After Threatening the President's Life, Ted Nugent Rewarded with Ticket to the State of the Union

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Source: People For The American Way - Rightwing Watch



Texas Republican congressman Steve Stockman announced today that he is “excited to have a patriot like Ted Nugent joining me in the House Chamber” during President Obama’s State of the Union, once again confirming Stockman’s position as one of the most far-right members of Congress.

Nugent in the past has threatened to kill President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and California Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer.

“I was in Chicago and I said hey Obama, you might want to suck on one of these you punk; Obama, he’s a piece of shit, and I told him to suck on my machine gun,” Nugent screamed during a concert while brandishing two machine guns, “Then I was in New York and I said, ‘Hey Hillary you might want to ride one of these into the sunset you worthless bitch…. Then I was out in California and I thought, Barbara Boxer, she might want to suck on my machine gun, hey Dianne Feinstein ride one of these you worthless whore.”

Nugent at a National Rifle Association gathering said that if Obama and his “vile, evil America-hating administration” win re-election then “I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year.”

Read more: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/after-threatening-presidents-life-ted-nugent-rewarded-ticket-state-union

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Here's the nutcase who gave the out-of-state Mr. Pantscrap Fever a ticket over the actual constituents of his district :

A Houston Chronicle article reminds that "Stockman’s two years in Congress were marked by weirdness, such as an article in Guns & Ammo magazine that appeared under his byline in which he suggested the then-new Clinton administration raided the Branch Davidian compound in Waco on April 19, 1993, to justify a ban on assault weapons.[citation needed] Stockman said, in reports from the Associated Press in May 1995, that he stood by his article, which was published after the bombing on April 19, 1995 of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.[citation needed] A couple of weeks after he defended the article, he told the Associated Press that he regretted writing it, mostly for its timing.[citation needed]

On the day the federal building in Oklahoma City was bombed, just four months into Stockman's term, there was confusion over a fax sent to Stockman’s office.[citation needed] The FBI became involved.[citation needed] In a news conference in Beaumont in April 1995, Stockman identified the sender as a former Orange County, Texas, Republican chairwoman who had ties to the Michigan militia.[citation needed] The fax was sent to several members of Congress after reports of the bombing came over television.[citation needed] Stockman was the only member to alert the FBI.[citation needed]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Stockman

I'm beginning to think we need a constitutional amendment banning all Texans from holding political office.

[ajk2821]

1. Please Please Please Ted

Try something. Think about this as an opportunity to prove your manhood once and for all and try something. I would love to see this POS taken out by the Secret Service.

[leftynyc]

3. He's a coward

He'll sit there and keep his mouth shut and then when it's over he'll run over to fox news and bitch. Predictable as day following night.

[ajk2821]

11. I can dream, can't I?

You are correct, of course. Ted will sit quietly and seethe and then run to Fox News. Speaking of which, what is the over/under on the number of times Fox News will show Ted during the speech?

[leftynyc]

15. +/- 30

Like you, I wish he were stupid enough to take on the Secret Service but he's already proved he's nothing but talk.

[ajk2821]

17. 30?

Bet the over...

[Mike Daniels]

87. Hell, FOX will probably keep the camera on him the entire time

I'm sure Hannity will be touting the upcoming exclusive interview soon enough.

[Dan]

93. there is a chance

that he will scream out and disrupt the address. The GOP has no respect for the office and the POTUS - (Dred Scott)....

[southernyankeebelle]

101. He is the worse kind of a coward. He gets people worked up then they go do the

dirty deeds.

[valerief]

6. Both him and the congressman he rode in on. nt

[Scairp]

26. Excuse me

But can't the Secret Service bar him from even going after all the crazy, threatening stuff he's said? Doesn't everyone who is a member of the general public have to pass a background check before they can be admitted to the SOTU address? I really find it hard to believe he will actually be there.

[RILib]

41. barred - one would hope so.

Actually it seems to me people are usually tossed in jail for threatening the President, correct me if I'm wrong.

[HooptieWagon]

51. Yes, I would think so.

Just because he has a ticket doesn't automatically guarrantee he'll get past SS checkpoint. I hope SS doesn't let him in...with a public statement that the reason is his previous threats to the President's life. Let poopy pants whine on Fox all he wants.

