NBC Pounces on Ted Nugent Comments, Ignores Obama's Own History of Violent Metaphors
Uniquely among the broadcast network evening newscasts, Wednesday's NBC Nightly News highlighted controversial comments about President Obama recently made by conservative rocker Ted Nugent, even bringing up another controversial clip from 2007.
But correspondent Andrea Mitchell failed to mention that Obama has his own history of using violent metaphors, as, during the 2008 campaign, then-Senator Obama gave a speech in which he spoke of bringing a gun to a knife fight. Obama, at a speech in Philadelphia in June 2008:
If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun.
Anchor Brian Williams introduced Mitchell's report:
Federal investigators are trying to figure out whether Ted Nugent is just a loud mouth or a dangerous loud mouth. It's what the former rock musician said in support of Mitt Romney that got him an appointment to talk to the feds right at this time when Romney is trying to win over conservative Republicans.
After playing a clip of "gun-loving rocker" Ted Nugent making a reference to the movie Braveheart and calling on audience members to "chop their heads off in November," Mitchell linked Nugent to the Romney campaign. Mitchell:
Nugent endorsed Romney in March, tweeting, "After a long heart and soul conversation with Mitt Romney today, I concluded this good man will properly represent 'we the people,' and I endorsed him."
Romney's son Tagg quickly tweeted his excitement: "Ted Nugent endorsed my dad today. Ted Nugent? How cool is that? He joins Kid Rock as great Detroit musicians on Team Mitt. And Mitt Romney sounded happy to have Nugent's support.
She added:
Asked about Nugent's latest comments, the Romney campaign said divisive language is offensive without mentioning Nugent. But Nugent has been trash talking Barack Obama since 2007.
After a clip of Nugent attacking Obama and Hillary Clinton at a concert in 2007, Mitchell concluded:
For now, the Romney campaign seems to think Nugent's support is more important than the criticism he brings.
- Brad Wilmouth's blog
- Login to post comments
Comments
How pathetic! The left does
Submitted by pilgrim4jc on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 9:27am.
How pathetic! The left does it every day. I guess the recent 10k bounty by the "new black panthers" wasn't news worthy?
Ted is right!
Tales from the crypt.........
Submitted by Tomorama on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 9:35am.
Beat me too it.
See pilgrim, the mistake we make as smart people is that we can look at both situations and find fault.
Nugent used metaphors and a throw away movie line to foolishly make his point, BUT the Black Panthers just came right out and PUT A BOUNTY on SOMEONES HEAD - WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE.
See the difference why Nugent was a story and the other wasn't?
sarc is totally on....
They will have a field day with this
Submitted by ricklail on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 9:32am.
Uncle Ted slams Debbie Shultz of the Wasserman crime family
http://weaselzippers.us/2012/04/18/nugent-calls-debbie-wasserman-schultz...
Digressing a bit, the Washerwoman
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 10:01am.
has a new look, but some in the media are still using the old photos, I see.
Like all liberal pledges, " I wouldn't change [my hair] for anything" is also "no longer operative."
Looks like she had a nose job too.
If she were a Republican does anyone think the talking heads would NOT be commenting on her looks?
I saw this last night
Submitted by merly1 on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 9:32am.
That this is presented as a "news" story on the evening news --->yet again reveals why
the viewership of these shows is at historic lows.
NBC is all-in for Owebama, no doubt, and I suspect they felt obligated to do a tit-for-tat story from
their hardcore base after running the Hilary Rosen story prominently last week..................
Close ties between Obama, Holder and Black Panthers
Submitted by ChrisNH on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 9:41am.
The very close ties linking Eric Holder and Obama to the violent Black Panthers needs to be talked about more. Andrea is doing Obama's 'bidding,' we all agree. Time to up the ante.
Keep up the fight Ted
Submitted by Iron Tigers Vet on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 9:56am.
Only the right gets this kind of flack, but when it's on the left, especially from the POTUS, well, it gets dismissed.
1. "They bring a knife...we bring a gun."
