# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/241 "2012-04-20T09:21:50Z")
I thought about organizing a boycott of Nugent, but then I heard that he was playing the county fair here next week, and I realized that people have already been boycotting him for years. ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/242 "2012-04-20T10:16:19Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > this counterfeit currency Are ribs stereotypically black food? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/243 "2012-04-20T12:02:48Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Guess what? > > There is no implied threat in Nugent’s statement. Deal with it. Then you must have some other explanation in mind for why he would be either dead or in jail. What is it? :rolleyes: You’re simply not smart enough to think on your own. You only embarrass yourself when you try. Deal with _that_. But it’s still a huge mistake to let Roger Ailes do it for you. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/244 "2012-04-20T12:21:13Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > 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. First of all, you should really leave algebra out of it, because I don’t have the foggiest idea what you’re babbling about. Secondly, let me know if the Nuge has recorded anything relevant in the last 30 years and I promise not to buy it. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/245 "2012-04-20T12:44:57Z")
Well, OK, if feeling in a generous frame of mind, I’d be willing to consider that Ol’ Ted was having a batshit paranoid moment of believing that if reelected Barry O will THEN launch his evil socialist campaign to round up conservatives, capitalists, Christians and gun-owners into concentration camps. In the end it all winds up with a “God bless the great professionals in the Secret Service, thank you for your service” communiqué. Because, hey, they \*could \*oblige his fantasies… OTOH what sort of sicko would want _Hillary Clinton_ to suck his precious machine guns?? Dude’s out of control. BTW re: the teenage chicks, I have to cut old-school 60s/70s rockers some slack on the Mann Act or else half the R&R HoF would be in jail or on the offenders registry. Different times. At least we can believe \*this \* guy doesn’t cling to his guns in compensation for his dick (… but rather in compensation for having been a shit-my-pants-before-the-draft-board wuss back when he could have put up for real?). ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/246 "2012-04-20T12:47:27Z")
In the news - he’s been cleared by the Secret Service - [http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/19/ted-nugent-interviewed-by-secret-service/?hpt=hp\_t2](http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/19/ted-nugent-interviewed-by-secret-service/?hpt=hp_t2) ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/247 "2012-04-20T13:12:21Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > At least we can believe \*this \* guy doesn’t cling to his guns in compensation for his dick (… but rather in compensation for having been a shit-my-pants-before-the-draft-board wuss back when he could have put up for real?). No reason it can’t be both. After all, one thing about teenagers is that most of them haven’t seen enough dicks to realize how unimpressive his is. ---
**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, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/248 "2012-04-20T13:15:32Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > First of all, you should really leave algebra out of it, because I don’t have the foggiest idea what you’re babbling about. Secondly, let me know if the Nuge has recorded anything relevant in the last 30 years and I promise not to buy it. Sorry if algebra sounds like “babble” to you. I’ll put it in 3rd grade math language for you: If the Dixie Chicks have 10,000,000 fans and 8,000,000 voted for Bush, how many fans do they lose if they apologize to Londoners for being from the same state as Bush? If Ted Nugent has 1,000,000 fans (just being generous) and none of them voted for Obama, how many fans does he lose if he trash talks Obama? Let me know if you need that dumbed down any more. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/249 "2012-04-20T14:00:43Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Sorry if algebra sounds like “babble” to you. I’ll put it in 3rd grade math language for you: > > If the Dixie Chicks have 10,000,000 fans and 8,000,000 voted for Bush, how many fans do they lose if they apologize to Londoners for being from the same state as Bush? > > If Ted Nugent has 1,000,000 fans (just being generous) and none of them voted for Obama, how many fans does he lose if he trash talks Obama? > > Let me know if you need that dumbed down any more. And what does any of that have to do with the propriety of criticizing one’s leaders, either at home or while they’re overseas - which is totally worse - as you so astutely noted? I don’t give two turds about the Dixie-Chicks or their fans. Even less about Ted Nugent. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/250 "2012-04-20T14:11:10Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Guess what? > > There is no implied threat in Nugent’s statement. Deal with it. No. You’re too stupid to see an implied threat. There is a difference. Clothy, have you considered not talking about stuff you don’t understand? Normally, I’d support asking questions, but I think you might not be able to learn. ---
**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, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/251 "2012-04-20T17:25:04Z")
We usually just give him a jar of library paste and a spoon, keeps him busy for a while. ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/252 "2012-04-20T17:48:58Z")
> **[Romney Supporter Nugent Admitted To Multiple Affairs With Underage Girls In...](https://crooksandliars.com/heather/romney-supporter-nugent-admitted-multiple-a)** > > It appears Ted Nugent's violent rhetoric at the NRA convention over the weekend may not be the only problem facing the Romney campaign with their acceptance of his endorsement. Jason Easley at Politicus USA reports that Nugent apparently had a a little past the half way mark where Ted admits to charming the parents of high school girls to get permission to molest their daughters. From the VH1 interview. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/253 "2012-04-20T18:22:38Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > We usually just give him a jar of library paste and a spoon, keeps him busy for a while. He has to watch out, if he eats too much paste, he’ll poop himself inside out. Wait… maybe that’s how his head got up his ass! ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/254 "2012-04-20T18:53:49Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Guess what? > > There is no implied threat in Nugent’s statement. Deal with it. You know that. I know that. The Secret Service, whose job it is to determine things like this, knows that. It doesn’t make any difference. The idiots would rather have their grievance, no matter whether it corresponds to anything real, or not. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/255 "2012-04-20T18:58:15Z")
Because if Clothy and Shodan know something, it’s gotta be true. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/256 "2012-04-20T19:17:55Z")
It’s more like the Secret Service knows he’s not actually crazy enough to go through with it. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/257 "2012-04-20T19:24:05Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > You know that. I know that. The Secret Service, whose job it is to determine things like this, knows that. > > It doesn’t make any difference. The idiots would rather have their grievance, no matter whether it corresponds to anything real, or not. > > Regards, > Shodan Of course there was an implied threat – that’s why the Secret Service interviewed him. They don’t interview people who make random stupid public statements, otherwise they’d need their budget quadrupled. And that only for Republican office holders. It was up to Teddy-boy to convince them that he didn’t actually plan to act on his words. Given that he’s a blowhard pants pissing coward, it probably wasn’t too hard to get the Service to conclude that the threat was hollow. So they left him with their best regards ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/258 "2012-04-20T19:26:16Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > Because if Clothy and Shodan know something, it’s gotta be true. It’s almost an axiom. 😃 Obviously Nugent isn’t actually going to attack the president. He, like most modern conservatives, is a pussy. But the secret service has to look into all threats. And Clothy and Shodan are too unable to think when it comes to their ideology to see that. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/259 "2012-04-20T20:34:29Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I am finding great pleasure in the fact that, right now as I type this, Nugent is crying like a little baby and begging the Secret Service agents to believe him that he was just joking. Apparently the Secret Service turned him loose. Wanna bet, it’s because they think he is just too much of a fvcking coward to actually follow up on a threat? ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089/260 "2012-04-20T20:37:49Z")
> [@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. Well done!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089.md?page=14)