Merle Hazard is America's foremost country singer/economist
Posted on 03/17/2024 7:04:38 PM PDT by ReformationFan
March 17, 1973: A special evening with country music legend Merle Haggard in the East Room of the White House on St. Patrick's Day, 1973. Includes performances and a reading of a poem Haggard wrote for First Lady Pat Nixon on the occasion of her birthday.
The program was filmed and produced by the Naval Photographic Center. The Naval Photographic Center White House Motion Film Unit Collection consists of motion film coverage of selected official activities of President Nixon filmed between 1969 and 1974.
Bush ‘43 shoda had Ike Turner perform. Raise a few eyebrows. Then suggest Ike got a bad rap. He died on ‘06 or thereabouts.
What happened to Merle he went full libtard he even campaigned for HRC.
These days the WH is more Milton Berle than Merle Haggard.
So did Garth Brooks and Tim McGraw. Tons of country singers are leftist these days. I miss this Porter Wagoner days!
Gee, thanks. I felt old, until I read that. Now I feel ANCIENT. I was somewhere between Jump School and Ranger School at Ft. Benning then. and even then, I was one of the older guys in both.
Thanks for the post. There were a couple vids performing for Reagan I watched also.
Julie Eisenhower had the big hair going on there.
What happened to Merle he went full libtard he even campaigned for HRC?
He wasn’t a good ole boy from the South, he’s from California.
Merle Haggard, who I consider the greatest country western singer of all time. I say again, the greatest of all time.
And keep your retirement
And your so-called Social Security
Big city turn me loose and set me free
Darn that makes me feel old. And I knew Merle. I grew up around him and Buck since my family was in the bar business in Bakersfield/Lamont.
51 years ago I got married..still am, same woman and graduated HS in 73.
Merle Hazard is America's foremost country singer/economist
Those two were always lefty jerks but Merle just went off the rails
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