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Ted Nugent, the rocker and current gun-rights advocate, will be in attendance at Tuesday’s State of the Union as the guest of Texas Congressman Steve Stockman.
Stockman has said he would consider filing articles of impeachment about President Barack Obama for his gun-control push following the shootings in Newtown, Conn. Nugent is a board member of the National Rifle Association. Many Democrats have invited victims of gun violence to the address.
Stockman will also be livetweeting the address – with the hash tag #youlie, “debunking myths and fact checking,” his office said.
"I am excited to have a patriot like Ted Nugent joining me in the House Chamber to hear from President Obama," said Stockman in a press release of the man who was under Secret Service investigation last year for comments made about the president. "After the Address I'm sure Ted will have plenty to say."
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Ted Nugent performs at Ruth Eckerd Hall on August 6, 2012 in Tampa, Fla.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who is bilingual has been at the center of a Senate push on immigration reform, is delivering the official GOP State of the Union response. But Nugent's appearance, and the promise that he "will have plenty to say," has the potential to distract and be a headache for a Republican Party looking to re-brand itself, particularly in tone, after President Obama won re-election this past fall.
More on Ted Nugent from NBCNews.com
Nugent landed in hot water with the agency in charge of protecting the president, because he said in April of last year at a national NRA meeting that if Obama was re-elected, “I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year.”
In the same set of comments, Nugent called the president, Vice President Joe Biden, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton “criminals,” said the “government is wiping its ass with the constitution,” and equated Democrats to coyotes who should be shot.
“If the coyote's in your living room pissing on your couch,” Nugent said, “it's not the coyote's fault. It's your fault for not shooting him."
Stockman is also set to unveil what he’s calling, “The Obama Failometer, a ten-foot-long billboard that will objectively measure the failure of Obama's economic policies … The ten-foot-long Obama Failometer billboard will be displayed in the corridor of the Capitol's Cannon House Office building at Stockman's 326 Cannon Office.”
Stockman, who previously served one term in Congress in 1995-1996, is back for the first time since.
This story was originally published on Mon Feb 11, 2013 3:52 PM EST
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How does it feel to have a President be elected by the galactically stupid? Just saying all you have to do is watch a couple Leno shows to know how uneducated people are when it comes to voting for a president... A president that feeds on the ignorance of others.... Nice
Brian,
We've got Mayor Bloomberg and the American Medical Association, you've got Ted Nugent and the Gun Lobby. Who's stupid?
You are for making the most ridiculous analogy I have ever heard! and by the way...you don't have the AMA... let me refer you to this.... if you have the ability to sit for 30 minutes and listen....
Brian,
FYI Your heros at the NRA have included the following on their Anti-Gun list: The American Medical Association, the National Association of Police Organizations, The United Methodist Church, and the National Committee Against Domestic Violence. The list goes on and on. But wait, those little coward murderers took their little list down from their website late last week. How is my analogy ridiculous? Beware the company you keep my friend. Better yet, just stay off topic and rant.
First of all...how are you connecting my conservative views with the NRA? Where did I speak of the NRA? You are trul an idiot... Secondly you came back before the video was over so you didnt feel the need to educate yourself... so I am guessing here....GED? thirdly.... beware the company I keep? what the hell does that mean? Please enlighten me... You actually go by CHUCKY? LOL
Brian,
Since you think that having Ted Nugent at the SOTU is a good idea, I am assuming you are a gun licker. You provided no link but I would not waste a minute on your trash anyway. I have better ways to get educated. Do you actually go by Brian-1948951? Sigh.
If you're going to call someone an idiot, be sure you spell correctly.
Just in case you change your mind.....trust me its an unaltered video.... you only need to watch..... I think you can do that...but then again the truth is hard to face sometimes...
for the Hand.... duly noted.... you are an idiot!
This is why the GOP is becoming a laughingstock. When people here slam Ted Nugent, anyone with a brain would agree. To defend him, either explicitely or by deflection via bringing up Sen. Menendez, just alligns your party with Nugent's views in the public's eyes. When you stake the prestige of your party on people like Nugent, you engage in self-destruction. If you can't see that Nugent is a fool, and acknowledge that fact, you disgrace yourselves. If you want your views to be represented by Nugent's views, so be it.
