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New Raisin' McCain VideoRAISIN' MCCAINMusic and lyrics by John RichWell we're all just raisin' McCain Everywhere across the USA You can get on the train or get out of the way We're all just raisin' McCain And we're all just raisin' McCain Everywhere across the USA You can get on the train or get out of the way We're all just raisin' McCain Well he got shot down in a Vietnam town Fighting for the red, white and blue And they locked him up in the Hanoi Hilton Thinking they could break him in two He stayed strong, stayed...

The Country singer John Rich (half of Big and Rich) has kindly released a song to help John McCain to the White House. Raisin' McCain narrates the senator's war experiences: "Well he got shot down in a Vietnam town, / Fighting for the red, white and blue. /And they locked him up in the Hanoi Hilton, / Thinking they could break him in two." The trouble is that the conventions of Country music normally emphasise the tragedy and rejection of Vietnam vets. Remember Kenny Rogers's Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town? "It's hard to love a man whose legs...

Here is a new song written by music star John Rich in honor of Sen. John McCain. The song is titled, "Raisin' McCain." The lyrics are below, and you can download the song for free at www.johnrich.com. Click the player above to listen. RAISIN' MCCAIN Music and lyrics by John Rich Well we're all just raisin' McCain Everywhere across the USA You can get on the train or get out of the way We're all just raisin' McCain And we're all just raisin' McCain Everywhere across the USA You can get on the train or get out of the way...

John Rich's latest hit performed before a crowd in the panhandle of Florida.

In between songs, 34-year-old Rich declared himself a Texas west conservative and confessed he got frustrated when he turned on the television because “I always see the other side” represented. When he performed Johnny Cash’s “Walk the Line,” Rich said that he was sure Cash would have been a John McCain supporter “if he was still around.” John McCain and his wife Cindy arrived at the concert, just as Rich was performing the “Raising McCain” song. He gave a short speech in which he asked for votes in the battleground state and reminded the crowd, which included several military veterans,...

PANAMA CITY, FL — Country Music star John Rich premiered a new song Friday dedicated to Sen. John McCain at a rally for the GOP presumptive nominee on the Florida Panhandle. At a “Country First” (get it?) concert, one of the two stars of Big and Rich performed “Raisin’ McCain” as McCain was arriving for a brief rally in Panama City. The song focuses on the Vietnam veteran’s time as a POW and refers to him as a “a real man with an American plan.” (Full lyrics after jump) “Well we’re all just raisin’ McCain. Everywhere across the USA. You...

Senator Barack Obama has will.i.am (and, wanted or not, Ludacris). Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton had Merle Haggard. Even Representative Ron Paul has this girl. Now, Senator John McCain has his own theme song by a music star. “Raising McCain,” which focuses on the presumptive Republican nominee’s years in a North Vietnamese prison camp, will be performed tonight by its composer, John Rich, half of the country duo Big & Rich, tonight at the Country First Concert in Panama City Beach, Fla. (Mr. McCain plans to “stop by.”)