With Ted Nugent invite, “the stupid party” rocks on
“We’ve got to stop being the stupid party. It’s time for a new Republican Party that talks like adults. We had a number of Republicans damage the brand this year with offensive and bizarre comments. I’m here to say we’ve had enough of that.”
– Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal,
in a speech to the Republican National Committee
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“I’ll tell you this right now: If Barack Obama becomes the president in November, again, I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year. Why are you laughing? Do you think that’s funny? That’s not funny at all. I’m serious as a heart attack….
“… it isn’t the enemy that ruined America. It’s good people who bent over and let the enemy in. If the coyote’s in your living room, pissing on your couch, it’s not the coyote’s fault. It’s your fault for not shooting him. So, it’s an important time. So, you’re talking about exhibits, you’re talking about hardware and ammo and everyone’s fondling sporting goods and everybody’s got a big old sexy grin on their face ’cause they’re surrounded by ballistic celebration — that’s cool. But what I feel in this room, is I feel this: I’m not taking this crap anymore.”
– Ted Nugent, NRA board member, gun enthusiast and ex-rock star, speaking to the NRA convention in April, shortly before a visit from the Secret Service
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WASHINGTON – Musician and gun advocate Ted Nugent will be Congressman Steve Stockman’s guest at Tuesday evening’s State of the Union Address by President Barack Obama. Nugent will be available to speak to the media before and after the Address.
“I am excited to have a patriot like Ted Nugent joining me in the House Chamber to hear from President Obama,” said Stockman. “After the Address I’m sure Ted will have plenty to say.”
To schedule an interview with Nugent, contact Senior Communications Advisor Donny.Ferguson@mail.house.gov.
– A press release issued Monday by Stockman’s congressional office.
The optics are not hard to predict. At some point in tonight’s State of the Union address, President Obama will bring up the tragedy in Newtown in which 20 young children were murdered. The cameras will pan to a Newtown teacher who survived the mass shooting, or to the first two Newtown police officers to arrive at that horrific scene, or to other invited guests linked to that tragedy. And then they will pan to Nugent and Stockman, asking the viewers an implied question: Which side are you on?
So no, Jindal’s plea notwithstanding, the GOP apparently is not ready to stop being the stupid party.
To be fair, a lot of Republican leaders must understand just how stupid it is to allow Nugent to become the personification of their party’s policy on gun control, especially in counterpoint to the victims of Newtown. They have to recognize that while the Motor City Moron’s presence at such an august event may thrill the hard-core gun crowd, serving as the equivalent of a very public middle finger extended in the direction of the president, it does not help a party trying to shed its extremist image.
Yet to date, I have seen no elected Republican official or party leader dare to say that publicly. I have seen no criticism, implied or otherwise, of Stockman’s decision. I have seen no attempt to put distance between Nugent and the party. I do not believe that would be the case if the situation were reversed, if a Democratic congressman had shown the extreme bad judgment of inviting a rapper who had strongly implied violence against a Republican president.
That silence doesn’t mean that Republican leaders necessarily endorse Stockman’s move or Nugent’s antics. However, it does mean that they lack the political courage and judgment to confront those destructive elements in their own party and to try to distance themselves from it. As a result, their political fortunes will continue to suffer.
– Jay Bookman
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moonbat betty
February 12th, 2013
11:40 am
Thulsa,
Watch out!
I think “the dog” may have a bit of Mississippi leg hound in him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yEbUndTnUM
Pizzaman
February 12th, 2013
11:40 am
2000 innocent’s killed in drone attacks? Where do you people get your facts? Oh yea! Ya make ‘em up!
Peadawg
February 12th, 2013
11:41 am
“Wow, a little hostile are we..”
Yup, that’s Kamspam for ya.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 12th, 2013
11:41 am
And you wonder why people on here think you’re a complete jackass…
No, I don’t wonder that at all nor have I expressed that particular sentiment.
Are you done piddling on my leg?
In the middle
February 12th, 2013
11:41 am
This is getting better by the minute. Welcome all to the lunatic fringe. Please keep up the good work. The same arrogance and narrow minded outlook took down the republicans. So please please please, keep it up. Big thank you.
Doggone/GA
February 12th, 2013
11:42 am
“being invited to the address by a congressman automatically makes you the poster child for an entire political party?”