[kelliekat44]

84. Both he and the Congresscritter who invited him should be barred. nt

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[olegramps]

91. Don't bar him. Let him shoot off his mouth helping to bury the Repuks.

These bigots only hard the resolve of the opposition just as their attempts to disenfranchise the minority backfired. They only awaken the determination of the minorities to vote regardless if they had to stand in line for hours. These idiots are thankfully destroying the credibility of the GOP by revealing they are nothing more than a pack of "morans."

[PatrynXX]

77. yeah

try something stupid in front a bunch of WHITE people who disagree with you. cat scratch fever my ass..... From sexist Pig to Patriot. I don't follow

[Scairp]

78. So hard to believe I used to like him

How can you not love "Stranglehold"? You can't deny it's a great rock song, but he has become such an intolerable douchebag that I have to try and separate the musician from the twat who semi-threatens the president and calls him every name in the book because he's a black man.

[Drale]

2. In 10 years Texas is going to be a Blue State and

its because of the tireless work of people like Steve Stockman and Rick Perry. They are killing their party and their states and the people are waking up to the bullshit.

[narnian60]

12. Here, here!

[Crowman1979]

52. Maybe sooner than that.

[Amonester]

71. Yep. And each time Poopypants Fever opens his anal hole on FAUX SNOOZE

most remaining moderate, but ill-informed Republicans just want to run away from their party.

The more, the merrier!

[paleotn]

73. Yep.....

Seems ole Coahuila y Tejas is becoming more Latino every day. Like most intelligent folks, as a group, they're not to fond of the burning stupid that is Stockman and his ilk.

[Kber]

4. Don't we have procedures in place to keep people who have made threats

to the President's life away from the President?

Seems reasonable for security to be able to weed these kind of crazies out.

Regarding Texas - it is as much a problem of gerrymandered districts as anything. I do believe they will go blue someday!

[tomm2thumbs]

5. seems to me that would be automatic - hopefully so

if nothing else, he'll probably do something ahead of then to trip himself up

like open his mouth

[valerief]

9. KILLER DRONES! nt

[FarPoint]

70. I remember when the escorted Cindy Sheehan out!

She was politely sitting in the Gallery with a t shirt on about stopping the war. She was a guest of Congresswoman Wolsey.

Yes...she was REMOVED!

Nugent is an insult!

[24601]

19. Which is why they were dumb ass blustering but weren't threats. The USG rightly takes a strict

stance when, 1st Amendment notwithstanding, addressing threats to all Secret Service protectees.

[RILib]

83. I'm pretty sure anyone who was the target

of those threats would consider them threats.

[24601]

95. His words were "suck" and "ride", not shoot or kill. Probably not the favorite words when

referring to a President and former First Lady, but if they were bona fide threats, this administration would not have let it "ride" (pun definitely intended).

[busterbrown]

7. I’m glad hes sitting with his right wing idiot friends..

His stink will probably have them gaging all nite....

[ashling]

8. Perhaps Mr Nooogent will be met at the door by the Secret Service

who can [strike through]interrogate [/strike through] interview him in a secret location during the speech.


BTW, the comment at the end of your post is just as ignorant as Ted N.

[narnian60]

14. Yes, to your BTW.

[lobodons]

16. No Worries

There would be a Sunset included that would kick in once it goes Blue.

[Turbineguy]

10. That's how it works

Conservatives have redefined the word "Patriot" to mean, "An American who is itching to kill other Americans."

[lobodons]

25. Don't Forget

And who soils his pants in order to avoid military service.

[KarenS]

13. good grief,,,, why would he even go??? n/t

[DRoseDARs]

20. To make a scene and pull a "Joe Wilson" like the vile little attention whore he is. nt

[lexw]

18. Never liked that guy: I've always found his music simple, dumb and boring.

[olddad56]

99. exactly the reason it appeals to simple, dumb and boring people.

same reason he appeals to the riech wingnuts.

[hamsterjill]

21. Ironically, neither Stockman NOR Nugent were born in Texas.

THAT, my DU friends, explains a lot to this life-long Texan.

Both men were, according to what I find via google, born in Michigan.

You see, you can come to Texas and you can live in Texas, and you can put on your fake cowboy hat and try to make people think you are a Texan. But LIVING in Texas and being FROM Texas are two separate things down here.

And that, coincidentally, explains a lot of what is WRONG with Texas right now. Because you see in the 1980's when some idiots decided that they'd done enough damage to some of the other, mostly northern, states and wanted to find a new place to screw up - - - they moved to Texas.

