See my post #688 in response to #579:
Post 579:
Kid Rock may not be bright and he probably didn't read "Flag Etiquette" prior to the show but:
Before it was fashionable to "support the troops" he did it. The U.S.S. Cole played "American Badass" over the ship speakers when they pulled out of Yemen. He heard about it and did a concert in Norfolk (free for the Navy) and donated proceeds to the Cole family members.
I don't care what faux pas he commits in the future: that alone earns my respect. Very few outside of the Navy gave a shit about the Cole when it happened, least of all our draft dodging pervert of a President. He didn't even bother to pretend and lob a few cruise missles. Kid Rock stepped up to show some concern at least and the CIA finished the job a couple of years later with a well placed Hellfire from a Predator.
579 posted on 02/02/2004 12:16:04 AM EST by HRoarke (Benedict Arnold was a Veteran too!)
The still pictures in #588 tug at your heart, to be sure. The video reduced me to tears. When Seaman Gunn was laid to rest his father, a Navy Veteran himself, saluted his son and collapsed on his coffin in tears. Heartwrenching.
Anyway, Kid Rock may have shown bad taste, poor judgement, inappropriate behavior or whatever descriptive one chooses. I do not excuse it, but looking at his history with the families of the U.S.S. Cole, I will judge it in the context of his other actions. Stupid thing to do. Hope he does not do it again. But I still respect his actions on behalf of the families of the U.S.S. Cole, our troops and the United States of America.
[As I type this, I have a page open on http://www.celticmist.com/usscole.htm
listening to the Naval Hymn. It is as heartwrenching today as it was then. It occurs to me if we had seen more of these scenes after 9/11 the left would not have such an easy time minimizing the WAR on terrorism. John Kerry would not get away with calling it a "law enforcement issue.]