Personally, I think it would be closer to say “being the congressman inviting someone like that automatically makes you the poster child for an entire political party”
Pete
February 12th, 2013
11:43 am
The GOP gets stupider and stupider. Nugent admits (without a trace of humility, however) to being a serial pedophile. Two relationships (one with his wife and one with “muse” Pele Massa, who was 17 when they started dating) were ended due to Ted’s infidelity while on the road, often with underage women. But Ted justifies his behavior with one of his trademark so-called funny expressions: “alternative flesh management.” The guy is a scumbag, draft dodger, and a buffoon. Is this the face the GOP wants to put forward? Obviously, they learned nothing form the election.
Ken
February 12th, 2013
11:44 am
Obama runs a pretty good side show too!! But, I will not be watching to hear him spout more of his lies.
Thulsa Doom
February 12th, 2013
11:44 am
“You guys are the freaking problem with guns. Gun lovers. Gun haters aren’t shooting people.”
Mangler,
More liberal ASSumptions again. As I’ve stated numerous times I’ve never owned a gun and probably never will. And if I ever do buy a gun it would just be either a hunting rifle or a very small caliber rifle for shooting bottles or cans on my land out here in the country. I don’t much believe in guns- not for me anyway and I’ll certainly never own a handgun. But that doesn’t mean I don’t believe others should have their 2nd amendment rights protected.
getalife
February 12th, 2013
11:44 am
He said he would be dead or locked up if our President won so lets see him back up his bs.
barking frog
February 12th, 2013
11:44 am
Republicans should be charged with obscenity for
continually displaying their nuts.
the dog
February 12th, 2013
11:45 am
Betty-I did not click on your link but can imagine what tasteless thing you posted. Trouble is thulsa would have to have something worth humping doncha know.
DannyX
February 12th, 2013
11:45 am
“cons got the State of the Union confused with the Jerry Springer show.
Understandable.”
Classic Jerry,
Men who eat chips, Pepsi, beer, little jars of Polish sausages, drink syrup, are next to death, then stop going to the bathroom and instead do it in their pants, poop, piss the whole shot, until their pants get crusted up to avoid the draft.
Doggone/GA
February 12th, 2013
11:46 am
He claims to always have 5 guns on his person…be interesting to see how many they find when they pat him down
Butch Cassidy (I)
February 12th, 2013
11:47 am
Where did Ted find the time to attend the SOTU? I thought he was hard at work helping Glenn Beck construct his domed city.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 12th, 2013
11:48 am
He claims to always have 5 guns on his person…be interesting to see how many they find when they pat him down
Might be the reason he refuses to go. Can’t imagine him gaining entrance with weapons on him.
alex
February 12th, 2013
11:49 am
Yes, it is stupid and so is Sharpton and his antics and JJ Jr. and I don’t hear any dems distance themselves from these idiots and so it goes, turn a blind eye to your side and stay ignorant while bashing the opposition….I don’t know who this stockman fool is, but he is dumb for doing this, most repubs admit that…. We’re waiting on Menendez of course…..If you had to distance yourself from all the idiots on this blog, I suspect the moon would be safe….
Nero
February 12th, 2013
11:49 am
I think that Obamy and The Nuge should get together and go bowling. Maybe shoot some skeet?
Thulsa Doom
February 12th, 2013
11:49 am
…did you ever back up that assertion?
EC,
I think pigs will sprout wings and fly 8,000 mile migrations before the dog will be able to back up his assertion.
j
February 12th, 2013
11:50 am
It never ceases to amaze me, with a state [Georgia] that is 90% republican, this coluum of Jays and the cartoon drawer are 100% democrat. This internet site is the Atlanta Constitution not the Atlanta Democrat Constitution. There is a big difference between being partisan and being biased.
Give me a break and start extolling the virtues of the Grand Ole Party.
DannyX
February 12th, 2013
11:51 am
“…be interesting to see how many they find when they pat him down”
My guess is that when they pat him down they will find one, very small gun on him. Very small. In fact tiny.
Peadawg
February 12th, 2013
11:52 am
“Are you done piddling on my leg?”
Are you done being a d* ck?
jewcowboy
February 12th, 2013
11:53 am
JohnnyReb,
“And what would you have us all drive, JewCowboy, a plastic bubble with a lawnmower engine?”
