right-wing defense of ted nugent? i mean, why defend ted nugent? who's this guy? well, as i explained, the head half shaking crowd who is all about firearms in this country and the nra, romney can't afford to throw them under the bus, so he's stuck with nugent. how do you see it? >> i think you're right, ed. and the i think people don't understand is how powerful the nra lobbies is. the stand your ground laws are largely a result of the nra lobbying power. so ted nugent may not be a romney surrogate, but he's certainly an nra surrogate. and this language of violence -- here's the thing, ted nugent is a nut case, and he's going to say crazy things and maybe we'll pay attention and maybe we won't but when you give him a platform, then you have to begin to worry about the kind of people he's going to influence. and god bless the secret service here. with this particular president, they've had to field a lot of credible and less credible sort of threats and different situations, much more than any president prior to presi

one of romney's sons tweeted, "ted nugent endorsed my dad today. ted nugent? how cool is that!family obviously has no idea how cool anything is. mitt romney actually had to work hard to get ted nugent's endorsement. it was important to romney to have a prominent gun nut from the craziest segment of the right wing endorsing him sin comx to clean the skin. just a pea-sized amount presidential candidate mitt romney took the time to have that long heart & soul conversation with him for his endorsement after ted nugent said this. >> obama, he's a piece of [ bleep ]. >> mitt romney's definition of divisive language is different from yours and mine. mitt romney knew exactly what kind of diseased mind he was begging to endorse him when he went after the prized ted nugent endorsement. mitt romney is now the only presidential candidate who has a prominent endorser who is being investigated by the secret service, the very same secret service that now protects mitt romney's life. "new york" magazine reports this reaction from the secret service tonight after ted nugent's most recent outbur

nugent, how cool is that.musicians on team mitt. proving that team mitt knows nothing about what is cool and what a great detroit musician is. and now, the romney campaign is, in effect, calling ted nugent a liar. saying it's not how it happened. the romney campaign told nbc news that they never solicited ted nugent's endorsement. and earlier today while walking the rope line at a campaign event, mitt romney would not answer when asked three separate questions about ted nugent by an nbc new reporter with the romney campaign. but on march 2nd shall the day nugent endorsed romney, one reporter for the texas tribune talked to ted nugent to find out who called who. and this afternoon msnbc's martin beshear talked to that reporter. >> got a phone call and to his surprise took the opportunity to solicit romney's pledge that there would be no restrictions to the second amendment under his presidency and at that point, nugent decided to give him his endorsement. >> just to be specific and clear and cat gore i can, so

ted nugent has a meeting with secret service.ose and personal meeting with agents today. for his part, nugent says he looks forward with the chat and says it will be a fine gathering backstage before his concert in oklahoma. >> a pipeline whose permit was denied by president obama comes up with a another proposed route. transcanada's new keystone pipeline route is east of what was initially proposed and would pose less of an environmental risk. >>> a man in portland, oregon, said he had no plans to lose his shirt at the airport, but he did, along with everything else at the tsa screening line. john brennan said he got naked in protest. he explained on this morning's "starting point." they had actually already patted me down, and were testing residue from that patdown. i had to ask what was going on. they were not very informative about what was going on and at the point i found out i tested positive for nitrate which is are an explosive i decide the best way to show them i'm not carrying a bomb i took off my clothes and i just de

the nra is running away from ted nugent. they have scrubbed his remarks from their website. >> our government is wiping its [ bleep ] with the constitution. god bless you for being here, i feel a positive energy. >> i'll ask martin bashir why romney doesn't have the courage to denounce ted nugent. mitt romney goes from candidate to cookie monster. >> i'm not sure about these cookies. they don't look like you made them. no, they came from the local 7/11 bakery or wherever. >> the nation's john nichols will weigh in on romney's latest out of touch moment. >> good to have you with us tonight. thanks for watching. the republicans are waging war on the poor in america. just like the war on women, they want to pretend it doesn't exist. it's real. millions of the most vulnerable americans are being targeted. listen to eric cantor scapegoating poor americans today. >> over 45% of americans in this country don't pay income taxes at all. we have to question whether that's fair. >> he is complaining about poor americans who don't pay i