Brian, That is not why Sen. Menendez is being investigated. There is a really good article in the opinion page of Saturday's New York Times.
You don't pay someone $58,000 to pay for a couple plane rides to the Dominican! And yes he is being investigated for hiring prostitutes (minors in the Dominican) along with other ETHIC violations...
This article is about Stockman and Nugent.
whats your point? Who made you mediator? like your hand....disappear!
Attaboy, Republicans, keep going further off the rails! Your party has been descending into a state
of disorganization for a decade. Eventually, the party will fragment into the radical fringe groups that make up its core. The "party of exclusion" will soon be so disjointed there will be nothing left but feuding groups of social
misfits, cranks, nonconformists, eccentrics, religious fanatics, etc. At this rate, the moderate Republicans will
have to become Democrats because they will have nothing in common with the zealots. In spite of their paltry efforts, nothing has changed since the election and Marco Rubio is certainly no messiah. Thank you Republicans for allowing the fundamentalist Christian Right, homophobic, bigoted, anti-women, narcissistic
and selfish to control your ranks! You did our work for us without us even firing the “proverbial" shot!
Really? Then what? You all going to sit in a circle and sing Kumbaya....? Moron it isnt about Republicans and Democrats about a liberal ideology and a conservative point of view.... Do you really think Democrats vote all the same way because they just happen to vote their concious? Hell no...they too are like like sheep and vote the way they are told to vote otherwise they will not get on certain committees or another chance to serve because those inpower wield it to control their flock! WAKE UP!
Do you understand consensus building to achieve a majority vote?
HA! you actually think that a group of people that make a decion on an issue SEEK the approval of others to resolve a conflict is actually going on! Is that why Reid sits on his ass and does nothing and then by doing nothing he is doing something? Is that why Pelosi worked to get the Health Bill passed before anyone could read it? Get real.... Its about power....period!
Of course it's about power. I did not say it wasn't. But that "power" is constantly shifting, from one issue to the next, depending on the consensus of the moment. is it top-down driven? Most of the time...but what else is new? It was top-down driven in 1776 and 1787. The degree may change, but most human organizations are hierarchical. There is an enormous difference between one person making the decisions alone and finding consensus among 535 members of Congress.
Interesting, Stockman's date, a self confessed pedophile, convicted poacher, and a Vietnam draft dodger--perfect elephant dung drop, wonder if the SS has a no-fly list, birds of a feather there Stockman, known for the ugly, venomous company you keep. Not worth a dry spit either of them. Inviting Nugent as a counter to Sandy Hook families, despicable.
Keep the show rolling right along, and the GOP wonders why cockroaches are more popular. The GOP's slow inevitable slide into irrelevancy and oblivion has commenced.
Evelyn, a modified dog
Viewed the quivering fringe of a special doily
Arf, she said
Just another journey to the center of the blind..................
I thought he said he would kill himself if the President won re-elction? I'm waiting!
Wow! Dumb and Dumber do the State of the Union address! Priceless.
Well, you know, it's Barry and Blow Blighton....
"Ex rocker"? How did NBC retire Nugent? Nugent's current tour: http://www.tednugent.com/events/
He sucks.
He was stellar as a 17 year old guitarist blasting out of Detroit- the best 17 yea rold guitarist ever. And he's still better than 17 year olds, but he never got any better. To be his age and only better than 17 year olds is pathetic.
I thought this moron was supposed to be dead or in jail. He really ought to spend his time trying to learn a fourth chord. Jimi was loud and good. Teddy boy is just loud. Mouth and guitar. I strongly suspect that uncle daddy is his favorite relative. Keep helping us out G.O.P. Hillary is a shoo-in for 2016, but we still appreciate all you do for the democratic party.
There are those who can legitimately criticise Ted Nugent for evading military service. That number does not include anyone who supported Bill Clinton against George H.W. Bush and/or Bob Dole, nor anyone who supported Barack H. Obama against John McCain.
This veteran who supported Clinton and Obama can criticize anyone he wants, including Nugent, for any reason, including avoiding military service.
