# Ted Nugent

Theodore Anthony "Ted" Nugent (born December 13, 1948) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, hunter, and political activist. Nugent initially gained fame as the lead guitarist of the Amboy Dukes, a band formed in 1963 that played psychedelic rock. After playing with the Amboy Dukes, he embarked on a solo career. Nugent is a board member of the National Rifle Association.

## Quotes

* Practice, practice, practice. Practice until you get a guitar welt on your chest...if it makes you feel good, don't stop until you see the blood from your fingers. Then you'll know you're on to something!
** Denyer, Ralph (2002). The Guitar Handbook. p. 66. ISBN 0-679-74275-1.
* Apartheid isn't that cut and dry. All men are not created equal. The preponderance of South Africa is a different breed of man … They still put bones in their noses, they still walk around naked, they wipe their butts with their hands ...These are different people. You give 'em toothpaste, they fucking eat it.
** Nugent interviewed in the Detroit Free Press Magazine,1990, (Sugarmann, Josh (May 25, 2011). "So NRA Board Member Ted Nugent Spews a Little Hate at Texas Inaugural Festivities: What Next, Dog Bites Man?". HuffPost. )
* Ted likes his meat dead, enough said
** Supergroup (2006)
* With all due respect, many in the entertainment industry are deep into mind-altering substance abuse, and when one’s logic and intellectual calculating powers are replaced with dopey feel-good, fantasy-driven denial, the democratic party serves them well.
** On why entertainment celebrities tend to favor the Democratic Party, as quoted in "Ted Nugent blasts Matt Damon on Palin" in The Christian Science Monitor (18 September 2008)
* Pat Buchanan...was fired by MSNBC for doing nothing more than voicing his rock-solid conservative thoughts on the otherwise failing network....The real message of the left is intolerance, zealotry, bigotry and hate. The left has no use for the First Amendment or the rest of the Constitution unless it fits their multicultural, euro-socialist agenda, which is failing all across Europe and everywhere it is practiced.
** Washington Times op-ed by Nugent criticizing MSNBC for firing Pat Buchanan, February 20, 2012.
* If it was up to me, if you uttered the word 'gun control,' we'd put you in jail.
** From a speech at the 2011 NRA Convention.
* And let's all be honest here; more of us believe in the American hero Sheriff Joe Arpaio's thorough investigation into your phony birth certificate and phony history than the phony media's smoke and mirrors.
** Referring to Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio's 2012 announcement alleging that a Cold Case Posse under his direction determined that President Barack Obama's Hawaii birth certificate was a computer-generated forgery ("The Greastest Phony America's Ever Known", WND, 21 July 2013 , quoted in Nick Wing (1 August 2013), "Ted Nugent Goes Birther, Suggests Obama Is Muslim In Latest Tirade", The Huffington Post )

### The New York Times interview (2005)

    Vegans, Keep Out: It's Hunting Season by Danny Hakim in The New York Times (27 September 2005)
* Big bangs don't make this. That's not a big bang. God made that. That's a liver. That's mystical. You and I can't make livers. Things banging don't make livers. This is mystical stuff. This is magic. This is perfection.
* I'll show you some security and I'll show you some peace: Nagasaki and Hiroshima. You fuck with us and we'll fucking melt you.
* They got how many trillions of dollars in gold and silver and jewelry and art and real estate and stained glass and they're passing the basket on Sunday so they can get the tomato farmers' donation?
** On the Roman Catholic Church

### Postings on Pantera (2006)

    Postings to his official message board quoted "TED NUGENT Says PANTERA's Version Of 'Cat Scratch Fever' Had 'No Soul, No Balls'" at Blabbermouth.net (14 May 2006)
* [I] never thought too highly of anyone foolish enough to take on the nickname of a life-destroying dope product and promote such family-destroying conduct on stage.
** Regarding Dimebag Darrell
* Though I'm no expert on all things Pantera, I did hear their version of 'Cat Scratch Fever' and it was exceedingly white. No soul, no balls, no feel. Caucasian all the way. Elements of dope, booze and heroin disconnect quite apparent as usual. There is no excuse for such horrifically negative, irresponsible, criminal, America-wrecking behavior as such chimp-like substance abuse. Period. They appeared as Ozzy-like zombies on TV. Ya think. American drunks and dopers are allahpuke terrorists' favorite allies. Damn them. Damn them all.
* I indeed do respect all people for the positives in their life. Sadly, there comes a time of diminishing returns in the balance. At the end of the day, my respect is reserved for those solidly in the asset column of mankind.
** Reply to a fan who wrote "you have to at least respect Dime as a guitarist."

