Nobody is more patriotic (or is that psychotic?) on this Memorial Day Weekend than the one and only (and possibly soon to be Michigan governor) Ted Nugent.
During the private inaugural party at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, in 2000, President George W Bush glanced across the room and recognised a man who – by his own account – has urinated on a nun, soiled his trousers for a week in order to avoid the draft, and been detained on a charge of indecent exposure, after experiencing difficulties with his loincloth in Little Rock, Arkansas. The President confronted him as a matter of urgency.
“When he noticed me,” Ted Nugent recalls, “he was surrounded by these huge bankrollers from his campaign. He literally swept past all of them and said: ‘Laura! Look who’s here! It’s Ted!’
In Iraq, he says, he was allowed the opportunity to man automatic weapons. “Our failure,” he tells me, “has been not to Nagasaki them.”
“Is that opinion shared by your friends in the Republican Party?”
“Most of them feel that way.”
“At what level?”
“I’ve heard it from high-level senators and congressmen.”
“How high?”
“The highest.”
“Do you mean Rumsfeld, Cheney, or Bush?”
“No,” he says, with a defiant look.
“What do these deer think when they see you coming?” I ask him. “Here comes the nice guy who puts out our dinner? Or, there’s the man that shot my brother?”
“I don’t think they’re capable of either of those thoughts, you Limey asshole. They’re only interested in three things: the best place to eat, having sex and how quickly they can run away. Much like the French.”
A friend of mine was listening to some spanish radio broadcast featuring Ted. As everyone probably knows, his self imposed nickname is the Motor City Madman. But in spanish is translated to “that crazy guy from Detroit.”
Which I find much more fitting.
Being a southern redneck at heart, I have a tendacy to agree with many of Nugent’s principles on issues like gun control, hunting, and general politics considering my politcal roots are in the realm of the (West Virginia) Democrat.
I would say more, but this is a debate for the CageMatch.
I happen to love Ted – while I don’t agree with everything he says or does, it’s nice to see that some people just don’t care.
In a world of political correctness run amok, he says what’s on his mind and does what he wants. I respect anyone on either side of “the aisle” who is open, honest and truly believes in what they say.
Of course, finding one of those in Washington might well prove impossible, but Ted is definately one of those people.
I didn’t realize this guy was from Detroit. First we have Madonna, then Eminem, and now him?
Wikipedia says he’s not running for governor here in 2006, but possibly in 2010. I hope to be out of here by then, so he can knock himself out.
It will be a very very VERY cold day in Hell before The Motor City Madman is elected Governor of Michigan.
I like Ted, don’t get me wrong. He’s certainly not afraid to stand up for what he believes in that’s for sure. But come on…you all KNOW that most of the things he spouts off about is just a gimmick, right? Controversy sells. He’s just like Howard Stern or whoever….they say outrageous things and get everyone talking about them and that stirs up the shit-storm around them and they wallow in it.
Nuke Iraq? Are you fricken kidding me? Nuke them for what? The world not hate us enough? We’re not making ordinary people turn terrorist on us fast enough?
And he owns 350 guns…ok. That’s his hobby. It’s legal and he can own them. That’s fine. But what I’ve always wondered about is people that buy a hand gun for home protection. Again, they don’t think these things out to their conclusion: What happens if someone breaks into your house? You get your gun out…ok…that is if you hear them. Ok, you hear them and get your gun and sneak out, but what if they have a gun also? Do you both dive behind the chair and the couch and have a wild-west shoot-out? It then becomes shoot him before he shoots you….that is if you absolutely are SURE that it’s a burglar.
I’m not saying anything here. I’m neither pro or anti gun. I’m just asking questions here. Perhaps not many think like me….
He should stick to beef jerky, lousy cameos and wango tango.
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Madonna isn’t from Detroit, she’s from Bay City.
Jonny-Cakes, thats why you don’t have a handgun for home protection. You have a shotgun, unloaded. Pump it once and anyone that shouldn’t be there leaves, and anyone that should be there screams “HOLY CRAP ITS ME! CHILL OUT!” It all works out pretty well. ^_^
#1:
Erm….that’s pretty much what it means in English, isn’t it?
“Erm….that’s pretty much what it means in English, isn’t it?”
I’m assuming English isn’t your first language. The phrase “Motor City Madman” has a certain flow too it. While, “That crazy guy from Detroit” sounds more like a mere description rather than a “cool” phrase.
Like imagine if the Red Hot Chili Peppers went with the name, “The chili peppers which are both red and hot.” Or if the Rolling Stones picked, “The stones that roll.” Or if AC/DC picked, “Electrical current that alternates.”
If English is not your first language, these differences are probably too subtle to pick up. But for English speakers, the differences are vast.
Yes, Ted Nugent is off his rocker. anything else?
It is tough not to love Sweaty Teddy, such a whack-job. If more Republicans were like him, we would all be better off. It is difficult to imagine anyone telling him to “stay the course” though …
obCatScratchFever:
Teddy (doing the stadium rock thing): “San Antonio! San Antonio!”
audience member (above the crowd noise): “Suck my bonio!”
Teddy: “Thank you!”
#11, My best laugh today. Masterful expanation.
#12, I don’t find it difficult at all NOT to like Nugent.
BTW, Alice Cooper also comes from Detroit. Actually, there is a wealth of bands, groups, and solo artists with their roots in the Motor city. Nugent just happens to be one of the lesser talented ones.
Ted’s okay. As #3 said there is no political correctness with Ted. You ask him a question you get an answer not a runaround. He is definetely not perfect but neither am I. When I saw him about 30 yrs. ago he put on a helluva show.
The last paragraph of the post sounds like something you read on blogs, even this one.
>>>>>“I don’t think they’re capable of either of those thoughts, you Limey asshole. They’re only interested in three things: the best place to eat, having sex and how quickly they can run away. Much like the French.”