At last weekend's National Rifle Association convention, Nugent referred to what he called Obama's "evil, America-hating administration" and urged NRA members to "to ride into that battlefield and chop their heads off in November."
Nugent now says he never inferred any violence.
Umm... ride into battle and "chop their heads off" sounds pretty violent.
Why GOP supporters have to use such violent imagery I'll never know. As we all remember Sarah Palin caught flak last year when she used violent imagery and "cross-hairs" in terms of "targeting" elected Democrats, one of whom was Congresswoman Gabby Giffords who was subsequently shot in the head.
Kids - stop with the violent language. If you want to win in the fall, just say "let's go out there and win this election." Much better for all.
This is just an example of hyperbole. As you may know, in June 2008, at a Philadelphia fundraiser, Barack Obama said, “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun.” Someone shot with a gun is just as dead as someone who has been decapitated by a knife. In this case, as with Ted Nugent, no actual physical mayhem was intended.
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