Ted Nugent Removed From Summer Concert After Obama Comments

Posted on Apr 20th 2012 12:15PM by Amy Sciarretto Comments

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And we thought caribou and moose where the only ones not safe from Ted Nugent's rifle scope. The outspoken and conservative Motor City Madman made the leader of the free world a verbal target recently when he made some controversial comments about President Obama last weekend, causing him to be removed from a summer concert to be held at Fort Knox Godman Airfield in Fort Knox, Kentucky on June 23.

According to Wave3, Nugent was set to perform alongside REO Speedwagon and Styx. But Uncle Ted is no longer on the bill, thanks to what he said at an NRA (National Rifle Association) meeting in St. Louis on April 14. When referencing the Obama administration and the imminent election, Uncle Ted said, "We need to ride into that battlefield and chop their heads off in November."

But that's not all. He also predicted that he would be "dead or in jail by this time next year" if Barry O. gets re-elected. While the Nuge said he was speaking metaphorically, the Secret Service isn't taking it lightly. They are said to be investigating his statements.

Uncle Ted insists that it was not a threat against the president, although it was perceived as such. He told Glenn Beck that "by no stretch of the imagination did I threaten anyone's life, or hint at violence or mayhem. Metaphors needn't be explained to educated people." While we understand that he was speaking figuratively, saying such things at a gun conference isn't, well, smart.

So some inflammatory and ill-advised comments have gotten the Nuge booted from a summer gig and put the Secret Service on his ass. Nice going, Ted!

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