Garth Brooks Explains Why He’s Not Performing at Donald Trump’s Inauguration

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[Fido969]

I always thought this guy was all hat, no cattle.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3231342/posts

[keving]

Was he even asked?

Just another entainer whore, going for the money not for country.

[marron]

He doesn’t want to alienate all the Obama-voters who buy his records.

[clintonh8r]

A hand fulla howdy and a hat fulla howdy-doo.....

[Gaffer]

He became that when he took on his alter ego singing persona.

[circlecity]

Is he in the middle of a Tour?

[RummyChick]

He was one of the first that was claiming he would perform.

It is a shame so many people are being harassed about performing.

[donna]

Sounds like he lost his nerve.

[EnglishOnly]

Show your True colors.........Shameless & Brainless!

[Fightin Whitey]

Sounds like more of a sudden detour.

[nclaurel]

Saying he can’t thanks the Obamas enough for serving was all I had to hear to be irked. Thank them for racial tensions and apologizing for America? He can stick it!

[HomerBohn]

Just another country western fool.

[BobinIL]

Garth Brooks is so 90’s Perhaps he should go back into retirement and make cookies with Trisha.

[albie]

Wants more time with his family?

[rfreedom4u]

But he has no problem alienating his fans that voted for Trump I guess.

[marron]

I would guess most of his fan base voted Trump. He is shooting himself in the foot.

[HiTech RedNeck]

It sure seems interesting. There’s a big enough lefty presence in the “country music” audience that some performers are getting cold feet.

But what does this mean. Is this a conflicted, love-hate relationship? Faux country can be as lefty as it wants because it doesn’t have to run a farm, drive semi trucks, etc. But real country has a way of rebuking that. Do these lefties want the redneck panache without putting in the effort of being a humble redneck?

Anyhow, these performers seem too pretty to be true, sometimes. If they were from out on a ranch they’d be weathered looking. They look like city boys fresh from the western wear store.

[jokemoke]

{Shrug} Who cares?

[ScottinVA]

This doesn’t bother me much; he was booked for three gigs in Cincinnati during that time.

[HiTech RedNeck]

He would not have to have ever volunteered for this. Even Trump’s event can only be a finite size. But waffling looks bad.