Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $79,686
98%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 98%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: cincinnatipops

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • "Cooter" Says Fellow Hazzard Castmates Victims of P.C. "Vigilantes" (You ain't gonna believe this)

    03/16/2007 1:55:36 PM PDT · by Hildy · 91 replies · 2,513+ views
    Internet movie Database ^ | March 16, 2007 | Hildy
    A performance by the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra featuring John Schneider and Tom Wopat, who appeared in the 1979-85 series The Dukes of Hazzard was canceled after complaints that the series had "racist overtones," according to Ben Jones, who played Cooter on the show and later served two terms as a Georgia Congressman. "What could these politically correct vigilantes possibly be thinking?" Jones said in a statement, in which he called the cancellation "a dangerous affront to the rights of performing artists and their audiences." Jones particularly criticized the NAACP for endorsing the cancellation. "I'm a life member of the NAACP...