He's entitled to his political beliefs. Unfortunately, anything that could be even remotely interpreted as a threat to a President is going to be treated very harshly, as it should be.

I'd just as soon not see him thrown into prison, I don't think he's a threat to anyone, but after assassinations and repeated attempts, we do have a zero-tolerance policy, as we should. Besides, if he gets any legal penalty for this, it will just make a martyr out of him.

His best days as an artist are way behind him, not because of his politics, but because he sold out, selling commercial crap to teeny boppers instead of the serious music he used to play: rock for grown-ups. And of course, his anti-drug shtick is just that. When I saw him on stage he was snorting coke openly (even if it was just "simulated" snorting) and the crowd was loving it.

My brother knows him personally, Ted frequently patronizes a business where my sister in law works. He says he's a nice guy in person.