If that floats your boat, sure. My preferred mode of travel is MARTA rail. But those days when I have to drive, it’s a Cadillac CTS-V coupe with a 556-hp 6.2L V8. The best part about it? Dropping the hammer on the schmuck in the Porsche 911 Turbo who has 56 less HP and paid more than twice what I did. Check your stereotypes.
jewcowboy
February 12th, 2013
11:53 am
stands for decibels,
“Can’t wait until JReb hears what JCB actually *does* drive.
(I’ll let JCB do the honors…)”
weetamoe
February 12th, 2013
11:54 am
In a stunning and vivid example of what Orwell called *bellyfeel* the democrats will mount a spectacle designed to elicit the *feelings* of the audience who will respond with standing ovations and tears and gratefulness at not being required to think at all. And the second Mrs Scott Kelly will respond like a trained seal to her husband’s cues and all will be right with the world.
Thulsa Doom
February 12th, 2013
11:54 am
Moonbat betty,
Funny. I think the dog has a case of fleas. They keep nipping him and I guess the constant scratching and biting has him all mad all the time.
He needs to toughen up a bit. I get little sandflea bites on here all the time but I just laugh about it and swat that little sandflea once or twice and the sandflea be gone.
Or it could be the dog has Rabies! That would splain his foamy mouth.
OBIWAN
February 12th, 2013
11:55 am
That is almost as stupid and Obozo and Pelosi “We don’t have a spending problem”, right lefties…
vinny
February 12th, 2013
11:55 am
So what. Moonbat Pelosi shows up at every speech. None of you bedwetters seem to have a problem with that.
Doggone/GA
February 12th, 2013
11:56 am
“Dropping the hammer on the schmuck in the Porsche 911 Turbo who has 56 less HP and paid more than twice what I did.”
Heck, I did THAT in my 19 year old Ford van. Of course, it helped that the Porsche driver stalled his engine when he tried to pop the clutch!
Mr_B
February 12th, 2013
11:56 am
“So when is Ted going to jail ?”
Hopefully, never, as idiocy is not yet illegal, and the Constitution forbids ex post facto laws.
Although I’m sure that Teddy would love the public exposure, and it would feed right in to his delusional fantasies of relevance.
jewcowboy
February 12th, 2013
11:56 am
Doggone,
“He claims to always have 5 guns on his person…be interesting to see how many they find when they pat him down”
From the NYTimes…“I will go in at least 20 pounds lighter than I normally walk,” he said. “I will be going in sans the hardware store on my belt. I live a well-armed life, and I’ve got to demilitarize before I go.” ~ Ted Nugent
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/11/ted-nugent-will-attend-state-of-the-union-address/?ref=politics
DannyX
February 12th, 2013
11:56 am
“right lefties”
right lefties??????
stands for decibels
February 12th, 2013
11:56 am
Pretty sure it was Stevie Ray a coupla floors down, who actually posted something I agree with and wanted to echo here, and it’s on topic:
These SOTU speeches are pretty much unwatchable anyway, with all the applause breaks. I really wish that both sides would sit down/shut up unless they hear something that is genuinely moving/righteous.
Problem is, neither side can ever allow themselves to be one-upped by the other side on the perceived righteousness scale.
I will watch, I guess–I try to watch it every year, no matter who’s President–but it gets a little more difficult to do so every year, knowing what’s in store.
Granny "Impolite" Godzilla
February 12th, 2013
11:57 am
Thulsa….
People with those afflictions, or their parents or spouses, can still purchase guns without a background check.
Thus…..an extended backround check MAY have prevented the Newtown shooting.
Consider your question well and truly answered.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 12th, 2013
11:58 am
…democrats will mount a spectacle designed to elicit the *feelings* of the audience…
Frank Luntz says, “What?”
Thulsa Doom
February 12th, 2013
11:59 am
Peadawg’s 11:52 was hilarious. Must be one of the cons ticking peadawg off again.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 12th, 2013
12:00 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcEKPAKuvgU
Doggone/GA
February 12th, 2013
12:00 pm
“I will go in at least 20 pounds lighter than I normally walk,”
What?! And deny the Secret Service the fun of trying to find them all?
Jm
February 12th, 2013
12:00 pm
Ted cracks me up
Funny guy
jewcowboy
February 12th, 2013
12:02 pm
Doggone,
“I did THAT in my 19 year old Ford van. Of course, it helped that the Porsche driver stalled his engine when he tried to pop the clutch!”
