[Edit35]

But to find out that along with him in the Bush hate-fest was John Mellencamp, Bon Jovi, and REM, and Pearl Jam. All of whom I listened to so much growing up and into my early twenties.

If I ever see Mick Jagger up onstage campaigning for some leftoidical whacko, I just might consider suicide.(psyche!)

Really, though, I have always been under the impression that The Stones were somehow too good for politics.

Besides, if you read between the lines of their songs, somehow they seem like conservatives (or is that just my imagination running away with me)

[cf_river_rat]

Really, though, I have always been under the impression that The Stones were somehow too good for politics...Besides, if you read between the lines of their songs, somehow they seem like conservatives (or is that just my imagination running away with me)

I guess you haven't heard "Sweet Neocon" yet.

from FoxNews.com:
Maybe you've heard that a new song by the Rolling Stones takes a whack at President Bush. In "Sweet NeoCon," the Stones sing: "You call yourself a Christian/I think you're a hypocrite/You say you're a patriot/I think you're a crock of s--t."

That much has been printed and discussed. But that's not all.

"Sweet NeoCon" has plenty more bang for the buck. The rest of the lyrics take direct aim at the Republican administration.

Story continues here, about halfway down the page: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,168240,00.html