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Nugent Says The Darndest Things

Posted on Wednesday January 6, 2010 at 01:01 PM 22 |

Ted Nugent has a lot on his mind. During a recent interview, the Motor City Madman said he hates Pam Anderson the most, respects “welfare brats” the least and thinks President Obama should be jailed.

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    Rams Head Live! in Baltimore, Maryland.
    August 26, 2008

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And what he wants to do to Bill Maher sounds like it’s straight out of the script for the next “Saw” sequel.

Nugent also mentioned why he moved from his native Michigan to Texas, describing his current stomping grounds as a place “where they don’t rape and pillage my paycheck. And where I can keep a machine gun in the front seat of my vehicle.”

But that’s just one of many comments Nuge made during an interview with Royal Flush Magazine that’s sure to tick off liberals and endear him even more in the hearts of conservatives.

Why does he hate Pam Anderson? Evidently it’s all about the venison.

“My name is Ted Nugent and because of Pam Anderson and because of Bill Maher and because of Paul McCartney, all the members of PETA, whenever I hear the word ‘animal’ or ‘rights’ in the same paragraph, I’m killing an extra hundred of something this year,” the guitar slinger told Royal Flush.

“I have unlimited deer tags in Michigan and Texas, and I don’t even need to kill them really, but I’m going to for Bill Maher. I’m not just killing them I’m f**king slaughtering them and I’m going to gut them and skin them, quarter them and butcher them and feed them to the soup kitchen and homeless shelters of America. Not because I need to, because it will cause Bill Maher to sh*t blood. That’s my goal in life.”

Speaking of the host of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” Nugent also had some decorating tips.

“I’m gonna take off one of my Deep Vibram sole boots and I’m gonna take out my knife and I’m gonna scrape the remains of dead vermin onto his desk and he can find out where his rights start,” Nugent said. “It’s funnier than Richard Pryor on fire. I’m stymied to come up with anything funnier than people who think animals have rights. Just stick an arrow through their lungs.”

When asked who he respects the least, Nugent answered with, “Pimps, whores and welfare brats are not legitimate job descriptions. Welfare isn’t supposed to be used for hairdos. If you need food stamps, eat the f**king pet.”

But the quote that’s getting media attention is how he responded to the question, “What do you think of Obama?” To which Nugent answered:

“I think that Barack Hussein Obama should be put in jail. It is clear that Barack Hussein Obama is a communist. Mao Tse Tung lives and his name is Barack Hussein Obama. This country should be ashamed. I wanna throw up.”

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    White and blue around the Beloit Riverfest in Wisconsin.
    July 10, 2002

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Nugent also had a few words for Jann Wenner, saying the Rolling Stone founder should die because the magazine wouldn’t do a story on his 2009 tour. According to Nugent, the lack of coverage was because the guitarist is on the board of the National Rifle Association.

Other comments covered what he would do to trespassers on his property, how hunting is “the last pure perfect function of mankind” and that he’s “the luckiest son of a bitch to ever scare white people with an electric guitar.” It's all pure Nugent and you can read the complete interview by clicking here for Royal Flush Magazine.


22 Comments leave a comment

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    RUFUS THE DOG wrote:

    01:26 PM, Jan 06, 2010

    Uncle Ted is a redneck. (I am white & live in Atlanta...I am surrounded by them...I should know.) Tell ole bass-assNugent to come down south with his lilly-white conservative Obama-bashing...I have a flaming arrow with his name on it.

    Why can these assholes not get it through their heads...WE VOTED THE DUDE INTO OFFICE...YOUR CANDIDATE LOST.

    IF YOU HAVE A COMPLAINT MOVE TO ANOTHER COUNTRY or JUST WAIT 4 YEARS AND VOTE AGAIN.

    HAPPENS. GET OVER IT.

    "Madman" (hardly) need to smoke one and get laid. In that order.

    Total loser.

  2. 101
    Teri Troubadour wrote:

    02:10 PM, Jan 06, 2010

    Well Mr Ted..SON...a Sad Excuse of a Man Who NEVER Worked a Day In His LIfe... Who Apparently Get His JOLLIES from ...Invading the Habitats of The Small Amount of Wildlife Left on this Planet..

    In His Macho Off Road Vehicle and Scoped Gun that A Blind Man Could Make Target,,,

    Terrorizing All The Wild Life Right Out of thier Little Forrests Into The Roadways and Freeways..

    Causing Hundreds Of Thousands Of Accidents that Injure Passengers and  Drivers EVERY Hunting Season

    Causing Endless Property Dammage and Killing The Poor Helpless Wildlife....