### 2014 interview at Guns.com

* I have obviously failed to galvanize and prod, if not shame enough Americans to be ever vigilant not to let a Chicago communist-raised, communist-educated, communist-nurtured subhuman mongrel like the ACORN community organizer gangster Barack Hussein Obama to weasel his way into the top office of authority in the United States of America.
** Whitaker, Morgan (January 22, 2014). "Ted Nugent calls Obama ‘subhuman mongrel’". NBC News. MSNBC. ; Johnson, Timothy (January 21, 2014). "Outdoor Channel's Ted Nugent Says "Subhuman Mongrel" President Obama Should Be Convicted Of Treason". Media Matters for America. ; Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (September 28, 2017). We know the NRA’s history. Yes, it’s racist..; Johnson, Timothy (September 27, 2017). "23 reasons why the NRA is racist". Media Matters for America.

### The Washington Times column, July 5, 2012

* Because our legislative, judicial and executive branches of government hold the 10th Amendment in contempt, I'm beginning to wonder if it would have been best had the South won the Civil War. Our Founding Fathers' concept of limited government is dead.
** Nugent, Ted (July 5, 2012). "Turncoat Roberts". The Washington Times. ; Hananoki, Eric; Johnson, Timothy (February 21, 2014). "Here Are 13 Other Repugnant Comments Ted Nugent Should Apologize For". Media Matters for America.

### 1994 interview in Westword

* You probably can't use the term `toxic cunt' in your magazine, but that's what [Hilary Clinton] is. Her very existence insults the spirit of individualism in this country. This bitch is nothing but a two-bit whore for Fidel Castro.
* In Ted's world, we want the death penalty to be imposed at the scene of the crime.
* Should a kid going to a Grateful Dead concert who's caught with sugar-cube-encrusted LSD go to prison for life with no parole? Of course not. But should that guy get caned? Yeah. And should he go to prison in an overcrowded cell where a huge, unclean black man will fuck him in the ass every night? Yeah. Now, that sounds cruel, doesn't it? Well, tough fucking shit.
** Roberts, Michael (July 27, 1994). "Ted's World". Westword. ; Hananoki, Eric; Johnson, Timothy (February 21, 2014). "Here Are 13 Other Repugnant Comments Ted Nugent Should Apologize For". Media Matters for America.

### Live at the Feather Falls Casino

* Obama, he's a piece of shit, and I told him to suck on my machine gun. Let's hear it for him. And then I was in New York. I said, "Hey, Hillary, you might want to ride one of these into the sunset, you worthless bitch. Since I'm in California, how about Barbara Boxer, she might want to suck on my machine gun. And Dianne Feinstein, ride one of these you worthless whore. Any questions?
** Hananoki, Eric; Johnson, Timothy (February 21, 2014). "Here Are 13 Other Repugnant Comments Ted Nugent Should Apologize For". Media Matters for America.

### Interviewed on Hannity and Colmes, June 29 2000

* I got to tell you, guys that have sex with each other's anal cavities -- how can we offend guys that actually have anal sex? Don't you think that might offend some of us who think that's despicable?
** Hananoki, Eric; Johnson, Timothy (February 21, 2014). "Here Are 13 Other Repugnant Comments Ted Nugent Should Apologize For". Media Matters for America.

### Don't be Niggardly with Language (June 24, 2015)

* Along with President Obama and my hero Richard Pryor, we join Howard Stern, Johnny Cochran, Mark Furman [sic], O.J. Simpson, Kid Rock, James Brown, the mighty Funkbrothers, Al not so Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan, Malcolm X, Kanye West, Fifty Cent and pretty much every black rapper and hip hopper on earth, Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, a few thousand NBA, NFL, MLB sports stars, legions of famous and not so famous musicians, actors, politicians, media personalities and assorted celebrities of every color, creed, ethnicity and walk of life, along with a few million others around the world who have used and continue to use the word nigger at one time or another. The dishonest referencing of the word by its first letter is the epitome of political correctness gone mad.
** Nugent, Ted (June 24, 2015). "Don't be Niggardly with Language". WorldNetDaily. ; Johnson, Timothy (June 25, 2015). "NRA's Ted Nugent Praises Use Of The Word "Nigger"". Media Matters for America. ; Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (September 28, 2017). We know the NRA’s history. Yes, it’s racist..; Johnson, Timothy (September 27, 2017). "23 reasons why the NRA is racist". Media Matters for America.

