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Country artists support candidates in both parties
The Tennessean
| OCTOBER 28, 2007
| JENNIFER BROOKS
Posted on 10/28/2007 1:35:04 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: 2008; conservatives; countrymusic; cowboytroy; democratparty; democrats; denniskucinich; dixiechicks; election; electionpresident; elections; endorsements; entertainment; fredthompson; gop; gretchenwilson; hillary; hillaryclinton; hollywood; johnrich; merlehaggard; mittromney; oakridgeboys; randyowen; randytravis; republicans; ronniedunn; traceadkins; willienelson
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Interesting.
To: All
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posted on
10/28/2007 1:35:28 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Your "dirt" on Fred is about as persuasive as a Nancy Pelosi Veteran's Day Speech)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Wow, imagine hicks with their own minds. This is incredible. I thought country music performers were all Republicans and Hillbillies.
Tar Nation and Dad Gumit.
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posted on
10/28/2007 1:38:48 PM PDT
by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
From the article: I've had a lot of fans come up to me and ask, 'Why are you so hot on Fred Thompson,' " said Rich, a minister's son from Dickson County. "I tell them, I did my due diligence on all the candidates, I pulled up everything they ever voted on, and it became really clear to me that Fred Thompson is the only consistent conservative."This Rich guy shows why he's a musician. Apparently he did no diligence in researching Duncan Hunter. He needs to stick to putting out the twang twang.
To: BallyBill; All
"Haggard stops short of an actual endorsement of the Democratic senator from New York. But after a lifetime of voting Republican, Haggard has declared himself fed up with the war, with American jobs going overseas and with Wal-Mart replacing mom-and-pop shops. He says he's ready to vote for a Democrat. Hillary was ON THE BOARD OF WAL-MART, STUPID!! As the GEICO caveman said: "Might want to do a little research."
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posted on
10/28/2007 1:44:25 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Your "dirt" on Fred is about as persuasive as a Nancy Pelosi Veteran's Day Speech)
To: Colonel Kangaroo
This Rich guy shows why he's a musician. Apparently he did no diligence in researching Duncan Hunter. He needs to stick to putting out the twang twang. "Duncan who? Is that the yo-yo maker?" is probably what he'd say, if asked about it...
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posted on
10/28/2007 1:46:46 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Your "dirt" on Fred is about as persuasive as a Nancy Pelosi Veteran's Day Speech)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Merle Haggard has lost his mind.
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posted on
10/28/2007 1:47:59 PM PDT
by
kempo
(blA)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
"This country needs to be honest," Haggard sings in "Hillary," the single he introduced during a cross-country tour this year. Merle must be growing senile. How else could he use that "honesty" line in a song supporting Hillary Clinton? That's like including a line calling for border enforcement in a song praising La Raza.
But after a lifetime of voting Republican, Haggard has declared himself fed up with the war, with American jobs going overseas and with Wal-Mart replacing mom-and-pop shops. He says he's ready to vote for a Democrat.
Let's see....Hillary supports NAFTA and outsourcing. She once served on the board of Wal-Mart. And she voted for the war (though she now waffles on the issue).
Yep, Merle's growing senile.
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posted on
10/28/2007 1:50:15 PM PDT
by
puroresu
(Enjoy ASIAN CINEMA? See my Freeper page for recommendations (updated!).)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Merle Haggard wrote a campaign jingle this year for
Hillary Clinton? "This country needs to be honest," Haggard sings in "Hillary," the single he introduced during a cross-country tour this year. "Changes need to be large/Something like a big switch of gender/Let's put a woman in charge."
Thunderstruck fans of the man who wrote the anti-hippy anthem, "Okie from Muskogee," greeted the new song with cheers and jeers when he sang it at a Seattle concert in March. Media there reported some people left the auditorium wondering if Merle was pulling their leg.
He wasn't.
"I might be biting myself in the leg here," Haggard said in an interview last week with National Public Radio, acknowledging that there isn't a lot of overlap between his fan base and Clinton's.
who wudda thunk it?
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Good point! Merle is a HUGE disappointment.
10
posted on
10/28/2007 1:52:39 PM PDT
by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I think Thompson is one of the best alternatives out there, but it irritates me when somebody out there like this Rich can have a platform to make such an incorrect statement. Either he did not show much diligence in research as he said he did, or he’s just another dime-a-dozen shallow political thinker who only knows what the mass media spoon feeds him and thus should stick to picking and grinning.
To: kempo
Merle Haggard has lost his mind. The guy had a song once with a positive reference to "white lightning". That stuff kills brain cells.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Haggard has been a lib for at least 8 yrs I saw him talking against Bush and he admitted to being a dem.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
OK, I feel better about Troy but I’m very disappointed about Merle. I switch stations if I even suspect it is the Al Queda Chicks. Really annoys the wife.
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posted on
10/28/2007 2:29:20 PM PDT
by
Haddit
(Hunter is still the Best)
To: Colonel Kangaroo
Amen! Fred is the conservative you vote for because the Republican Party has become too shallow and liberal to support a real conservative and good man like Duncan Hunter.
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posted on
10/28/2007 2:49:54 PM PDT
by
pallis
To: pallis
There may be a time for second best, but until then, why not the best? Hunter meets my definition of a perfect conservative better than any candidate of the last 24 years.
To: kempo
Rollin' down hill like a snowball headed for he!l....
(sorry, couldn't resist)
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posted on
10/28/2007 3:43:16 PM PDT
by
Sweet_Sunflower29
(ASSERT research study, subject # 20709. Doing what I can for a cure.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Big and Rich are the real deal. Limbaugh told a story of how Big bought him a cocktail after learning Rush was dining there.
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posted on
10/28/2007 3:47:54 PM PDT
by
Vision
(" 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the Lord Almighty." Zechariah 4:6)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
10/28/2007 3:48:24 PM PDT
by
JSDude1
(When a liberal represents the Presidential Nominee for the Republicans; THEY'RE TOAST)
To: pallis; Colonel Kangaroo
Hunter’s problem has always been he hasn’t been well-known on the national stage. Candidates usually need more than one try at the office to reach the right level of recognition.
I think a Thompson-Hunter ticket would probably satisfy most here, and give Hunter the kind of widespread recognition he needs to really contend for the big job.
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posted on
10/28/2007 3:52:08 PM PDT
by
JennysCool
(Don't taze me, Bro!)
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