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| Ted Nugent: 'demilitarised gun nut' to attend Obama state of the union | Ted Nugent: 'demilitarised gun nut' to attend Obama state of the union |
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| Ted Nugent, the rock musician who received a visit from the secret service after he said he would either be "dead or in jail" if President Barack Obama was re-elected, will be in the audience at the state of the union address on Tuesday evening, at the behest of Texas conservative Steve Stockman. | Ted Nugent, the rock musician who received a visit from the secret service after he said he would either be "dead or in jail" if President Barack Obama was re-elected, will be in the audience at the state of the union address on Tuesday evening, at the behest of Texas conservative Steve Stockman. |
| Nugent, 64, is known for making inflammatory statements. After Obama's re-election, Nugent said on Twitter: "Pimps whores & welfare brats & their soulless supporters have a president to destroy America." | Nugent, 64, is known for making inflammatory statements. After Obama's re-election, Nugent said on Twitter: "Pimps whores & welfare brats & their soulless supporters have a president to destroy America." |
| When it was announced he would be present for the president's speech, he tweeted: "well well well, there will be a freedom addicted all American uppity Motown guitarplayer facing the POTUS at the SOTU addresss tomoro-lovely" | When it was announced he would be present for the president's speech, he tweeted: "well well well, there will be a freedom addicted all American uppity Motown guitarplayer facing the POTUS at the SOTU addresss tomoro-lovely" |
| Nugent, a fervent gun-rights advocate who has served on the board of the National Rifle Association since 1995, will stand out in an audience that will include relatives and friends of victims of gun crime, invited by members of congress who donated their tickets to the speech. | Nugent, a fervent gun-rights advocate who has served on the board of the National Rifle Association since 1995, will stand out in an audience that will include relatives and friends of victims of gun crime, invited by members of congress who donated their tickets to the speech. |
| "I will go in at least 20 pounds lighter than I normally walk," Nugent told the New York Times. "I will be going in sans the hardware store on my belt. I live a well-armed life, and I've got to demilitarize before I go." | "I will go in at least 20 pounds lighter than I normally walk," Nugent told the New York Times. "I will be going in sans the hardware store on my belt. I live a well-armed life, and I've got to demilitarize before I go." |
| Having made his name as a rock star in the 1970s and 80s, with hits such as Cat Scratch Fever and Wango Tango, Nugent is now known as much for his vehement advocacy of hunting and his defense of the second amendment as for his music. Videos cataloging his more than 6,000 concert performances can be found in considerable number on the internet – so too can logs of his many inflammatory statements. | Having made his name as a rock star in the 1970s and 80s, with hits such as Cat Scratch Fever and Wango Tango, Nugent is now known as much for his vehement advocacy of hunting and his defense of the second amendment as for his music. Videos cataloging his more than 6,000 concert performances can be found in considerable number on the internet – so too can logs of his many inflammatory statements. |
| His post-reelection tweets also included: "What subhuman varmint believes others must pay for their obesity booze cellphones birthcontrol abortions & lives" and "Goodluk America u just voted for economic & spiritual suicide. Soulless fools" | His post-reelection tweets also included: "What subhuman varmint believes others must pay for their obesity booze cellphones birthcontrol abortions & lives" and "Goodluk America u just voted for economic & spiritual suicide. Soulless fools" |
| Though he was born in Detroit, Nugent is just as commonly associated with Texas, where he lives and where his colorful language and gun-related hobbies make him a definitive character. | Though he was born in Detroit, Nugent is just as commonly associated with Texas, where he lives and where his colorful language and gun-related hobbies make him a definitive character. |
| In a commercial for his Discovery Channel television show, Ted Nugent's Gun Country, he said: "I bleed red, white, blue and liberty. And nothing says liberty more than the right to bear arms. Guns built this country and good men with guns made it the American dream. This is a look into the world of guns and America's obsession with guns through the eyes of the biggest gun nut of all: me." | In a commercial for his Discovery Channel television show, Ted Nugent's Gun Country, he said: "I bleed red, white, blue and liberty. And nothing says liberty more than the right to bear arms. Guns built this country and good men with guns made it the American dream. This is a look into the world of guns and America's obsession with guns through the eyes of the biggest gun nut of all: me." |
| He has participated in many reality television programs, most of which have involved hunting. He has also made voice appearances in Aqua Teen Hunger Force and The Simpsons and authored several books, including: Gods, Guns and Rock 'n' Roll; Kill It and Grill It; BloodTrails II: The Truth About Bowhunting; and Ted, White and Blue: The Nugent Manifesto. | He has participated in many reality television programs, most of which have involved hunting. He has also made voice appearances in Aqua Teen Hunger Force and The Simpsons and authored several books, including: Gods, Guns and Rock 'n' Roll; Kill It and Grill It; BloodTrails II: The Truth About Bowhunting; and Ted, White and Blue: The Nugent Manifesto. |
| Stockman, the Texas congressman who invited Nugent to hear the president's state of the union speech, seems to be have an anti-Obama themed plan for the speech. He has organized a hashtag, #YouLie – named after South Carolina representative Joe Wilson's infamous interruption of an Obama speech to Congress in 2009 – which he will be using to "truth-check" Obama's statements. | Stockman, the Texas congressman who invited Nugent to hear the president's state of the union speech, seems to be have an anti-Obama themed plan for the speech. He has organized a hashtag, #YouLie – named after South Carolina representative Joe Wilson's infamous interruption of an Obama speech to Congress in 2009 – which he will be using to "truth-check" Obama's statements. |
| "Obama will be giving this speech on Mardi Gras, so expect binge spending and a parade of excuses," Stockman said in a statement, where he explained that the hashtag would be used to "debunk Obama and tell the truth before the liberal media have a chance to spin his agenda". | "Obama will be giving this speech on Mardi Gras, so expect binge spending and a parade of excuses," Stockman said in a statement, where he explained that the hashtag would be used to "debunk Obama and tell the truth before the liberal media have a chance to spin his agenda". |
| Stockman said in a January statement that he would "thwart" Obama's recent executive orders to increase gun control "by any means necessary, including but not limited to eliminating funding for implementation, defunding the White House, and even filing articles of impeachment". | Stockman said in a January statement that he would "thwart" Obama's recent executive orders to increase gun control "by any means necessary, including but not limited to eliminating funding for implementation, defunding the White House, and even filing articles of impeachment". |
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