because it wasn't a ted nugent thing. these are self evident truths we adhere to and we the people of this country will demand them again soon and i pray to god in nof. >> i assume he includes the offensive remarks and dplen beck praises him and mike huckabee and this is a remarkable performance by these individuals. >> it is remarkable. silence is come police it that you don't speak out against and the verbal echo from the right wing, the conservative branch of the republican party is offensive and outrageous and frankly chilling. ted nugent is obviously part of the lun particular fringe that karen finney said they're trying to court. they knew what they were getting in the bargain, the sour cords he would play and the viciousness he would into and the inability to contain himself. they realize that ted nugent is saying stuff they can't say so it is a whistle and a signal to those out there, hey, come and join us because this kind of collective big got try is the enterprise here about and looking aas if they're and there

nugent needs a hug. the first thing he was saying his typical nugent stuff.he has something to plug. i was scrolling the internet, he has nothing to plug. i will give huge kudos to the cameraman. the best part is when he is giving the inspiring ra, ra speech. he says, we are all brave hearts. they are a bunch of fat guys in flannels. there you go. there are your brave hearts. i would have loved to have blue face paint to hide all of that. >> i am tired of somebody saying we are all brave hearts when the guy never served in the military. i am not all into calling people a chicken hawk thing. at the same time, don't point out how brave you are this military language when you never serve. >> we played military in the backyard every day. >> i agree. >> i think what he said was stupid. most people agree that it was a dumb thing to say. >> is the outrage machine ever going to stop? >> no. and it is on the left and the right. it is a constant feigning outrage over everything everybody says. grow up. ted nugent is a crazy rocker who said something stupid. if he is in

nugent.your goal should be to get a couple of thousand people per person to vote for mitt romney in november. >> we need to ride into that battlefield and chop their heads off in november. any questions? >> we will get to ted noog ents comments in a moment. in the battleground state of pennsylvania. what better excuse to send the bridge players shuffling off from the bethel park communicate center for mitt to roll up his sleeves and have a spot of lemonade with a female bus driver to his left and tim from the warehouse to his right. >> tim, you're working in a warehouse? are you paying tax this year or are you getting money back? >> we got money back. >>> although you paid a lot in. >> we have our two deductibles. >> indeed. mitt has five deductibles of his own. sons. or wait. does he have more than that? we won't know, will we, because he's filed for an extension on his taxes until october. he is far too busy to do his taxes. as he suggested to diane sawyer, he is otherwise occupied, taking

he said ted nugent endorsed my dad today. how cool is that? he joins kid rock as great detroit musicians on team mitt. when limbaugh had his incident and so many people thought he would be off the radio by now and lived to survive it and took the first major hit of his career, you had mitt romney according to the critics afraid to take on rush limbaugh. i get the power structure if there is one there. i don't get not coming out against ted nugent who hasn't had a hit since the 80s. >> i just think that you look at john mccain, the end of a tough campaign. he knew he was losing coming to the defense of president obama and then senator obama, when someone in the crowd said something critical of him and he stood up and defended him. i don't think mitt romney is making the calculation that john mccain picked up one persuadable voter from what could be perceived as a courageous october you understand voed by people in the republican base that may have disagreed with him. it is a calculation by mitt romney that he doesn't have to distance himself fr

in march, mitt romney and his son tag both welcomed nugent's support but nugent has been known for years a hater of barack obama who uses violent speech against the president and other democrats most recently at the nra convention this past sated. >> we've got a president and attorney general who doesn't even like the constitution. we've got four supreme court justices who don't believe in the constitution. if you can't galvanize and promote and recruit people to vote for mitt romney, we're done. we'll be a suburb of indonesia next year. our president and attorney general, our vice president hillary clinton, they're criminals. they're criminals. >> we with braveheart. we need to ride into that battlefield and chop their heads off in november. >> joining me now is politico's maggie haberman. the romney campaign really did not distance themselves very much, they didn't mention ted nugent by name given repeated opportunities. we were calling all last night and our garrett haake was there talking to them. they said that divisive language is not a good thing. and now today, ted nugent has ack

romney's son quickly tweeted his excitement, ted nugent endorsed my dad today. ted nugent.ool is that? he joins kid rock as great detroit musicians on team mitt. and mitt romney sounded happy to have his support. >> he said he had a great conversation with you. if ted says you're okay, he endorses you, i'm tempted to do the same thing. >> that's good to hear. it's been fun getting to know him and ted nugent. >> 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. >> he's a piece of [ bleep ] and i told him -- >> now the romney campaign seems to think nugent's support is more important than the criticism he brings. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> still ahead as we continue along the way tonight, mega millionaires. the couple who claimed a share of the record jackpot. question is, how did they keep it a secret for so long that they were now the richest people in their town? >>> and later, score one for boomers everywhere. the historymaker l

