LOL! See what you did... you made him cry.
If his Mama bought a VCR when he was 11, 12, or 13, then she was spending a lot of money for the time. The story just doesn't ring true. Maybe when he was 15, 16, or 17.
You're probably right.
Posted on 01/13/2006 1:55:27 PM PST by pittsburgh gop guy
Singer Tim McGraw Eyes Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Country singer Tim McGraw says he wants to run for office someday in his adopted home state of Tennessee — perhaps for governor or U.S. senator — and he's getting encouragement from a fellow Democrat, former President Clinton.
"I think he's got it," Clinton says of McGraw in an Esquire magazine story that hits newsstands Monday. "The Democrats need candidates whom people can relate to in a personal way, people who understand their lives and their concerns and share their values. And I think that's something Tim can do without even pretending."
McGraw, 38, told the magazine he has no immediate plans to enter politics.
"Maybe in 10 or 15 years when the music has died down," he said.
The magazine reported that McGraw, who has three young daughters with his wife, singer Faith Hill, was recruited a few years ago to run for the U.S. Senate seat that eventually went to Tennessee Republican Lamar Alexander, but passed because of his children and his singing career.
While running for the Senate remains an option, the Louisiana native seems more interested in the governor's office.
"It's more of a leadership role, and I think that's something that I'd do well," he said. "That doesn't rule out senator; I just think that as governor of a state, especially where I live, there would be a lot more opportunities to make some decisions and change some things."
He identified health care as his top issue, and said one of his main reasons for wanting to enter politics is Clinton, whom he calls "the best president we ever had."
Born in Delhi, La., he grew up as Tim Smith. But at age 12, he learned his father was baseball pitcher Tug McGraw, who had had a brief affair with his mother.
His mom and stepfather divorced when he was in the fourth grade, leaving her to raise him and his two sisters.
"She worked two or three jobs at a time," McGraw told The Associated Press in 2004. "I can remember being 11, 12, 13 years old and getting up at 12 o'clock at night and my mom sitting at the kitchen table with the bills spread out everywhere and not even knowing I was there with her head down crying. And then the next day the VCR being gone. It's stuff you grow up with, but you learn a lot from that."
He went to Northeastern Louisiana University on a baseball scholarship and started singing and playing guitar. He dropped out in 1989 and moved to Nashville, where he landed a recording contract with Curb Records
McGraw has sold more than 30 million albums and compiled a long list of hits that includes "Indian Outlaw," "Where the Green Grass Grows," "Red Ragtop" and "Live Like You Were Dying." He's also branched into acting; he had a supporting role in 2004's "Friday Night Lights" and has a lead role in the upcoming film "Flicka," an update of a popular 1943 movie.
Haggard made a statement about how he misses the Clinton days, what a great president he was. He also made some nasty remarks about President Bush.
LOL! See what you did... you made him cry.
If his Mama bought a VCR when he was 11, 12, or 13, then she was spending a lot of money for the time. The story just doesn't ring true. Maybe when he was 15, 16, or 17.
You're probably right.
Are you sure Hill is a Republican? I can't stand couples where the guy is a Dem
It's stuff you grow up with, but you learn a lot from that."
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Apparently, you didn't learn much if you think Clinton was "the best president we ever had," clymer.
If he keeps it up, he will probably be singing backup for the Dixie Chicks.
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Good one!
Despite his lovely wife (and their 2 - 3 daughters), Timmy lost a lot of his (very) little country appeal when he did Elton John's 'Tiny Dancer' - just look at him in his 'T-, leather pants and hat - he'd fit right in with Elton and Hollyweird-Wyoming sheep herder crowd!
If he is 38, then, according to this, his parents had a VCR sometime between 1979 and 1982. VCRs were not cheap back then.
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Good catch. You are so right; VCRs were a few hundred in those days. Apparently, him mother was as foolish with her money as she was with her favors.
Data Provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 1/9/06 -- 12,049,850 records
Well, now we will have to take Faith away from him. No Rat alive can possibly deserve her.
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She's a Rat, too. And trampy, if you ask me.
Like Hillary's! fake Southern accent during the "stand by your man" 60 Minutes interview.
I hadn't noticed until CNN played that snippet from that interview on one of their reports the other day.
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I notice that too! Blew me away!
I saw that last night on CMT, the Clinton's Viacom channel for country music fans. The show was about Tammy Wynette, but they did this long stretch of Hillary-talk, and there were interviews with one of those feminazi-folks and Sandra Bernhard (sp?). It was sickening to see Hillary and her Sandra Dee show, complete with the blonde(dyed)hair and headband. What a fake!!!!!!!!!!
Well said!
Only 2 years older, didn't have much growing up. No, I did like here, but when I seen that video I just could not think she could get that low.
Of course Clinton's got it- he's got the clap- and I think McGraw would have more credibility if he would be willing to leave his daughters with clinton for a few days when they are about 17 years old. What a duffuss!!!
i don't think so
This guy is more talented than Tim McGraw:
BETTIS, JEROME MR.
GIBSONIA, PA
BUSH, GEORGE W (R)
President
BUSH-CHENEY '04 (PRIMARY) INC
He shows no respect for his mother's sacrifices by taking this irresponsible clod's name over his own family name.
To call him a shallow fool would be an understatement.
I should have read through all the posts before I posted my first response. I just jumped in at the spot where WKB pinged the MS ping list. My first thought when I read that quote was that it was a Bubba-esque remembrance. My mother spent about $200 to $250 on our first VCR in 1983. I have tapes of the 1984 Winter and Summer Olympics. I only remember one other classmate having a VCR. Hers was a Betamax. Within two or three years, all my friends' families bought one as the price dropped.
It's a good thing he has made his millions already, cause he just laid an egg.
I know....but look at him....I know I sound snottish but he doesn't look informed.
She looks pretty good though....with longish locks
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