The point is thet those people you cite didn't dodge the draft and than go all war monger, tough guy gun nut. He tries to paint himself as a tough guy patriot, but when his country called for his service, he shat himself- literally. Obama is bringing our fighting men and women home- Ted Nugent wants to send them into war while he was to cowardly to go to war.
Yes, you have a right to criticize anyone you choose for whatever reason you choose, but for any Clinton or Obama supporter to criticize anyone for their military service or lack thereof is rank hypocrisy.
Stockman and Nugent are both wackos who do nothing to enhance the Republican brand.
Sometimes I think people like this must be on the Democratic Party's payroll.
After all the excrement coming out 0bama's pie-hole, Ted is a breath of fresh air.
Most. Pathetic. President. Ever.
Keep your thoughts positive, because your thoughts become your words.
Keep your words positive, because your words become your behavior.
Keep your behavior positive, because your behavior becomes your habits.
Keep your habits positive, because your habits become your values.
Keep your values positive, because your values become your destiny. -Mahatma Gandhi
This is so very true. We no longer have respect for each other because we spend our time slamming each other and not being tolerant of differences. The longer we slam, the more accepting it is in our lives and we start treating others physically in the same way we treated them verbally. This is why we have shootings at courthouses and police stations. Respect for authority no longer exists.
Mr. Nugent has no place being at the State of the Union. That honor should be reserved for someone who actually loves the country he lives in rather than one who denounces it continually. For a person who has such a love of guns, it is amusing that he wasn't willing to fight for his country.For the record Ted, his name is Barack Obama and HE IS the President of the United States.
"Mr. Nugent has no place being at the State of the Union."
Neither does 0bama.
The majority of the American voters think President Obama should deliver the State of the Union.
Your guy lost—get over it. Barack Hussein Obama is our President. And yours.
Frank, you demonstrate your disdain for democracy.
“I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year.” You still on for this quote Ted? We'll take either option. Guess you lied about that just like your lies to get out of the draft. Patriot?
You still on for this quote?
Is the economy fixed?
Journey to the Center of the Great GOP White Buffalo?
Nugent, just another friggin' lying Republican. He promised he'd be dead or in jail, yet here he is. And as for Stockman, Texas, you've got a lot of explaining to do.
I have zero problem with Nugent or Stockman...they will tell it like it is..
flannel mouths like the president who was supposed to fix the economy that Bush screwed up,and goofy Joe Biden who says his laws dont work ,but lets do some anyway...
are a far bigger embarrassment to anybody with a brain
than Nugent and Stockman.
It takes a Congress to fix an economy and until we have one that WORKS, it won't be fixed. They establish the budgets. Economy took a big hit when they couldn't agree in 2010. Blame falls with Congress. Always has, always will.
My company is doing better, we are hiring. My 401k is nearly back to normal. The economy is improving no matter how hard some people want others to fail.
God Bless the USA.
There was no congress when Bush was president?
It was all Bush when he was president,and I admit he was worthless,but so is this guy.
Stop making excuses for a guy who cant get it done.
This is great... There is no way that pedophile who crapped his pants to dodge the draft is going to be able to avoid doing something really stupid at the State of the Union. This should give the NRA and the GOP a real embarrassment to try and make up foolish excuses for.
So.... Will Ted take this opportunity to make good on his promise to either be dead or in jail?
Hey... Pedophile draft dodger... Why don't you try and smuggle a gun into the State of the Union address?
I bet the Secret Service will be watching that draft dodging pedophile like a hawk... Just hoping he does something stupid they can use as an excuse to kick his @$$!
One thing you can bank on... It don't matter how stupid a stunt that draft dodging pedophile will try and pull at the State of the Union... Every republican will still worship that coward.
This is a mentally ill individual, and is just plain nuts. He plays with very dangerous weapons because he has no sense of reality. This Teabegger is exactly of what is wrong with America, and should not be given any attention. What this 'animal' had better understand is that he will be listening to the President of the United States. He needs to sit down, shut-up, and listen carefully. The Secret Service needs to check this very mentally ill individual's guns at the door.
Except fot the teabag thing i thought you were talking Hussein and his drones.
He is the Comrade of the United Socialist States of Amerika, he just has not told the limpwrists yet....