    For What.. The Thrill Of The Kill... You Deserve to Live In Afghanistan

    with All the Other Terroist

    Put a Coward Like You On A Level Playin Field In The Wilderness To Survive, With Out All Your Fancy Wepons and Gear and I Bet You Would Be Lucky if You were able to Survive on Escargot, If You even had Enought Since To Find Those On Your Own, And Any Buck On ANY Given Day.. On A Level Playin Field.. Would Take You OUT, Wear YOU OU,T and Throw You Out.... Of The Beautiful Wilderness In Front Of An Oncomming Big Rig Where You Belong

    And With That Bein Said.. From a Rock N Roll Stand Point..

    The Studio Did Wonders For Ya Back N The Day... Too Bad Ya Could Not Fake It Good Enough Live.... and What Happened... U Havent Put Out Anything Worth a Crap In Like 30 Years ..Besides Your Tunes Didnt Stand The Test of Time Like Most of Your Competition...Hope You Rot in Hell MURDERer

  3. 388
    RATTUSNORVEGICUS wrote:

    02:12 PM, Jan 06, 2010

     Yea,Ted tends to be so over the top in interviews,you swear he's lost his mind.He also has admitted to be an "unmitigating a**hole." All I can say is he sure has did some great guitar and music over the years. He can say alot of great things but then his big ego and shallow tough guy,sex addict,braggart stuff kinda gnaws away at the truth he's trying to convey.

  4. 45
    El Perro wrote:

    02:25 PM, Jan 06, 2010

    This kkklown is an ignorant piece of draft-dodging trash.  He hasn't written a song in nearly 30 years that anyone wanted to hear and he just keeps himself in the public eye by making outlandish and ignorant comments in public.  He's not even really a musician.  He's just the court jester of the extreme right.

  5. 145
    Shakes_Pierre wrote:

    02:27 PM, Jan 06, 2010

    Ted's in trouble now.

    It won't be long before radio stations refuse to play his records and promoters refuse to book his concerts.

    Oh, wait.  That only happens when a music artist says something negative about a Republican president. Like when the singer in the Dixie Chicks told an audience she was ashamed she and George Bush were both from Texas.

    But since Ted Nugent is talking, I guess that makes it alright.

  6. 3
    Freud Was Wrong wrote:

    03:21 PM, Jan 06, 2010

    While Uncle Ted is outspoken and abrasive, you can't deny he is consistant in his beliefs.  This is something I respect, particularly in this age of wishy-washy, spineless public figures.  Where nobody seems to want to take a stance that risks upsetting the apple cart in order to maintain a favorable public image, Nugent extends the middle finger to political correctness while wearing a huge grin.  He articulately, as well as crudely, addresses his critics head-on instead of running away to hide, like his liberal counterparts.  Instead of judging the man by his political positions, perhaps you should judge him by his actions (conservationist, patriot, animal lover and supporter of many, many charities across the world).

  7. 420
    angie wrote:

    03:39 PM, Jan 06, 2010

    Oh politically outspoken musicians, no matter how they lean, tend to make me lol.

  8. 107
    RenoDavid wrote:

    03:44 PM, Jan 06, 2010

    Shakes_Pierre, you make an interesting point.

    Freud Was Wrong, don't you realize it's all shtick? Ted says some stupid and outrageous things (that I doubt he even believes) and gets some national publicity out of it. He sure can't get that from his music anymore. The scary part, however, is that some dumbass people (like The Munn Man) actually buy into the crap he's spewing out.

  9. 2
    L. Follette wrote:

    03:53 PM, Jan 06, 2010

    Looks like a case of the pedophile calling the kettle black.

  10. 108
    djbart57 wrote:

    04:04 PM, Jan 06, 2010

    While I may not agree with all of Ted's political viewpoints, I respect what he has to say.  I have seen him in concert 9 times and that is not counting the times he has been with the Damn Yankees.  I will continue to support Ted's music and keep going to his concerts as long as I can as he always puts on a very entertaining show.  There are left and right wing political entertainers, but as long as they put on an entertaining show, then that is what really counts.

  11. 145
    HoosierDaddy? wrote:

    04:26 PM, Jan 06, 2010

    @ Freud Was Wrong: This is articulate? "I’m not just killing them I’m f**king slaughtering them and I’m going to gut them and skin them, quarter them and butcher them and feed them to the soup kitchen and homeless shelters of America. Not because I need to, because it will cause Bill Maher to sh*t blood." Only if we all lived inside a Tarantino movie my friend.

    On extending "the middle finger to political correctness while wearing a huge grin," did that attitude stop Republicans and Beck-oids from screaming bloody murder when Democrats compared blocking healthcare reform to murder or opposing the abolition of slavery?

    And as far as judging him "by his actions," rabid conservatives and teabaggers would do well to remember that goes both ways before trumping up absurd lies about things like, let's see, climate change, healthcare reform, and on, and on...

  12. 105
    Elderotto wrote:

    05:47 PM, Jan 06, 2010

    I liked the sex crazed Nuge of the 70's....He should keep his wang danged political views on the shelf before he loses more of his fans.

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