HA! Love it.
curious
February 12th, 2013
12:02 pm
Ted Nugent and Jane Fonda have a lot in common. Both demonstrated their loyalty, but in different ways.
Erwin's cat
February 12th, 2013
12:02 pm
If that floats your boat, sure. My preferred mode of travel is MARTA rail. But those days when I have to drive, it’s a Cadillac CTS-V coupe with a 556-hp 6.2L V8. The best part about it? Dropping the hammer on the schmuck in the Porsche 911 Turbo who has 56 less HP and paid more than twice what I did.
CTS-V….an over bloated grocery getter with a hot rod engine isn’t over compensating?..
captguitarman
February 12th, 2013
12:03 pm
I agree completely that someone like Nugent should not be invited to support the Second Amendment rights we were granted under the Constitution (an not so we could go hunting, I might add). If the Pub/Cons were going to fight fire with fire, which I do not advocate doing either, then much better to invite someone like the woman who recently hid in her attic with her children, scared out of her wits, but had enough presence of mind to shoot the intruder, who would have done who knows what had she not been armed. And there are many other people with similar stories.
But, I would not do it, because political exploitation is exploitation no matter how you cut it, and exploitation rarely leads to good political process or solutions. Ergo, I think that it is also very wrong that the Prez is bringing Newtown victims/heroes to the State of the Union address. You did not mention anything children being brought in, but some accounts say that they will be. And if so, that is the most despicable kind of political exploitation. If children are brought in, I will be looking forward to you column condemning it in no uncertain terms. If you don’t, then perhaps you will withdraw your comments about Nugent being there as being completely hypocritical.
Native Atlantan
February 12th, 2013
12:04 pm
@”j” — u must make time to visit Kyle’s blog….I’m sure you’ll find it to your liking. Also, if you bother to actually purchase the AJC you would notice very balanced commentary in the front pages — including a right-wing “cartoon drawer”……
Thulsa Doom
February 12th, 2013
12:04 pm
Granny Godzilla,
We have some common ground on the mentally ill issue. I think its only rational to do whatever we can reasonably do to keep guns from the mentally ill.
The problem I see is that there are millions of legal gun owners who have kids with mild mental illness such as mild depression, anxiety, etc. And for the most part those guns are kept out of the hands of the kids except in these extreme cases like Newtown.
I just don’t think you can legally exclude an adult from owning guns because of a child with a mental illness- especially a mild mental illness like mild depression. And therein lies the problem.
Mick
February 12th, 2013
12:04 pm
doom
Earlier, it was about your protection of the bush legacy or lack of one. Surely, we all have our grievances with president obama, it’s just that the repubs have some ill advised policies that do nothing for the working man but quite a lot for the already wealthy, mainly tax cuts. A lot of our fiscal problems can be traced back to bush, once again sorry that cons want us to make him invisible but we warned you about him not being up to the task.
Ted nugent is right up there in the chickenhawk wall of fame. Talks real tough, an outdoorsman who eats his kill. Unfortunately, he had his chance to go man to man against other men with guns and peed in his chili. You are what you are, with his retarded threat against the president last year he has no business attending a state of the union. I hope the secret service strip searches the man with an anal probe just for good measure.
By the way, bought a ticket to one of his shows in last june – pretty good jam!
rene
February 12th, 2013
12:04 pm
usually when the term patroit
is used it means a weasel that
thinks like it’s author…
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 12th, 2013
12:05 pm
CTS-V….an over bloated grocery getter with a hot rod engine…
jewcowboy
Be sure to drive that thing to the Whole Foods.
Peadawg
February 12th, 2013
12:06 pm
“Peadawg’s 11:52 was hilarious. Must be one of the cons ticking peadawg off again.”
Nope, just Kamspam.
Itchy Finger
February 12th, 2013
12:06 pm
Its sad that Jay wants to bash someone that loves America when a loon’s like nancy pelosi and harry reid will be sitting right there representing the dem party.
JohnnyReb
February 12th, 2013
12:09 pm
JCB – at least we have horsepower in common.
alex
February 12th, 2013
12:09 pm
Jay, where is your response to moonbat betty:11:02…..owe up to it and be done with it, Perhaps this is the Left version of the classic”Invisible Gorilla”, you are so busy watching and vilifying the right that you don’t see the garbage on the left. Even more distressing when presented with evidence to it , it is denied …..Too much “thinking fast”, too little “thinking slow”..
jewcowboy
February 12th, 2013
12:09 pm
“then much better to invite someone like the woman who recently hid in her attic ” ~ That would certainly seem to be the saner choice. But it seems “sane” and “GOP” are mutually exclusive.
stands for decibels
February 12th, 2013
12:10 pm
a state [Georgia] that is 90% republican
Math skills are so overrated.