### Give Trump the Medal of Freedom (August 7, 2015)

    Give Trump the Medal of Freedom (August 7, 2015), WorldNetDaily
* The problem with guys like Ari Fleischer, the former press secretary of George W. Bush, is that he’s drunk the inside-the-beltway political Kookaid for so long that he actually believes his own spin. Poor guy went down for the third time in the denial goo long ago. Donald Trump’s biggest critics all believe that the engine of all things good and serious emanates from the professional Fedzillacrats who apparently enjoy wallowing in the said goo of Washington, D.C. ... Donald Trump is a mess? Maybe Mr. Fleischer should open up the political garbage can he and the majority of Fedzillacrats live in and take a look at the real, certifiable, rotting, stinking mess that has been caused by the professional scammers of both political stripes for the past 50 years. ... If you want to watch a real political train wreck, witness a real mess in progress, you need look no further than the professional politicians who have borrowed and spent this country into oblivion. Trump that if you dare.
* Mr. Trump didn’t create this economic swan dive to the street. Our politicians did.
* Our forefathers wouldn’t recognize the political labyrinth our professional politicians have created. The very things our forefathers warned us not to do as it pertains to embracing a centralized, powerful federal government is the very cliff our professional politicians have steered the Goodship America straight off of.
* American doesn’t need any more professional political punks in D.C., unless you believe sticking a red hot crowbar in your eye is an excellent treatment for cataracts. It’s professional political punks who have created the pus-filled infected wound of fundamental transformation, not Donald Trump. They are the ones calling for a bigger bureaucratic shovel for the hole they have already dug, not Donald Trump. They are the ones who have lied to Americans or intentionally hidden the truth from us, not Donald Trump. It’s professional politicians who are the enemy of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, not Donald Trump.
* Donald Trump’s message sings to Americans because he doesn’t play politically correct brain-dead games. He calls them like he sees them. That’s refreshing to millions of Americans who believe political correctness is a public cancer that has eroded free speech and everything else good about America.
* Donald Trump should be given the Medal of Freedom for speaking his mind in such a bold, honest and straight-forward manner.
** Quoted in Shaq Didn’t Call Trump the 'Best President' (September 17, 2018) by Catherine Monk, FactCheck.org
* GOP, your very existence is on the line here. Show some honesty or you’re done.

## Song lyrics

* The magic's in my hands When in doubt I whip it out I got me a rock 'n' roll band It's a free-for-all
** "Free-for-All" on Free-for-All (1976)
* I make the pussy purr with The stroke of my hand They know they gettin' it from me They know just where to go When they need their lovin man They know I do it for free They give me cat scratch fever
** "Cat Scratch Fever" on Cat Scratch Fever (1977)

## Quotes about Nugent

* Ted Nugent would make a good cult leader. He’s got all the ingredients: charisma, fame in a popular art form, a highly articulate and highly singular worldview and a badass public persona. Also, the man is heavily armed.
** Amy Benfer, "I have the American Dream Licked!", Salon, (June 11, 2002)
* But while Nugent has taken some measure of responsibility for his "subhuman mongrel" remark, the comment is just a drop in the bucket compared to his long history of racism, sexism, homophobia, Islamophobia, animus towards immigrants, and propensity to use violence-tinged language.
** Hananoki, Eric; Johnson, Timothy (February 21, 2014). "Here Are 13 Other Repugnant Comments Ted Nugent Should Apologize For". Media Matters for America.
* Where is this mysterious dictionary, in which “subhuman mongrel”—a direct racist slur, calling the President and the nine million or so Americans who identify themselves as multiracial animals, with an etymology that includes citations involving the Ku Klux Klan, slaveholders, and Nazis—is “street-fighter terminology” for a liar or breaker of oaths?
** Amy Davidson Sorkin in The New Yorker magazine, February 22, 2014 (Davidson Sorkin, Amy (February 22, 2014). "Ted Nugent’s “Subhuman Mongrel” Slur, in Translation". The New Yorker. )
* Then there is Ted Nugent — the NRA’s most prominent, unabashed bigot. “The Noog” has served as an NRA board member for years and has never been shy about his despicable views on race.
** Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (September 28, 2017). We know the NRA’s history. Yes, it’s racist..

## External links

* Official site
* Damnocracy
* Hananoki, Eric; Johnson, Timothy (February 21, 2014). "Here Are 13 Other Repugnant Comments Ted Nugent Should Apologize For". Media Matters for America.