Every state has good and bad. I realize that, and I make no comment about the good people of Michigan or any other state. But Texas has more than its fair share of those idiots who flocked here over the last several decades and have basically tried and succeeded in taking over.

Those of us who are actually FROM Texas, want our Texas back. And we are working hard down here to make that happen.

[Skittles]

23. there are plenty of asshole Texans

just in case you did not know

[hamsterjill]

24. There aren't nearly as many who were born here as those who have moved here.

Not in my experience, any way.

[Skittles]

27. in my experience it is the other way around

[hamsterjill]

31. Please re-read my original post here.

Please note the phrase (in that original post), "Every state has good and bad. "

[Skittles]

43. nice disclaimer

but what you say is still bs - this is an issue of ASSHOLE CONSERVATIVES - not native states

[hamsterjill]

46. That's your opinion.

Your comment is rude and insulting.

[Walk away]

33. Hey! My best friend just moved to Houston last month and she's Blue!

Although I hear that a lot of old codgers from California are moving there because there is no state tax. Wait until they see their property tax bill!

[hamsterjill]

35. We welcome fellow Dems with open arms!!!

Good for her! I hope she'll be active in taking Texas back to blue - the way it used to be!

[olddad56]

100. you can always tell a Texan, but not very much.

[DollarBillHines]

42. Yep. We called them Black Plates.

A gazillion losers came down from Michigan in their cheap cars, looking for money in the oil patch. You could spot them a hundred yards away - pasty, doughy types with kids whose eyes were waaay too close together. They were always going on about how things were done "back home" and that we needed to change our ways.

I never became friends with a single one of them.

[Crowman1979]

53. Must have been the anti-union Scamway types that moved down there.

They always throw a hissy fit and leave Michigan when they can't have their way. I would suggest only hiring them as janitors and not even allow them to run for dog catcher.

[DollarBillHines]

59. You nailed it

It was early 80s, and they were exactly as you describe. Anti-union crap would bubble out from their spittle-flecked lips as soon as they started making noise in a 'conversation'. I always found that to be a real head-scratcher since - back then, anyway - both union and non-union people worked side by side.

[hamsterjill]

62. I remember!

n/t

[Paladin]

64. So Do I. Remember The Bumper Sticker That Turned Up?

"We Don't CARE How You Did It Up North!"

[hamsterjill]

65. I vaguely remember that.

I just remember the "strange" accents, mostly!!! LOL One word outta their mouths and you could be sure who they were.

And, just like Nugent, every last one of 'em had to have a hat and a pair of boots. They wore straw hats during the winter, and they had round-toe'd boots!!! LOL LOL But THEY thought they were real cowboys!!! LOL

[Crowman1979]

76. Everybody in SE Michigan says...

We don't care how you did it in Grand Rapids.

The Michiganders who move to Texas are the same ones who think any city, college town or anywhere they see black people in SE Michigan is the devil's country

[mike dub]

50. speaking of which- Dubya wasn't born in Texas -- although he wore a "cowboy" hat

George W. Bush was born in Connecticut, and family later Moved to Texas. Condolences to native Texans and native Connecticutans? (not sure how natives call themselves, there)

[Gabby Hayes]

85. Don't forget Stockman's friend, "Mark from Michigan"

It's pretty telling that Stockman was so worried about his rights that he ran against Jack Brooks, the guy who nailed Ollie North for trying to suspend the constitution.

http://www.houstonpress.com/1995-06-22/news/god-guns-kombucha/full/

And let's not forget Stockman and Nugent's heroes, including Michigan's very own Terry Nichols:

[hamsterjill]

89. Sheesh!!! If I didn't already know he was a nut case, I do now!

n/t

[Mike Daniels]

22. Stockman apparently missed the "stupid party" memo

Two things happen tomorrow:

Either Nugent decides to pull a Joe Wilson and interrupts the SOTU speech, gets forcibly ejected and then runs to FOX News to bemoan how his free speech was restricted

-OR-

He manages to keep his trap shut but then runs off at the mouth afterwards and triples down on the crazy-ass talk thereby making it a PR nightmare for the Republican party.

I'm pretty sure that the Republican leadership has to be sweating bullets over the numerous ways this can become a disaster for them.

[Sophiegirl]

44. And, I'm pretty sure...

...that the Democrats are just WISHING for it!!!! Perfect opportunity to display, once again, to the entire world the ignorant, racist, etc, etc, etc, massive stupidity that is the GOP. (As if it weren't already apparent.)

