to keep and bear arms, four Supreme Court justices signed their name to a declaration that Americans have no fundamental right to self-defense.”
 
Nugent concluded with a call to cut off the heads of Democrats in November: “We need to ride into that battlefield and chop their heads off in November. Any questions?”
 
Ted Nugent is an old rocker has-been who probably would have a difficult time playing Branson.  Oh groan….he will be in Manassas on May 18, performing at Jiffy Lube with REO Speedwagon and Styx. I like the latter 2 groups but Nugent is a blow-hard hate monger.  Now why are Styx and REO Speedwagon slumming by performing with him?
 
At any rate, his speech to the crowd at the NRA convention was simply unacceptable.  Some conservatives are worried about Bill Maher?  He is a Sunday School meek and mild compared to this dude.   Meanwhile, Mitt Romney might want to distance himself from this guy.