Class of '98
February 12th, 2013
12:11 pm
Ah yes, Republicans are rich AND stupid.
Because as we all know, smart people are really, really poor.
indigo
February 12th, 2013
12:11 pm
Its clear cons passions for their guns have little or nothing to do with the 2nd ammendment.
The large number of erectile dysfunction TV commercials these days offers one clue.
The growing number of those needing, but not getting, psychiatric care offers another.
Finally, the large number of double-digit IQ Republican voters, easily swayed by NRA progaganda, neatly rounds out the picture.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 12th, 2013
12:12 pm
Jay, where is your response to moonbat betty:11:02…..owe up to it and be done with it, Perhaps this is the Left version of the classic”Invisible Gorilla”, you are so busy watching and vilifying the right that you don’t see the garbage on the left.
Perhaps you should visit blogspot.com and create your own blog. That way you can conduct and monitor a blog the way that you want it to be monitored.
stands for decibels
February 12th, 2013
12:13 pm
Ted Nugent and Jane Fonda have a lot in common. Both demonstrated their loyalty, but in different ways.
Refresh my memory–was it Nixon’s ‘73, or ‘74, SOTU address, when some Democratic congressman invited Jane as an honored guest?
OBIWAN
February 12th, 2013
12:13 pm
Gas at a historic high, and I don’t hear any crying from the left, are these same hypocrites that claimed it was Bush’s fault that gas was so high, well is it still his fault? Losers
Thulsa Doom
February 12th, 2013
12:13 pm
Jm
February 12th, 2013
12:00 pm
“Ted cracks me up
Funny guy”- Jm
Jm,
Same here. I can’t believe the liberals take this guy so seriously. I don’t know what’s funnier- him and his antics or the fact that he just drives the libs nuts.
getalife
February 12th, 2013
12:13 pm
There are no patriots or leaders from the right.
The gop are like the na zi party after hitler committed suicide.
They do not know what to do so they surrendered.
JamVet
February 12th, 2013
12:14 pm
Really, stick to grading grammar.
Content/critical thinking is clearly not your thing.
It was Jindal that said you Republicans have a stupid problem.
I’m sure you heard about it…
repentcauseJISL
February 12th, 2013
12:16 pm
liberals calling names again. Is this best you write?
stands for decibels
February 12th, 2013
12:16 pm
JC on an frickin’ pike, seriously? The Korean one-hit-in-the-US-wonder dude, that’s what’s got the righties all tightie today?
for the record:
The song in question — from eight years ago — was part of a deeply emotional reaction to the war in Iraq and the killing of two innocent Korean civilians that was part of the overall antiwar sentiment shared by others around the world at that time. While I’m grateful for the freedom to express one’s self I’ve learned there are limits to what language is appropriate and I’m deeply sorry for how these lyrics could be interpreted. I will forever be sorry for any pain I have caused anyone by those words.
yeah, hang the b@st@rd!
how dare he criticize our Godly War Preznit.
Native Atlantan
February 12th, 2013
12:17 pm
@OBIWAN — gas prices again? Really? Most of us appear to understand how gas pricing really works…..please catch up and stay with us.
curious
February 12th, 2013
12:17 pm
stands for decibels .
“Refresh my memory–was it Nixon’s ‘73, or ‘74, SOTU address, when some Democratic congressman invited Jane as an honored guest?”
Don’t know, but that doesn’t change the “patriotism” or lack thereof of either.
Chris
February 12th, 2013
12:17 pm
jewcowboy -
Are you aware that the 911 Turbo outperforms the Cadillac CTS-V in every category? Are you laughing when you stomp it because the exhaust from the 911 Turbo is getting you high?
Before you use your car as a showing of your balls, maybe do a little research. Your car costs less because it doesn’t perform nearly as well. Making horsepower is easy. Making performance is not as easy.
Itchy Finger
February 12th, 2013
12:18 pm
Does anyone remember the last photo op by obama at the last sou?
