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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 963836" data-attributes="member: 2189">The Nugent thing was great PR for 3 parties.&nbsp; 1st, for Nugent.&nbsp; This was meat and potatoes for his fan base which is already heavily republican and heavily gun owner/hunter. It goes no where and most people realize Nugent was just talking out of the non thinking part of his brain. And Ted&#039;s not stupid either. For Obama, perfect in a campaign season. The more villians one has the more one can almost seem like on a religious crusade and people are natural suckers for a crusade.&nbsp; Finally, the Secret Service who really need a PR friend right now.&nbsp; All they need for the moment is for the public at large to have the smallest doubt that just maybe Nugent wasn&#039;t doing hyperbole on light speed and now the great Secret Service is here to save the day from a real nut job.&nbsp; Or better yet, to qwash the beginnings of the great revolt in the traditions of 1776&#039; wanna-bees.Seems to me that Nugent for Obama and the SS is the gift that keeps on giving. Obama and the SS needed something to use as a deflection, the SS needed it more, and Ted filled the gap.&nbsp; Said any other time and other than the media storm (they gotta work and eat too) which would naturally follow, a 48 hour media cycle at best and it&#039;s on to something else to divert our attentions with.&nbsp; It would have been, &quot;listen to that crazy Ted again!&quot; followed by laughter. &nbsp;&nbsp; Ted just had his own Lady Gaga moment and besides, rock and roll is a lot more championship wrestling than most people want to believe.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 963836, member: 2189"] The Nugent thing was great PR for 3 parties. 1st, for Nugent. This was meat and potatoes for his fan base which is already heavily republican and heavily gun owner/hunter. It goes no where and most people realize Nugent was just talking out of the non thinking part of his brain. And Ted's not stupid either. For Obama, perfect in a campaign season. The more villians one has the more one can almost seem like on a religious crusade and people are natural suckers for a crusade. Finally, the Secret Service who really need a PR friend right now. All they need for the moment is for the public at large to have the smallest doubt that just maybe Nugent wasn't doing hyperbole on light speed and now the great Secret Service is here to save the day from a real nut job. Or better yet, to qwash the beginnings of the great revolt in the traditions of 1776' wanna-bees. Seems to me that Nugent for Obama and the SS is the gift that keeps on giving. Obama and the SS needed something to use as a deflection, the SS needed it more, and Ted filled the gap. Said any other time and other than the media storm (they gotta work and eat too) which would naturally follow, a 48 hour media cycle at best and it's on to something else to divert our attentions with. It would have been, "listen to that crazy Ted again!" followed by laughter. Ted just had his own Lady Gaga moment and besides, rock and roll is a lot more championship wrestling than most people want to believe. [/QUOTE]

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