. >> nugent endorsed romney last month. this morning he talked about his upcoming meeting with the secret service on the glen beck radio show. >> yeah, we actually have heard from the secret service and they have a duty and i salute them and support them and i am looking forward to our meeting tomorrow. i am sure it will be a fine gathering back stage. >> wait. >> you are taking this seriously. >> you have a meeting tomorrow. >> yes. >> all of this is happening as the president is set to focus on the economy during his speech within the hour in ohio. we will bring you the president's remarks about the half hour mark when he starts up. joining me to talk more about nu jept nationally syndicated radio talk show host michael smirkonikh and a.b. stoddard and chip with us again, republican strategist. chip, i will start off with you. as point out it will be a meeting. this is not a formal investigation if you will. as you know, mitt romney is being criticized for not coming out and having that moment and speaking more harshly ag

nugent didn't stop there. here's how he rallied people to support mitt romney in november. >> and if you take that animate we the people defiance -- we're americans because we defied the king. we didn't negotiate and compromise with the king. we defied the emperors. we are braveheart. we need to ride into the battlefield and chop their head off in november. >> i think those are inflammatory remarks by any measure. >> it's incredible. >> with that said, he is a mitt romney supporter. he's not a spokesman for mitt romney. what is mitt romney say about this? >> no formal connection, but did endorse and support romney. obviously, the romney camp is not happy about this. they're looking to distance themselves from the controversy saying, "divisive language is offensive no matter what side of the political aisle it comes from. mitt romney believes everyone needs to be civil." and democrats are outraged. congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz says, "mitt romney must condemn nugent's violent and hateful rhetoric immed

i want to start with ted nugent.a becomes the president many november again, i will need to be dead or in jail by this time next year. why are you laughing? you think that's funny? that's not funny at all. i'm serious as a heart attack. >> yep. they don't call him the motorcity mad man for nothing, and now, pete, nugent says that he didn't mean it as a threat. what do you think? >> well, first of all, when he said why are you lafring, i was laughing right at that time. i thought he saw me. i thought that was live for a second. that's how funny this is. that's how ridiculous it is. listen, ted nugent knows exactly what he is doing. he has created a brand, and it woks for him, but there are limits to free speech. really, one, you can't threaten the president, which is pretty clear that that's what he did there, and now he just got removed from performing for the troops of fort knox. that's the latest development. randy, i think you can expect that. if i were to go off on some fortune 500 ceo, i'm thinking maybe i would

whatever happened to ted nugent? the secret service ought to drag his ass in and say, explain to us what you mean by "you would be dead or in jail if president obama is reelected ". why do we tolerate this kind of stuff? and why doesn't mitt romney say something? 866-he was worse on his dog than he is on ted nudge event 866-55-press. >> the bill press show now on current tv. hungry for it. building up to this. >>bill shares his views, now it's your turn. >>i know you're going to want to weigh in on these issues. >>connect with "full court press with bill press" at facebook.com/billpressshow and on twitter at bpshow. >>i believe people are hungry for it. this ♪ >> this is the full court press, live on your radio and on current tv. >> today wednesday 18, will any ted muj ent be allowed. cat scratch fever. >> that's his best song and i don't like that one. anyhow, i certainly don't like his politics. i don't like his mouth and don't like the fact that mitt romney is afraid to condemn him for what he said about we ought

tag rommys tweeted quote, ted nugent endorsed my dad today. ted nugent how cool is that? and one candidate is speaking out about the secret service scandal. he failed to mention that his brother joe is on the secret service detail that was down in columbia, and when the "huffington post" asked him, he said, well, nobody asked. dan has called the incident a quote, national embarrassment. join us in chat, current.com/stephaniemiller. we'll be right back. ♪ and we don't stick to party lines. >>people who buy politicians got to cover their bets. >>we are the investigators fiercely independent, and we don't hold back. >>we're here because we're independent and that's what we love. >>...and we don't do talking points. >>i think the hypocrisy is so blatant. >>and above all... and there's only once place you'll find us. >>weeknights on current tv. ♪ >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, it's the "stephanie miller show." ♪ i'm walking on sunshine woe ho i'm walking on sunshine, woe ho ♪ ♪ it's time to feel good hey, all right now ♪ ♪ it's time to feel good ♪ >> speak for yourself. >

