Secret Service intends to ‘follow up’ on Ted Nugent’s comments about Obama
We told you this morning about the curious comment that rocker Ted Nugent, a Mitt Romney fan, made at an NRA convention in St. Louis:
”If Barack Obama becomes the president in November, again, I will be either be dead or in jail by this time next year.”
Here’s the context of Nugent’s remark, made in the midst of a tirade against the Obama administration and the U.S. Supreme Court:
The U.S. Secret Service, which is having problems of its own, pronounced itself curious by what exactly Nugent meant. From USA Today:
“We are aware of the situation and we’re conducting an appropriate follow up,” said Brian Leary, a Secret Service spokesman.
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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td
April 17th, 2012
9:20 pm
Ed
April 17th, 2012
9:13 pm
@ guy
The main thing is Nugent threatened to kill the president
And where exactly was it that Ted said he was going to “kill the president”? You have to be kidding because if not then you are a completely delusional or on serious drugs.
BG
April 17th, 2012
9:24 pm
Nugent is the man!!
Look before I leap...
April 17th, 2012
9:25 pm
“Obama may get re-elected but at least I will know your vote will not be counted in Georgia”
Oooh the standard “dem vote means” nothing claim!
But totally missing the reality that as a non-swing state, Georgia’s electoral count is equally meaningless.
Fun times.
What is really interesting is that there has been significant erosion in the red/blue dominance since 2000.
If the influx of non-cons continues, GA could easily move to swing state status in 2016.
Yankee
April 17th, 2012
9:26 pm
Only in the South is a confirmed draft dodger like Nugent considered a “patriot.” Like most camo-wearing, Super Duty-driving rednecks, he’s all bark and no bite (unless it’s on a pillow).
randy
April 17th, 2012
9:30 pm
wango tango
1911
April 17th, 2012
9:31 pm
The constitution gives us the right to freedom of speech, Ted has every right to speak his mind, he should run for President. He has my vote.
Who cares?
April 17th, 2012
9:31 pm
If Ted isn’t singing cat scratch fever who cares what he says?
The media made him into some gun loving American patriot constitution loving whatever,
i hunt and fish and have guns, so what huh?
Ed
April 17th, 2012
9:31 pm
@ TD
So what exactly did Nugent mean by “If Barack Obama becomes the president in November, again, I will be either be dead or in jail by this time next year”?
Pizzaman
April 17th, 2012
9:31 pm
Just shows what I’ve been aware of for a long time: rock stars and talk show host’s, no matter what side that are on, don’t know crap about life and say really stupid things to make more money!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Mary Elizabeth
April 17th, 2012
9:32 pm
Ted, I believe you have been taken in by the propaganda that is being fed to many today.
President Obama does not want to take away your right to own guns, from you or from anyone else. Nor does he want to take away any American’s right to freedom of speech. The President was a former Constitutional law professor. He has functioned well as the President of the United States. Some have wanted him to fail since the day he was sworn in as President, if not before. They need to explore why they have that in their intention. We have a good, intelligent man as our President who cares deeply about sustaining the values of this nation for the common people of this nation. America was not created to serve the interests of the few at the expense of the many. The President Obama understands this. Those who wish for America to serve the financial interests of the few have used propaganda against President Obama. See into what they do. Thomas Jefferson did not want this nation to serve mainly the interests of the self-serving few of wealth and he knew that they would use propaganda to manipulate the common people, unknowing to the common people. That is why Jefferson supported public education – so that the common people could see into these devious machinations by many of the wealthy elite to benefit themselves. Jefferson wanted power and responsibility spread into all classes of people in America – i.e. “all are created equal.”
Amazing
April 17th, 2012
9:40 pm
When Rosen made her comments about Ann Romney, Republicans were quick to hold the President accountable for her comments. The President to his credit denounced Rosen’s comments and further added that a candidate’s family should be off limits. Why doesn’t Romney demonstrate the same strength of character to denounce Nugent for his comments? Nugent’s comments are worse because of the suggestion of physical harm. His silence says so much about his lack of character.
joe in tucker
April 17th, 2012
9:41 pm
alright Ready Teddy!!
Terd Furgeson
April 17th, 2012
9:42 pm
Where were all you libtards when people like Baldwin were telling the media the stupid things they would do if Bush won in 2004? Where were you when Maher made not one but two dumba** comments about two women? Please, go to your kitchen and grab a hot cup of STFU.
Vote for Obama because he's black
April 17th, 2012
9:42 pm
I like what Deneen Borelli has to say about Obama,she is spot on !
