# Rocker Ted Nugent threatens to assassinate President Obama **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 17, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089 "2012-04-17T22:36:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/221 "2012-04-19T23:23:02Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Overseas. Do you think no entertainers criticized Bush here in the good ol’ US of A? > > Note that I am not agreeing with the “meltdown”, just explaining that it is different. Was it different when Mitt Romney criticized the President [when Obama was overseas](http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/27/10886551-boehner-chides-romney-for-criticizing-obama-while-abroad)? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/222 "2012-04-19T23:47:15Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Overseas. Do you think no entertainers criticized Bush here in the good ol’ US of A? > > Note that I am not agreeing with the “meltdown”, just explaining that it is different. Oh, that makes total sense. Saying you’re ashamed of the president to an overseas audience = terrible terrible thing that is deserving of Fox news folks having a fit, leading to threatened boycott of the band, and right wing blogs exploding with fury. While saying to a National RIFLE Association audience that if the president get’s re-elected, you will either be dead or in jail = Perfectly fine, no problem, everyone look away. No wait, that makes no sense at all. Comparison fail. ---
**Author:** ![Oldeb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ea666f/32.png) [@Oldeb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oldeb)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/223 "2012-04-19T23:51:38Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Was it different when Mitt Romney criticized the President [when Obama was overseas](http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/27/10886551-boehner-chides-romney-for-criticizing-obama-while-abroad)? Backwards. They don’t criticize the president when they are overseas, regardless of the president’s location. [That’s why Sarah Palin got in so much trouble when she was critical of Obama while visiting Hong Kong.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/23/palin-hong-kong-speech-im_n_295812.html) The Tea Party and Fox News were all over her for that one. Killed her career when neither of them ever invited her to speak or interviewed her again. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/224 "2012-04-20T00:35:17Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Oops, you should have ignored it. Now it is going to stick. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/225 "2012-04-20T00:38:31Z")
I got a call from an NRA fundraiser tonight. I told him I would never donate another penny until Nugent is off the board. Felt good…felt good. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/226 "2012-04-20T00:43:50Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Shit, I’m been hearing about him for years now! Remember way back, when I first heard that he didn’t do any drugs, I thought to myself now _there_ is an excellent idea! if there’s anybody in the world who shouldn’t even risk de-caff, its him. I’d forgotten what a joy it was to read your posts. I hope Doc Cathode is still around. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/227 "2012-04-20T01:17:55Z")
Hey, dude! Where ya been? Take yer shoes off, stay a while… ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/228 "2012-04-20T01:30:15Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > I got a call from an NRA fundraiser tonight. I told him I would never donate another penny until Nugent is off the board. Felt good…felt good. Nice. Did the fundraiser say anything? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/229 "2012-04-20T01:30:33Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Was it different when Mitt Romney criticized the President [when Obama was overseas](http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/27/10886551-boehner-chides-romney-for-criticizing-obama-while-abroad)? No, it wasn’t. And, interestingly enough, your cite is about Boehner chastising Romney for that remark made overseas. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/230 "2012-04-20T01:34:38Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Different my balls. You know, we can see pictures from all the way across the ocean right away now. It doesn’t matter where someone stands when they say the President is an asshole, or whatever - it carries the same weight in Cairo, Egypt as it does in Cairo, Ohio. That’s your opinion. Why don’t you start a boycott of Ted Nugent and report back to us how it’s working. See, here’s the thing. When your audience is invested in “x” ideology and you trash “x” ideology, they might not want to buy your product. Rational or not, that’s the way it works. If you audience is highly uninvested in “y” ideology and you trash “y” ideology, then you don’t have to worry so much about your customers buying your product. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/231 "2012-04-20T01:35:07Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Nice. > > Did the fundraiser say anything? He stuttered for a few moments, then thanked me for my time and hung up. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/232 "2012-04-20T01:45:04Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > No. But I know she’s out there, and I won’t stop searching even if it means fucking every crab-infested hooker on the Eastern Seaboard. Say hi to Sarah Palin for me. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/233 "2012-04-20T01:47:14Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > The guy wrote a freakin’ song called Wang Dang Sweet Poontang for Christ sake. Never teach a pig to sing. ---
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/234 "2012-04-20T02:15:53Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > I got a call from an NRA fundraiser tonight. I told him I would never donate another penny until Nugent is off the board. Felt good…felt good. _slow clap_ ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/235 "2012-04-20T02:24:31Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Overseas. Do you think no entertainers criticized Bush here in the good ol’ US of A? > > Note that I am not agreeing with the “meltdown”, just explaining that it is different. “They are callow foolish women who deserve to be slapped around” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9Kan8ZPBPqo/hqdefault.jpg "Bill O'reilly Thinks The Chicks Should Be Slapped Around") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kan8ZPBPqo) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/236 "2012-04-20T02:32:22Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > “They are callow foolish women who deserve to be slapped around” > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kan8ZPBPqo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kan8ZPBPqo) And…? ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/237 "2012-04-20T03:16:16Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > An excellent example of a statement with no implied threat (unless you’re threatened by the idea of Baldwin’s emigration). Now print that out, print out the Nuge’s statement, put them side by side, and concentrate _very very_ hard while squinting, and maybe it will come to you. Pretend it’s one of those “spot the differences” puzzles your grandkids solve for you when you get stuck. Guess what? There is no implied threat in Nugent’s statement. Deal with it. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/238 "2012-04-20T03:45:23Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Guess what? > > There is no implied threat in Nugent’s statement. Deal with it. I’m a Lifetime NRA member. I say that to suggest that my sympathies generally lie with the pro-gun side of a debate. Can you explain to me what his remark meant? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/239 "2012-04-20T03:56:42Z")
“Mature musician seeks much, much younger woman with adventurous spirit. Must be willing to perform oral sex on automatic weapons, locked and loaded, safety off! No fat chicks.” ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/240 "2012-04-20T07:59:15Z")
In a rare Secret Service double-bust, not only did they find Nugent was making a serious threat on Obama’s life, they also found him trying to pass off [this counterfeit currency](http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/img/eb98/JJ/1894l.jpg) as real. This is one of the first times that the Secret Service has fulfilled both its roles of protecting the president’s life and stopping counterfeit money from entering circulation at the same time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089.md?page=13)