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/fort-hood-hero-obama-betrayed-victims/story?id=18465024
Class of '98
February 12th, 2013
12:18 pm
“I can’t believe the liberals take this guy so seriously. I don’t know what’s funnier- him and his antics or the fact that he just drives the libs nuts.”
Exactly. This is the same reason George W. Bush insisted on saying “nucular” weapons, to agitate his haters.
They were so smart that they never figured it out.
Itchy Finger
February 12th, 2013
12:18 pm
But Jay’s worried about Ted Nugent… LOL… The lunacy…
Butch Cassidy (I)
February 12th, 2013
12:19 pm
OBIWAN – “Gas at a historic high, and I don’t hear any crying from the left, are these same hypocrites that claimed it was Bush’s fault that gas was so high, well is it still his fault? Losers”
Okay, 1st. Gas was higher under Bush when it hit the $4.15 a gallon in September 2008.
2nd, We’ve established many times that the price of fuel is controlled by the market and not by a sitting POTUS. That includes Bush.
Get over it.
mm
February 12th, 2013
12:19 pm
I hope the Secret Service stops him at the door and drags him outside.
Thulsa Doom
February 12th, 2013
12:19 pm
“A lot of our fiscal problems can be traced back to bush, once again sorry that cons want us to make him invisible but we warned you about him not being up to the task.”
Mick,
Puh-leaze dude. You can’t go one paragraph without blaming W. Jeez. When Reagan had over 20% interest rates, around 10% unemployment, and a deep recession he didn’t sit there for 8 years and whine about what a mess he was left with the stagflation from the Carter era. Enough with the wimpy ass excuse making and whinery about the previous president. Its been over 4 years. At what point does this sorry excuse of an incompetent start assuming an ounce of accountability? When???
jewcowboy
February 12th, 2013
12:20 pm
JohnnyReb,
“at least we have horsepower in common.”
Chris
February 12th, 2013
12:21 pm
Butch –
Gas was only higher for that brief period because the refineries in the Gulf of Mexico were either closed or damaged during Hurricane Katrina.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 12th, 2013
12:21 pm
Gas prices hit new historic high…
drudgey spam.
Tealiban Party
February 12th, 2013
12:21 pm
Anyone else see the irony of the cons against using drones to take out terrorists, yet supportive of the NRA’s proposal to use more guns as a way to combat the mentally ill who like to shoot up places?
Itchy Finger
February 12th, 2013
12:22 pm
Its wonderful to have people like Nugent, Sarah Palin, and Alan West….. They drive libs nuts… The foam that is being spewed right now is at epic levels I’m sure…
Supporter of the Law
February 12th, 2013
12:22 pm
It’s pretty simple: As long as the Democratic Party is the party of Jimmy Carter, Joe Biden, Jesse Jackson, and Nancy Pelosi then the Democratic Party is the “stupid party”. Enough said.
moonbat betty
February 12th, 2013
12:23 pm
“I can’t believe the liberals take this guy so seriously. I don’t know what’s funnier- him and his antics or the fact that he just drives the libs nuts.”
True dat.
A lot of his rhetoric is just to ruffle the libs feathers.
“I don’t think they’re capable of either of those thoughts, you Limey a*****e. They’re only interested in three things: The best place to eat, having sex and how quickly they can run away. Much like the French,”
~Nugent said to a British journalist who asked him whether or not deer are his friends.
getalife
February 12th, 2013
12:23 pm
Gas is cheap after a collapse.
Is that what you want?
getalife
February 12th, 2013
12:25 pm
All that is left for ted to do now is make a country album.
stands for decibels
February 12th, 2013
12:25 pm
Don’t know, but that doesn’t change the “patriotism” or lack thereof of either.
Fair enough.
FWIW, the Nuge doesn’t really bother me all that much. He was a blowhard 35 years ago when he was making mediocre hard rock, lecturing his fan base about drugs and basically talking smack to any media guy/gal who’d listen. (I mentioned some time back in these pages, that there’s a cover of Creem magazine where he’s quoted as claiming “I killed two men!”, although oddly enough the printed article, if memory serves, didn’t quite say that.)
That he’s still trying to make a buck by being his usual annoying self in 2013 isn’t exactly surprising.
I’ve actually read enough of his interviews (they’re kind of hard to avoid if you scan the kind of rock-music-press stuff that’s been part of my intellectual diet for way too many years) to find a lot of his schtick somewhat endearing, actually. As a bow hunter, he obviously has a respect for the need for wildlife conservation, and eats what he kills. And I seem to recall he came around to actually liking cats. So there’s that.