If Ted will die
April 17th, 2012
9:44 pm
Seriously, anyone who would drive with a dog strapped to the top of their car and drive 500 miles is not fit to be president. I am sorry.
td
April 17th, 2012
9:44 pm
Ed
April 17th, 2012
9:31 pm
@ TD
So what exactly did Nugent mean by “If Barack Obama becomes the president in November, again, I will be either be dead or in jail by this time next year”?
I have no idea but it sure as h3ll isn’t I am going to try to kill the President. Since he was at a NRA convention one could conclude that he thinks Obama is going to try to take his guns away from him and he will fight not to give up that right? You do know the NRA saying the government can take my gun out of my cold dead hands.
Zoe
April 17th, 2012
9:45 pm
What happened to freedom of speech? Seems to me that we spend more and more time walking on egg shells, so nobody is offended. Pretty sad that one cannot voice an opinion anymore for fear of repercussions.
Terd Furgeson
April 17th, 2012
9:47 pm
Amazing and Mary Elizabeth, both of you are dinking the kool-aid and delusional. It is not propaganda that is feeding us it is Obama’;s own words and actions. Please, you two need to get a grip on reality. And by the way Amazing, Rosen has been to the WH 35 times so let’s not pretend she did not have say in his campaign policies. By the way, I don’t see Obama distancing himself from the pig named Bill Maher, do you? Didn’t think so.
double
April 17th, 2012
9:48 pm
Problem could be No meeting of a government agency discussing matters related to an economic developement project of a private person or entity shall be a public meeting or be required to be opened to the public.ajc—In a fishing license bill senate passed a last minute amendment allowing the transparency comm. to seal the records in some cases against politicians and delay reporting some violations.HB 875 a fishing license bill.It just ain’t none of your business taxpayer,citizen.
Terd Furgeson
April 17th, 2012
9:49 pm
If Ted will die
April 17th, 2012
9:44 pm
Seriously, anyone who would drive with a dog strapped to the top of their car and drive 500 miles is not fit to be president. I am sorry.
But hanging out with terrorists when you lived in Chicago and and attending a church with a racist minister is OK. Open up mouth, here comes foot.
Skip
April 17th, 2012
9:49 pm
If I were president, I’d exact the most delicious form of poetic justice: using the Patriot Act to imprison Nugent indefinitely for making terroristic threats. Luckily for him, Obama is a much more tolerant man than I.
real christian
April 17th, 2012
9:51 pm
waterboard regressive cons…
Terd Furgeson
April 17th, 2012
9:52 pm
Skip, you are a bigger idiot then Obama. The Patriot Act does not give him the power to lock up people who did not make a threat against the President. Study first, then express facts.
Progressive Humanist
April 17th, 2012
9:54 pm
The Nuge is a waste of oxygen. He’s one of the absolute worst guitar players I can think of. Ever. Self indulgent, wanker “rock” without the rock. And he’s even worse as a singer. And worse still as a lyricist. And worse still as a human being. This latest comment is just another piece of evidence of that. Yes, he’s a real believer in the constitution, so much so that he’d like to assassinate the president who was duly elected by the citizens of the United States under the guidelines of that very constitution. The Tea Partiers are oblivious to their own ignorance and hypocrisy.
Skip
April 17th, 2012
9:56 pm
Terd you’re a terd.
Progressive Humanist
April 17th, 2012
9:57 pm
Zoe, I think you need to go back to 10th grade American history class to relearn the concept of freedom of speech. It’s clear you don’t really understand the premise as outlined in American law. That GED just doesn’t cut it anymore.
Noboma
April 17th, 2012
9:58 pm
I like how even his supporters call Obama by Obama they don’t even respect him he he’s a joke and a far as Ted goes he more than American than Osama Obama ha ha ha
If Ted will die
April 17th, 2012
9:59 pm
someone who drives 500 miles on more than one occasion with a family pet strapped to the roof of his car should not be president…I don’t GAS what another candidate is alleged to have done white, black, or purple
Look before I leap...
April 17th, 2012
10:00 pm
@Zoe:
“What happened to freedom of speech? Seems to me that we spend more and more time walking on egg shells, so nobody is offended. Pretty sad that one cannot voice an opinion anymore for fear of repercussions.”
Where do you see any indication that freedom of speech is being impinged upon?
I see a lively debate where a has-been celebrity was given a soapbox, said what he had to say and people are responding.
Looks a lot a like freedom of speech at its best.
The courts recognize there are some reasonable limitations to this right (”Fire” in a crowded theatre and threats to heads of state).
Not that I think that Nugent was making a threat, but it is not unreasonable to draw the conclusion that there might have been a veiled threat there. So the Secret Service does what it supposed to and goes out to investigate. And by the way, the President does not make the decision on who to investigate and who not to. I would expect that this happens whenever there is a question about possible threats to the President and his family, regardless of an (R) or (D) next to his name.
