Posted on 10/16/2006 7:56:38 AM PDT by Pokey78
NEW YORK — Country music might seem like a pretty conservative medium, but Tim McGraw is bucking the trend. "It's innate in me to be a Democrat — a true Southern populist kind of Democrat. There's not a lot of those anymore," McGraw tells Time magazine in its Oct. 23 issue.
"The issues that matter to me are the social safety nets for people, health care, middle-class concerns. We need to take care of the middle class and the poor in our country. The chasm is getting larger between haves and have-nots, and that's something we need to close down a little bit," says the singer and star of "Flicka."
Could that mean a McGraw on an election ticket soon?
"One of these days, if the opportunity's there, that's something I'd love to do," he says. "It's a high calling to serve the community, and if you can do it, I think you should."
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His dad must be spitting in his glove.........
SHUT UP AND SING!
Please. The only thing that would win McGraw an election is getting his wife to go out and campaign for him.
I stopped listening to mcgraw after he started urinating on bush after katrina. I hope he goes the way of the dixie chicks.
Well, he has now lost a few hundred thousand fans. Nice going, Tim! I bet your record company is right proud of you!!
Republicans buy far more country music cd's than Democrats, Tim. Careful about getting too vocal about your politics ... your fans just might return the favor.
If he is serious, he can close the gap between HIS wealth and the average American. All he has to do is to write ONE check each year.
Oh yeah those poor welfare moms can only afford basic cable. Cable internet? Fuggedaboutit, nothing but dialup for those poor suffering folks.
He's an idiot. I quit listening to him or his wife.
Ahh, a socialist. The kind of scumbag who walks into a polling place and votes for big government to confiscate more money from his friends and neighbors and total strangers like me. Lovely. Yep, a Democrat alright.
dittos...not listening, not buying, and complaining to my local country stations when is music is played.
These people would be a lot more effective if they didn't spend so much time trashing their audience. I happened to catch part of the "Night of too many stars" on comedy central last night. (Dog stepped on the remote)
The so called comedians raised some 5 million dollars for autism research but could have raised twice that or more if they hadn't spent the night bashing the President and conservatives. It's really sad that they took a worthy cause and used it to promote attacking conservatives.
I do enjoy Tim's work occasionally, he's just dead-wrong in his politics. He and his liberal Democrat buddies in the Nashville scene get little to none of my support.
**One of these days, if the opportunity's there, that's something I'd love to do**
Please, please, PLEASE tell me he's joking...the last thing we need is another idiot who thinks he should run for office just because he's famous.
Yeah, Tim really cares about the people. I believe that.
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