Tealiban Party
February 12th, 2013
12:25 pm
Thulsa Doom
February 12th, 2013
11:23 am
How? And are you going to take away the gun rights of millions of legal gun owners just because their child has asperger’s syndrome, depression, or autism? All because one guy went nuts?
Thulsa seems to think Newton is the first time such a tragedy happened. You should read the news daily.
Dawg Man
February 12th, 2013
12:27 pm
Can’t believe all the left wingers (yes Jay, that includes you) that are so concerned about Ted Nugent being @ the SOTU.
This president is more scary with his hard left policies than Ted Nugent is.
jewcowboy
February 12th, 2013
12:28 pm
Thulsa Doom,
“I can’t believe the liberals take this guy so seriously. I don’t know what’s funnier- him and his antics or the fact that he just drives the libs nuts.”
I can’t speak for other liberals, but as for myself I just view him as an embarrassment of an aging rocker trying desperately to stay relevant to an increasing number of people who have no clue as to who he is.
stands for decibels
February 12th, 2013
12:28 pm
he didn’t sit there for 8 years and whine about what a mess he was left with the stagflation from the Carter era.
naw, he only did it for a few years…
“To understand the State of the Union, we must look not only at where we are and where we’re going but where we’ve been. The situation at this time last year was truly ominous.”
…
“In the last six months of 1980, as an example, the money supply increased at the fastest rate in postwar history 13 percent. Inflation remained in double digits and Government spending increased at an annual rate of 17 percent. Interest rates reached a s taggering 21 1/2 percent. There were eight million unemployed.”
…
“First, we must understand what’s happening at the moment to the economy. Our current problems are not the product of the recovery program that’s only just now getting under way, as some would have you believe; they are the inheritance of decades of tax and tax, and spend”
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“Now the budget deficit this year will exceed our earlier expectations. The recession did that. It lowered revenues and increased costs.”
getalife
February 12th, 2013
12:29 pm
cons can’t tell the difference between scary and a joke.
No American is scared of the joke called ted nugent cons.
Get Real
February 12th, 2013
12:31 pm
But the democrats are still the douche party
Buzz Belle
February 12th, 2013
12:32 pm
Still waiting for those on the right to answer – do you consider “Ted” a patriot? Inquriing minds want to know.
jewcowboy
February 12th, 2013
12:34 pm
“This president is more scary with his hard left policies than Ted Nugent is.”
This always cracks me up. Two decades ago Obama’s policies would have labeled him a moderate Republican, but given the fact there is no such thing as a moderate Republican anymore I suppose it is no surprise Obama is a Democrat. The fact that there are those who call his moderate right policies “far left” illustrates how far off the cliff the GOP has gone.
Van Jones
February 12th, 2013
12:34 pm
“Which side are you on?” Congrats, you are brilliant.
the dog
February 12th, 2013
12:34 pm
Buzz Belle
February 12th, 2013
12:32 pm
Still waiting for those on the right to answer – do you consider “Ted” a patriot? Inquriing minds want to know.
Agreed! Where is recon, 000333111?
mbtc
February 12th, 2013
12:35 pm
So, why isn’t this guy dead yet?
jewcowboy
February 12th, 2013
12:35 pm
Ok..time to stop procrastinating and get to work. Y’all have fun!
mbtc
February 12th, 2013
12:35 pm
All bark and no bite.
Get Real
February 12th, 2013
12:36 pm
Buzz Belle…I will go with jewcowboy’s assessment:
I can’t speak for other liberals, but as for myself I just view him as an embarrassment of an aging rocker trying desperately to stay relevant to an increasing number of people who have no clue as to who he is.
the dog
February 12th, 2013
12:36 pm
Thulsa-just for you. We know how you love the thugs.
http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/college-football/four-alabama-football-players-arrested-robbery-cha/nWMZr/
moonbat betty
February 12th, 2013
12:36 pm
“Still waiting for those on the right to answer – do you consider “Ted” a patriot?”
- No.
BuckeyeInGa
February 12th, 2013
12:37 pm
Nugent made a threat towards the sitting President of the United States yet was invited to the State of the Union address..sad and the Republicans didn’t learn a thing from Nov 2012.