[farminator3000]

28. there will be a surprise debate between Turd and Uncle Joe about guns after the speech

I WISH!!!

[Berlum]

29. Republicans invite a would-be assassin

Republican "Values" are truly right out of the cesspool.

[Rose Siding]

30. I remember when Cindy Sheehan was marched out of the SOTU for her tee shirt

That was under bush the lesser. Lynn Woolsey invited her and once seated she took off a jacket or something and the "guards", seeing an anti-war sentiment on her shirt, removed her.

Really ugly to think of nugent there but I couldn't disagree more with your broad condemnation of all Texans.

[no_hypocrisy]

32. Ted won't be there for this simple reason:

He'll have to check his weapon(s) outside the House Chambers.

[JoePhilly]

34. The Secret Service should make sure that Ted wears THIS all night!!!

[AsahinaKimi]

36. "excited to have a patriot like Ted Nugent" a Patriot???

In a pig's eye!

[ReRe]

37. Sad if not insane

We used to put insane people like Ted Nugent in institutions. And we used to hold people accountable if they threatened the President of the United States. Just think back to GWB times.... They would drag you away if you wore the wrong t-shirt, or had the wrong bumper sticker on your car. Or corral you in a giant cage if you held a peaceful but noisy protest 3 blocks from the Republican National Convention, and no fucking telling what they would have done with you if you turned up at a protest with an assault rifle slung over your shoulder. This society is fucked. Period.

[CBHagman]

38. Because Representative Joe Wilson's bad manners were not enough of a clue.

Wilson (R-SC) was one the that shouted, "You lie!" during a previous address.

I hope the floors of the Capitol aren't damaged by all knuckles dragging on them.

[truthisfreedom]

39. Ted Poogent probably won't be allowed into the SOTU venue.

I doubt the SS will allow it.

[OldRedneck]

40. DON'T GO, TED . . . IT'S A SETUP!!!

DON'T GO, TED!!! It's a setup!! The minute you arrive, you'll be arrested by some of the President's Muslim security guards and whisked off to an undisclosed location never to be heard from or seen again!!!!

[monmouth3]

56. That would be wonderful. Cannot wait...

[Crowman1979]

57. NOOOO!!! Let him do it!

Quit trying to correct these RW-assclowns.

[Mean Gene]

45. By the time they pat him down and do a cavity search, the speech will be over. nt

[KansDem]

47. Anyone else notice a similarity between Ted...

...and Monty Python's "Upper Class Twit of the Year?"

[benld74]

48. He will HAVE to STAND when the POTUS walks in!

[onenote]

49. With help from DU and other similar sites, Steve Stockman and Ted Nugent achieve their objective

Stockman is an attention seeking asshole. So is Nugent. Their objective: get a lot of attention by announcing that Nugent is to be Stockman's guest at the SOTU. Their fervent hope: that this will cause Democrats hair to catch on fire.

From what I've seen here, they've achieved their objective.

[still_one]

54. This is why the Republican Party is over, and they are too stupid to realize it

Soon Texas will be Democratic, and these piss ants will be history

[Crowman1979]

55. Maybe this is where Ted will make good on his promise to either die or go to jail.

I hope he does something really stupid, like s*** his pants.

[Marrah_G]

58. Maybe the Secret service will say no way.

[indepat]

60. Maybe the fine Congressman does not realize he is not only giving the President a big FU, but

the Office of President as well, all while creating a potential threat to national security. What an idiotic partisan f*ckwad.

[onehandle]

61. Fuck fuck fuck.

Just fuck.

[jmowreader]

63. Is Nugent presenting the Tea Party response to the SOTU?

Incidentally, Nugent is no patriot. He does no patriotic things. He dodged the draft, hates taxes and threatens the president's life. What in HELL is patriotic about that man?

[graywarrior]

66. Maybe Joe will dropkick murphy him.

[thucythucy]

67. So I guess this means

there isn't any one of his actual constituents this GOPer thinks more worthy of a ticket?

No disabled veterans?
No firefighters or injured or heroic cops?
No school teachers? (Okay, I know, the GOP HATES all public school teachers, but still)?

He must have an awfully low opinion of his district.