2. "Get in their faces"
3. Obama to ACORN thugs: " ***I don't want to quell anger***. I think people are right to be angry! I'm angry!"
4. Obama on business: "We talk to these folks...so I know whose ass to kick."
5. Obama to voters: " Republican victory would mean "hand to hand combat."
6. Obama to Latino supporters: "Punish your enemies!"
7. Obama to Democrats: "I'm itching for a fight."
Where was the media at when all this was said? That's right, nowhere!
Would love to see...
Submitted by BBallleaper on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 10:24am.
this emaciated feminine metrosexual throw a punch. He can't even throw a baseball to home plate!!
Nugent
Submitted by stan25 on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 9:58am.
The leftist so-called entertainers (Bill Mahr, The Dixie Chicks etc) called for the outright assassination of George W Bush on nationwide television and nothing was ever done about it by the Secret Service or was reported by the state controlled media. Any metaphor about violence by someone on the right about Zero, is breathlessly shouted out and the Secret service does a full blown money wasting investigation. If Ted Nugent was a full blown big time lefty, this would have been buried by the state controlled media.
I wouldn't dare want to journey into the center of Nugent's mind
Submitted by TSM on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 10:06am.
He had some pretty good songs, but he's too extreme for me. He's bordering on Ruby Ridge weird. Of course there are a lot of stupid things that Hollywood "stars" and Rock and Roll stars have said when critizing republicans. Still (and as well as it should be) you can't ever even make it sound like you're making threats against the POTUS.
~Unless you're a leftist
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 10:22am.
Than you can hang/burn the President in effigy and make a movie about his assassination, all while claiming the moral high ground.
Double Standard
Submitted by TSM on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 10:29am.
Yes. A definate double standard.
The man ate dog!
Submitted by Savonarola on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 10:17am.
Nugent would gladly bite the head off a live chicken, but would he eat man's best friend.
Dizzzzgustiiing.
➚ Try the Shih Tzu-flay
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 10:24am.
I'm here all week . . . Tip your waitstaff. . . You've been a great audience!
Stakes are high
Submitted by bkeyser on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 10:39am.
and so am I
It's in the air tonight
It's a free for all, baby.
Hack Mitchell would never call out Obama's Rapper pals
Submitted by OxyCon on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 11:27am.
Hack Mitchell would never call out Obama's Rapper pals who have visited Obama in the White House numerous times who are involved with gangs and say racist and misogynistic things...yet Obama considers them his friends.
I'd Go With Howard Stern's Opinion On This One...
Submitted by TheReal7Sticks on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 11:59am.
I'd go with Howard Stern's opinion on this one: “I love that guy. He’s nuts…He’s one of those guys who kills deer, so he thinks he’s like, a tough guy...During the Vietnam War, he admits that he peed his own pants and s**t his pants for a week and went down there and got out of the draft. If he’s so tough, why don’t you go in the f***ing military…He talks about fighting for his freedoms. Who is he fighting,...deer? I mean who is he fighting? As far as I know he’s fighting deer…Why doesn’t he sign up for Afghanistan?...He should be playing Cat Scratch Fever at some fair, which is probably what frustrates him most...Just a big p**sy with a f***ing gun.”
My sentiments exactly.
As usual, Stern
Submitted by HockeyKid on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 2:25pm.
doesn't know what he's blathering about.
And one who can't do anything but post someone else's opinion as their own should be very careful about who they call p**sy.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Good comeback
Submitted by Someone Said on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 3:53pm.
Stern's point is spot on here.
And I'd bet
Submitted by Model850 on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 4:25pm.
Oooo. Look who's talking tough, now.
I'd bet real money that neither Stern nor you has the guts to say those things to Ted's face.
Yeah, that means alot...
Submitted by NC Cop on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 9:41am.
coming from a guy who sits in his locked, secure studio every day trashing people left and right and makes millions of dollars off of it.
Yeah, he's got room to talk.
Stern, Sticks, & Someone Said ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 5:21pm.
the letter "S", indeed.
As in Sh*theads.
MD
Indeed.
Submitted by HockeyKid on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 6:26pm.
I'll give "Sticks" credit, though--he has yet to post an original thought here. Usually it's the "both sides do it" blather of the leftist claiming moderate status. I guess he's off his meds today.
As for "Someone Said"--'nuff said.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me