it's been fun getting to know him and ted nugent. >> asked about nugent's latest comments, the romneyign said divisive language is offensive without mentioning nugent. but nugent has been trash talking barack obama since 2007. >> he's a piece of [ bleep ] and i told him -- >> now the romney campaign seems to think nugent's support is more important than the criticism he brings. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> still ahead as we continue along the way tonight, mega millionaires. the couple who claimed a share of the record jackpot. question is, how did they keep it a secret for so long that they were now the richest people in their town? >>> and later, score one for boomers everywhere. the historymaker last night in a big league baseball player's career. [ fabric flapping in wind ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] at nissan, our ideal is innovation. 5 all-new models over the next 15 months, including a completely reimagined altima. welcome to our most innovative year ever. nissan. innovation for all. ♪ nissan. innovation for all. you wouldn't want your doctor doing your job. so why are

maria brought up ted nugent. ted nugent hasn't had a hit since 1977. since "cat scratch fever."time ago. he says crazy stuff. should mitt romney take responsibility for something ted nugent says? and should president obama take responsibility when a supporter of his says something that its out of line? >> that's a good point. i don't think people will vote in november based on these little games of outrage. it was the romney campaign that two weeks ago went bonkers over a comment that hilary rosen made on cnn, for them to now take the nugent comments, which were off the charts and he has a history of hateful, disgusting, vile comments, for them to basically say, okay, we don't deal with entertainers, it's a pretty big double standard. awe mau reyea maria, i know you wanted to jump on this. go ahead, really quickly. >> and i think we have to be clear that the romney campaign sought ted nugent's endorsement. >> celebrated it. you didn't have obama going around looking for the endorsement of bill maher. and george shultz. >> last week, it was the conservatives. now the libs, the le

we see nugent yet? >> oh, we have not seen ted nugent here.is on the marquise at this venue. he is examipected to take the se later tonight. still no sign. his band showed up. the tour bus is here. the sound check is done. still no sign of ted nugent. we did a short while ago receive a statement from ted nugent. we're not sure if this means this meeting with the secret service has already taken place or is in the process of taking place, but ted nugent writes a lengthy statement part of which reads that what he was talking about in his speech at the n.r.a. last week saying i spotlighted cockroaches and rallied those that care to stomp them out at the voting booth in november as is my duty as an american. 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. that was the statement that ted nugent released a little while ago. however, obviously the statement that ted nugent made last weekend at the n.r.a. convention in st. louis definitely got the attention

ted nugent's comments has angered many throughout the country.lich has some advise for the troubled troubadour. shhhh, brett's talking now safe harbor >> the nra con convention was going so well, and then ted nugent decided to open his big stupid mouth. >> if you don't know that our government is wiping its ass with the constitution you are living under a rock come place. >> wait. wait. wait. ted, there is no way that president obama is wiping his butt with the constitution maybe with the decoration of independence. let me help you because i love the nra for the sake of argument. i was shocked when i heard this. >> if barack obama becomes president again, i would rather be dead or in jail this time next year. >> you have a logic problem. obama is in jail now. why aren't you in jail now? and if you were to die next year, who would be a morelikely cause, obama's recollection or one of the millions of guns in the room with you. >> we are braveheart we need to ride into that battlefield and chop their heads off in november. >> chopping people's heads

secret service does plan to talk to ted nugent today.ed it, it was this comment about president obama at the national rifle association's annual convention over the weekend that has now launched an investigation. listen. >> and if you want more of those kinds of evil, anti-american people in the supreme court, then don't get involved and let obama take office again, because i'll tell you this right now. if barack obama becomes the president in november again, i will either be dead or in jail by this time next year. >> secret service and nugent will meet in oklahoma. that is where he is performing a concert. they s he says they will meet backstage and he is taking it all in spried. >> is it true, are you hearing from the secret service? >> first of all, i hear from the secret service all the time. they want to buy ted nugent ammo. >> that's a plug, isn't it? that's a damn plug on this show. >> well, who doesn't want ted nugent ammo? it's out in july. at any rate, yes, we have heard from the secret service. they have a duty. i salute them,

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