{"id":33913,"date":"2017-02-17T12:53:18","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T20:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=33913"},"modified":"2017-02-17T12:57:29","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T20:57:29","slug":"parroting-trump-theme-ted-nugent-considers-running-for-the-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=33913","title":{"rendered":"Parroting Trump Theme, Ted Nugent Considers Running For The Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s come to this? After the election of Donald Trump there is almost nothing that is beyond the realm of political decency. Trump&#8217;s campaign was a bizarre circus of racism, misogyny, ignorance, and juvenile tantrums and insults. So what&#8217;s next for right-wing America?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Campaign-2016\/trump-nugent.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump Ted Nugent\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33076\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/posts\/1631095973571858\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Advs\/fb-share-tn.jpg\" width=\"274\" height=\"20\" class=\"aligncenter\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fox News is reporting that Ted Nugent is considering running for the senate in Michigan. This news comes on the heels of a previous report that Republicans might <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/kid-rock-senate-trump_us_58a49658e4b094a129f14a27\" target=\"_blank\">recruit Kid Rock<\/a><\/strong> for the same seat. The Deplorables are certainly stepping up their political presence. But while Kid Rock never responded to the speculation, Nugent has already <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/2017\/02\/17\/sen-nugent-motor-city-madman-mulls-2018-senate-run.html\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a><\/strong> his interest in running on a familiar campaign theme:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m always very interested in making my country and the great state of Michigan great again and there is nothing I wouldn&#8217;t do to help in any way I possibly can.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Nugent was an avid supporter of Trump and campaigned with him. Typically classy, Nugent <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CorrectRecord\/status\/795406829505445888\" target=\"_blank\">took the stage<\/a><\/strong> at a Trump rally in Michigan and grabbed his crotch. <em>&#8220;I&#8217;ve got your blue state right here, baby,&#8221;<\/em> he ranted. <em>&#8220;Black and blue.&#8221;<\/em> Perhaps he could have that printed on a baseball cap.<\/p>\n<p>But that isn&#8217;t even close to the most vile public comments Nugent has retched over the years. The <em>&#8220;Motor City Madman&#8221;<\/em> famous for songs like <em>&#8220;Jailbait&#8221;<\/em> and <em>&#8220;Wang Dang Sweet Poontang,&#8221;<\/em> has a record of abhorrent utterances. For instance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nugent said that &#8220;Jews for guncontrol are nazis in disguise?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>He ranted that Clinton \u201cshould be tried for treason &#038; hung.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>In a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tednugent\/posts\/10153694390652297\" target=\"_blank\">tweet<\/a><\/strong> portraying Clinton being assassinated, Nugent wrote: &#8220;I got your guncontrol right here bitch!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>He <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mediamatters.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/21\/outdoor-channels-ted-nugent-says-subhuman-mongr\/197669\" target=\"_blank\">called President Obama<\/a><\/strong> a &#8220;subhuman mongrel.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Referring to Clinton in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westword.com\/music\/teds-world-5054209\" target=\"_blank\">an interview<\/a><\/strong>, Nugent said &#8220;&#8221;You probably can&#8217;t use the term `toxic cunt&#8217; in your magazine, but that&#8217;s what she is. [and] This bitch is nothing but a two-bit whore for Fidel Castro.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>He exhorted his fans to vote for Trump or &#8220;the devilbitch will continue the fundamental transformation of the Barack \u2018I Hate America\u2019 Obama suicide death march for America.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>And echoing Trump&#8217;s animosity for the free press, he <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2015\/01\/ted-nugent-calls-media-retards-who-scrw-farm-animals-weeks-before-tv-special-with-sarah-palin\/\" target=\"_blank\">called the media<\/a><\/strong> &#8220;retards&#8221; who &#8220;screw farm animals.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Perhaps the most appalling of Nugent&#8217;s public meltdowns was a video that went viral a few years ago. It showed him thoroughly unhinged at a concert where he fantasized about killing several Democratic politicians. While brandishing what appeared to be a couple of automatic weapons, Trump bellowed:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;I was in Chicago and I said &#8216;Hey Obama, you might want to suck on one of these you punk.&#8217; Obama, he\u2019s a piece of shit, and I told him to suck on my machine gun. Then I was in New York and I said, \u2018Hey Hillary you might want to ride one of these into the sunset you worthless bitch.&#8217; Then I was out in California and I thought, Barbara Boxer, she might want to suck on my machine gun. Hey Dianne Feinstein, ride one of these you worthless whore.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tNLmi0_216g?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It isn\u2019t coincidental that most of his targets are women. Nor is it surprising that he and Trump have such affinity for one another. They both engage in childish vulgarity. They are both consumed with hatred for their fellow Americans. Racism is a prime motivating factor for both of them. They are both draft dodgers who now pretend to revere the military. And they have both publicly boasted about their misogynistic affairs and sexual assaults that have included women and girls.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican Party&#8217;s aversion to celebrities engaging in politics is always suspended when it&#8217;s one of their celebrities. However, in this case they have nothing to worry about. Nugent is hardly a celebrity. He&#8217;s a 1970&#8217;s a washout who has spent the last few decades performing as a novelty act at state fairs and shilling for the NRA.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00QSSMOES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00QSSMOES&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=newscorpsecom-20&#038;linkId=TLI6JC2OYE22MUTS\" target=\"_blank\">Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><br \/>\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It would be kind of fun to see Nugent square off against Kid Rock in a GOP primary. However, given the public&#8217;s affinity for tabloid-style, reality show politics, I would not not want see any such candidate in a general election. The stakes are too high. And Trump has proven that too many people are swayed by shallow blowhards they&#8217;ve seen on their TVs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s come to this? After the election of Donald Trump there is almost nothing that is beyond the realm of political decency. Trump&#8217;s campaign was a bizarre circus of racism, misogyny, ignorance, and juvenile tantrums and insults. So what&#8217;s next for right-wing America? Fox News is reporting that Ted Nugent is considering running for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[152,1,1200],"tags":[554,33,77],"class_list":["post-33913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election","category-general","category-politics","tag-donald-trump","tag-fox-news","tag-ted-nugent"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-nugent.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-8OZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8380,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=8380","url_meta":{"origin":33913,"position":0},"title":"Romney, Nugent, Trump, Et Al: A News Corpse Retrospective Of The 2012 Campaign In Words And Pictures","author":"Mark NC","date":"11\/7\/2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I can't remember an election season that I was ever so glad was over. 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