To make this a political or even a constitutional issue is just silly.
Piers
April 17th, 2012
10:00 pm
Zoe your free to be a ignoramus.
Splavistic
April 17th, 2012
10:01 pm
Put that man UNDER the jail. He is a menace to civilized society. Plus, his music sux ballz.
Ed
April 17th, 2012
10:01 pm
@ td
Come on, buddy, you can’t be that dense. When has Obama ever suggested he gave a damn about how many guns Ted Nugent owned? You know as well as I what he was implying.
Splavistic
April 17th, 2012
10:04 pm
Yeah, thankfully President Obama has more self control than I do. I’d have Nugent harrassed by the CIA. In fact. If Ted is still around next year, I’ll either be dead or in jail. lol! It’s a joke, people! We liberals don’t act like the idiot Republicans.
Splavistic
April 17th, 2012
10:06 pm
Let’s see…Obama has allowed guns to be carried in nat’l parks. Obama has increased domestic oil production by 20% since 2008. Obama has stayed in Afghanistan. Obama has kept Guantanamo open. So, why is it that the friggin’ right wingers still hate him? Oh yeah, coz he’s BLACK!
Splavistic
April 17th, 2012
10:08 pm
Yeah, the republiterds love draft dodgin’ rockers, draft dodgin’ vice presidents, AWOL presidents. You guys are reeeeallly tough, lemme tell ya.
Skip
April 17th, 2012
10:08 pm
Terd, the Patriot Act extends to domestic terrorism, which would include Nugent’s threatening to kill the president.
KANG here!
April 17th, 2012
10:11 pm
Do you guys know how to post videos to Facebook?
Look before I leap...
April 17th, 2012
10:14 pm
“…and a far as Ted goes he more than American than Osama Obama ha ha ha
Ted Nugent was born in Canada and his father was a Nazi commandant of the concentration camp Kasierwald
BigTime$$
April 17th, 2012
10:15 pm
Obama is very vengeful in his approach to things. If you speak against him, he will come after you. Sound familiar? Most Dictators are paranoid that way.
Pizza
April 17th, 2012
10:15 pm
Sedition is a crime. He’ll be in jail later this year if there is justice.
BigTime$$
April 17th, 2012
10:17 pm
@Look bfore I leap: Nuge was born in Michigan. Liberal propagandista.
missnadine
April 17th, 2012
10:19 pm
This guy is so is irrelevent I am surprised he is not on the American Idol judging table.
Look before I leap...
April 17th, 2012
10:19 pm
“Obama is very vengeful in his approach to things. If you speak against him, he will come after you. Sound familiar? Most Dictators are paranoid that way.”
Any facts to back that up or will I get what I usually do when some dipsh*t makes an idiotic claim….*crickets”?
Look before I leap...
April 17th, 2012
10:20 pm
@missanadine
That was funny.
td
April 17th, 2012
10:20 pm
Ed
April 17th, 2012
10:01 pm
@ td
Come on, buddy, you can’t be that dense. When has Obama ever suggested he gave a damn about how many guns Ted Nugent owned? You know as well as I what he was implying.
Only in your warped liberal loving mind. Part of me hopes the SS comes and makes a big scene about the issue so that the Libertarians and the fence sitting conservatives and the NRA bluedogs will have the proper motivation to make sure they get to the polls and throw Obama out on his head.
squirrelly
April 17th, 2012
10:21 pm
God Bless Ted Nugent!!!!!
In the the style of Jeremiah Wright: G** D*** Barack Obama!!
Look before I leap...
April 17th, 2012
10:21 pm
@BigTime$$
Ted’s birth certificate is forged.
Prove me wrong.
Blackness Over and Out
April 17th, 2012
10:24 pm
Enough PC talk and start calling like it is….Will the last Hurricane Katrina refugee, please leave Gwinnett, take your 20″ rims, low pants, bad attitude, sense of entitlement, section 8 housing and leave some fried chicken for the rest of us.
Ricky
April 17th, 2012
10:26 pm
“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,” he also said. Together these statements given before the NRA constitute a threat.
Ted is an old quack, and that makes him dangerous. I just hope he is not influencing others than are mentally ill.
Progressive Humanist
April 17th, 2012
10:28 pm
The “Nuge”- abandoned two of his kids, has had multiple wives, had multiple kids out of wedlock, was sleeping with a teenager and then had her parents sign her “over” to him to be her legal guardian so he could be free to have his way with her, dodged the draft… Yes he’s a real county-first, family values sort of guy. And typical Republican.