[erpowers]

68. Prevent Him From Being Present

Can't the Secret Service prevent him from attending? Considering his history with the President couldn't the Secret Service say he will not be allowed to attend the event due to the chance that he could attempt to harm the President? It seems that they could argue that Nugent stated that if President Obama was reelected he (Nugent) would either be "dead or in jail". Couldn't they argue, even if it is the slightest chance that it will happen, there is the chance that Nugent will atttempt to harm the President or others he has threatened in the past in order to fulfill his statement. Therefore, he cannot be allowed to attend the State of the Union speech.

[onenote]

69. Since the Secret Service presumably has concluded he's not an actual threat

what basis would htey have for preventing him from attending?

He, like anyone else attending, will have to go through a security checkpoint. In all likelihood, his seat will not be in a prominent place -- somewhere in the gallery, hopefully not in the front row. (I'm not sure how tickets are allocated and seats assigned, but one would expect the guest of a junior member of the House to have a fairly low priority seat). My hope is that he's sitting behind some 6 foot 10 guy and no one can see his ugly face.

[Ian Iam]

72. Insanity

There is no other word.

[Canuckistanian]

74. "Patriot"? Does ANY scumbag who hates the president automatically get this honorific now?

Or is it just the ones who crap their pants to dodge the draft and commit statutory rape?

[muntrv]

75. Put them in a "free speech zone."

[uppityperson]

80. As Nugent himself says in the OP article "I told him to suck on my machine gun,” Nugent screamed

I guess Nugent is lying about what he said?

[AnnieBW]

81. The Secret Service Had Better Frisk Him

Multiple times! And be standing right next to him the whole time.

I'm definitely gonna watch it now.

[frogmarch]

82. If he's allowed in and tries something,

the Secret Service will have some explaining to do.

Nugent should be kept out!

[John2]

86. Some people might

call this freedom of speech but I call this hate speech and the Congress person supported it by giving this guy a ticket. Is that the kind of representative his constituents want? Why would anybody vote for this idiot? It is the reason the Congress is in the state it is now. People are voting for and sending these crazy lunatics to Congress. I don't think the Republican Party has any good Policies worth listening to. That Party needs to be purged.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

88. "Texas Republican congressman Steve Stockman announced today...."

There's a Eugene Delgaudio link to Ted Nugent, via Donny Ferguson, Steve Stockman's spokesperson.

Connect the dots. From DCist.com:

After Threatening the President's Life, Ted Nugent Rewarded with Ticket to the State of the Union

"Texas Republican congressman Steve Stockman announced today...."

Texas Congressman Invites Ted Nugent to State of the Union

Stockman, a hardened conservative in his first term representing a swath of Texas stretching from the outskirts of Houston to the Louisiana border, sees in Nugent an ally against increased gun control, which Obama is expected to address tomorrow night. Nugent was invited "because he is a supporter of the Second Amendment and American values," says Stockman's spokesman Donny Ferguson. "We thought he would be a good representative."

Donny Ferguson? I've heard that name before.

Virginia link to Frontline story about outside money in Montana

Learning from the master of corrupt politics himself

Donny Ferguson, former aide to as yet unindicted Supervisor Eugene Delgaudio (R-Sterling), is the subject of a fascinating investigative story by PBS Frontline showing how Donny has applied the lessons of dirty politics, smear campaigns, and dubiously legal fundraising pioneered by his mentor Delgaudio.

Donny, as many Loudoun residents know, is the mastermind of periodic sleazy robocalls which attempt to spread dirt on candidates just before an election. Because his “American Tradition Partnership” claims to be a “social welfare non-profit” organization, it is allowed only to “educate” voters on “issues,” not endorse candidates. It is illegal for such organizations to coordinate with campaigns.

Mysterious Docs Found in Meth House Reveal Inner Workings of Dark Money Group

[They_Live]

90. Perhaps

this is going to be the moment of truth for Ted's "I'll be dead or in jail" comment.

[chelsea0011]

92. Hope the person sitting behind him holds up a sign that says "smells like shit in here".

[mimi85]

94. Perfect!

Ha, thanks for the laugh! I would pay to see that. Will we see what's under that faux cowboy hat?

[oberliner]

96. "a constitutional amendment banning all Texans from holding political office"

This kind of comment is really insulting.

There are many wonderfully progressive people and politicians who are Texans.

[MyNameGoesHere]

97. Seems like a candidate for a full cavity search. eom

[truthisfreedom]

98. So far, I've seen neither of them on screen.

Nor have I heard any comments from the peanut gallery.