A Bush Surprise: Fright-Wing Support

NY Times ^ | 3-20-04 | WARREN ST. JOHN

[Indy Pendance]

Richard Perry/The New York Times

JUST THE TICKET Michale Graves, a punk performer, watches two of his heroes, Bono and President Bush. He writes for a conservative Web page.

Norman Y. Lono for The New York Times

CAPITALIST PUNK Nick Rizzuto, the founder of a conservative Web site and a vote for Bush.

Jake Herrle for The New York Times

POLITICS AS UNUSUAL Andrew Heidgerken, founder of GOPunk.

[martin_fierro]

Ping. <|:)~

[Texas Eagle]

"We wanted to polarize as well," Mr. Wilms said of his site. "You can't be a punk rocker and be right wing." He said conservative punks "could be the death of punk rock."

Please, God! Please oh please oh please oh pleeeeeeeease!

[martin_fierro]

Ping. <|:)~

[vikingchick]

Mr. Pye said there are only a few small things he'd change about his candidate, Mr. Bush. "If he got some piercings and wore them with a studded suit, that would be pretty cool," he said.

! :)

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Rugged independence and self-reliance. It's what good Conservatives of made of. Let that Right Wing Freak Flag Fly!

[Archangelsk]

Well, the big tent is open for all.

[Feiny]

A line from one of my favorite horror films "Mothers Day":

PUNK SUCKS....DISCOS STUPID

[Texas Eagle]

lol.....yeah, disco was stupid but I liked some of it....I can't think of one punk song I liked.

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

I don't know, I was always kinda fond of Sid Vicious' rendition of the Sinatra classic "My Way".

By the way, Sinatra RULES! St. Francis of Hoboken is THE patron Saint of crooners.

[Once-Ler]

With names like GOPunk, Anti-Anti-Flag and Punkvoter Lies, the sites are a curious blend of Karl Rove and Johnny Rotten, preaching personal responsibility and reflexive patriotism with the in-your-face zeal of a mosh pit.

In 1978 Johnny Rotten's band The Sex Pistols released Anarchy in The UK here are the lyrics for "Bodies" from that album

Bodies

She was a girl from Birmingham
She just had an abortion
She was a case of insanity
Her name was Pauline
She lived in a tree
She was a no one who killed her baby
She sent her letters from the country
She was a animal
She was a bloody disgrace

Body I'm not an animal
Body I'm not an animal

Dragged on a table in a factory
Illegitimate place to be
In a package in a lavatory
Die little baby screaming f**king bloody mess
It's not an animal
It's an abortion

Body I'm not an animal
Mummy I'm not an abortion

Throbbing squirm gurgling bloody mess
I'm not a discharge
I'm not a loss in protein
I'm not a throbbing squirm

[squidly]

Punk is ALL about rebellion, and since the punk scene has been overrun by leftist sentiment, it's only natural for there to be a rebellion against that from within the genre.

'bout freakin' time too

[GraniteStateConservative]

Johnny Ramone, the guitarist for the Ramones, has been an outspoken Republican for years, and some skinhead bands have blended the punk aesthetic with their extreme right-wing views.

The NY Slimes might as well have written this sentence:

Johnny Ramone, the guitarist for the Ramones, has been an outspoken Republican for years, and some apple pickers think this season will be the best in years.

It's a total nonsequiter. What the hell do neo-Nazis have to do with the GOP? That's libelous.

[Clemenza]

By the way, Sinatra RULES! St. Francis of Hoboken is THE patron Saint of crooners.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[Clemenza]

I don't know about back then, but I have heard from people who know him that John Lydon is currently a conservative as well.

[Redcoat LI]

Ping!

[Redcoat LI]

W needs some cool Tattoos'

[watsonfellow]

I don't care how biased this article is, it is HILARIOUS. The writer must have been laughing the WHOLE time he was writing it......

I cannot stop laughing.

[txhurl]

Well! Bump!

[jmstein7]

BUMP!