# Eminem threatens Bush -- sort of. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 6, 2003, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-threatens-bush-sort-of/217364 "2003-12-06T11:50:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-threatens-bush-sort-of/217364/1 "2003-12-06T11:50:11Z")
I realize that it’s the responsibility of the Secret Service to investigate credible threats against the President. But [Eminem](http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/05/eminem.lyrics/)? > [@](#): > > The Secret Service is trying to determine if any action needs to be taken regarding a lyric from rapper Eminem that may be a threat to President Bush. > > […] > > In the song called “We Are American,” Eminem sings: “(Expletive) money, I don’t rap for dead presidents. I’d rather see the president dead.” Okay, to be fair, the SS don’t appear to be overly worried about Eminem actually assassinating the President, but this is still silly. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-threatens-bush-sort-of/217364/2 "2003-12-06T12:04:08Z")
I wonder if they investigated The Offspring for their song, _Kill the President_? ---
**Author:** ![gluteus\_maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@gluteus\_maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gluteus_maximus)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-threatens-bush-sort-of/217364/3 "2003-12-06T12:12:59Z")
It’s obviously a government conspiracy aimed at boosting sales of his next CD just before it is about to be released by providing free publicity designed to drum-up sympathetic support from consumers who otherwise wouldn’t have heard or cared about the new CD! Wait! I meant to say “It’s obviously a government conspiracy aimed at hurting sales of his next CD just before it is about to be released!” I wonder if that Tarrantino movie caused the S.S. any worries… ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-threatens-bush-sort-of/217364/4 "2003-12-06T13:02:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gluteus maximus \* > **I meant to say "It’s obviously a government conspiracy aimed at hurting sales of his next CD just before it is about to be released!"** Now I’m confused. Did Michael Jackson threaten Schwartzenegger at some point? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-threatens-bush-sort-of/217364/5 "2003-12-06T15:48:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gyrate \* > \*\*I realize that it’s the responsibility of the Secret Service to investigate credible threats against the President. But [Eminem](http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/05/eminem.lyrics/)?Okay, to be fair, the SS don’t appear to be overly worried about Eminem actually assassinating the President, but this is still silly. \*\* Whoa, Eminem has a new album coming out? ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-threatens-bush-sort-of/217364/6 "2003-12-06T16:07:12Z")
Like the Dixie Chicks and Toby Keith trying to be “political” wasn’t bad enough. I’m surprised Eminem even knows who the president is. Didn’t some rapper like NORIEGA write a rap with a sketch about doing a hit or drive-by on Bush 41 or Clinton years ago? So Em isn’t even original doing about saying something stupid. Go back to bitching about your mom. He doesn’t rap for dead presidents? Let’s all remember that the next time he bitches about his music being downloaded for free. ---
**Author:** ![gluteus\_maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@gluteus\_maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gluteus_maximus)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-threatens-bush-sort-of/217364/7 "2003-12-06T16:08:49Z")
Of course, you know that the major recording companies own the bootleg production companies, right? It’s just good business sense, after all. [Proof](http://www.dancingbush.com/) that the Prez is an Eminem fan. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-threatens-bush-sort-of/217364/8 "2003-12-06T16:41:43Z")
What **widdershins** said. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-threatens-bush-sort-of/217364/9 "2003-12-06T17:10:05Z")
Yeah, what **widdershins** said. Stop fucking expressing your opinion in your art. Who the fuck cares whether you love your country or disagree with the administration? Shut the fuck up about important things and go back to singing about sex! Oh wait. That’s stupid. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-threatens-bush-sort-of/217364/10 "2003-12-06T19:27:17Z")
**I’d rather see the president dead** How is that a threat? Sure, it might not sit well with people, but it’s not a threat. That line is completely different than, “I’m going to kill the \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*.” ---
**Author:** ![Lucki\_Chaarms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lucki\_Chaarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucki_Chaarms)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-threatens-bush-sort-of/217364/11 "2003-12-06T23:22:26Z")
OK, **ParentalAdvisory** , I gotta ask. Was that for the benefit of the mods or for ECHELON? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-threatens-bush-sort-of/217364/12 "2003-12-06T23:40:45Z")
That’s just the secret service doing their job. They investigate every threat that’s brought to their attention, no matter how oblique or how well-known the person issuing the “threat” is. A few years ago, they investigated Jesse Helms (I think… one of the arch conservative senators) because he said that Clinton’s life wouldn’t be safe if he visited a military base. ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-threatens-bush-sort-of/217364/13 "2003-12-07T00:19:33Z")
They even investigated fat chicks in party hats: [http://www.seanbaby.com/cleveland/part3.html](http://www.seanbaby.com/cleveland/part3.html) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-threatens-bush-sort-of/217364/14 "2003-12-07T00:41:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spooje \* > \*\*I wonder if they investigated The Offspring for their song, _Kill the President_? \*\* Or Queensryche for their song **Spreading the Disease** , where Geoff Tate sings “Educate the masses, we’ll burn the White House down.” ---
**Author:** ![sundog66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@sundog66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sundog66)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-threatens-bush-sort-of/217364/15 "2003-12-07T01:10:52Z")
I think you’re all missing a very important point. From [cnn.com](http://cnn.com): > [@](#): > > The reference to seeing the president dead does not specify the president of the United States. You’re all so quick to assume that he’s talking about the president of the United States, but did it ever even occur to you that he could just as well be talking about the president of a company, or of some other country or institution? Jeez, guys. Get with the program. ---
**Author:** ![MrTuffPaws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MrTuffPaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrTuffPaws)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-threatens-bush-sort-of/217364/16 "2003-12-07T01:10:53Z")
Yeah what **Biggirl** said ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-threatens-bush-sort-of/217364/17 "2003-12-07T01:54:04Z")
“So, if you go to Washington, its buildings clean and nice, bring a pack of matches, and we’ll burn the White House twice!” [_-Three Dead Trolls In A Baggie_](http://www.letssingit.com/?http://www.letssingit.com/three-dead-trolls-in-a-baggie-the-war-of-1812-cx8h48f.html) Makes the maple syrup in my veins warmly flow. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-threatens-bush-sort-of/217364/18 "2003-12-07T02:44:07Z")
It’s not like Eminem doesn’t have a history of [gun violence](http://www.wtps.co.uk/archive/stories/2001/29-06-2001-9431.cfm)…