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(26,060 posts)That's pretty ballsy for a country singer. I think I'm in love.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Republicans are exploding as we ready this quote. Now it is "Garth Brooks is a traitor". The list is pretty lengthy so I am sure that Garth is in good company.
raven mad
(4,940 posts)They'll call him a queer.
Idiots.
Jeff In Milwaukee
(13,992 posts)Although I guess when you're Garth Brooks you don't ride the bus any more.
caledesi
(11,903 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,331 posts)IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)If you're trying to make a pun, you need to flesh it out. Otherwise you risk looking less than expert in the English language, often said to be the most treacherous in the world. Several words have at least 3 different spellings and meanings although they all sound alike. Puns are my favorite form of humor but the reference MUST be clear.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,331 posts)I'll have a spocksman from The Department of Teabagger moran speak contact you. I'm quite fluent in are offical language. Until then, I grant you amnety.
Remember, descent is the greatest form of patriotism.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017163936
IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)trying to be 'humerous'. I still maintain that a single, standalone 'moran werd' will get you pegged as language deficient, especially when you spell the rong werd kerectly.
Very good of yu to grant me amnety. Or wud the bettur choice their have bin 'anmity'?
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,331 posts)Especially in the context of how teabaggers are going to go ape shit hate-mail mode on someone.
Anmity has more than won spelling. I did my Masters' thesis in Tea-Speak as Are Offical Lanagage.
But what do I know. I'm having a bad run lately of being misunderstood. I received a snarky "correction" yesterday because I referred to some teabaggers as "Double Knot Spies" of the Jethro Bodine type...
demwing
(16,916 posts)the sourchasm tag
IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)excellent and irrefutable. Welcome or not, I'm now your devoted fan. Yes. I miss Jethro a lot. Like Barney Fife, he's a lot more fun as a fictional character than a real life encounter.
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)WhiteTara
(29,719 posts)Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)WhiteTara
(29,719 posts)ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)WhiteTara
(29,719 posts)Now you know the depth of my c&w knowledge?
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)So not quite as risky as what Natalie Maines did. But still glad he spoke up.
I was shocked when he passed Elvis and the Beatles with most recordings sold. Impressive and under reported fact.
hfojvt
(37,573 posts)Hell, he could spend $1 million a year of his net worth
and be good for at least 100 years.
He don't need no stinking royalties.
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)he is not spending as fast as he's taking in though.
Sgent
(5,857 posts)Listen to his 20 year old song "we shall be free"
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)I'm not a country music fan but just as I was pleasantly surprised when I tuned into the Dixie Chicks, I'm hoping the same can happen here and Brook's tunes will soon be in my library.
LTR
(13,227 posts)Garth has sold a ridiculous amount of albums, enough to retire in style, which he more or less did. Meaning he doesn't have to put on an act, and can pretty much tell the wingnuts to go pound sand.
Seems like it's only the big guns in Nashville that can get away with being liberal. Faith Hill and Tim McGraw come to mind. Both are hardcore dems. Sadly, the Dixie Chicks and Steve Earle aren't quiet big enough in the genre to be openly liberal and succeed there.
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)glad I don't have to kick him to the curb as I've had to do with several others I don't care to name.
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)It was the "We Are One" concert at the Lincoln Memorial on the Sunday before Inauguration Day, shown on HBO. He sang two or three songs backed up by a chorus of teens and 20-somethings. It was a good show!
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)Last edited Thu Feb 27, 2014, 03:45 PM - Edit history (1)
during the concert with Brooks, as well as John Mellencamp and others, and could not attend. However, I followed the concert on TV and I was present and accounted for on Inauguration Day, leaning on a flag pole on the side of the Washington Monument closest to the Capitol. It was a sight to behold, a sight like I've never seen before.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)I'm glad the neighbor downstair is at work. I was singing and a dancin, jumpin fool!
freshwest
(53,661 posts)SunSeeker
(51,587 posts)okaawhatever
(9,462 posts)experimenting with the music and had taken it into more of a rock direction. Garth came in and listened and I guess someone asked if it was too rock'n'roll and he said "Don't worry about it boys, make it sound good....the hat will take care of the rest." That cracked me up.
Logical
(22,457 posts)grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)Kinda like when the Dead would play Merle Haggard, haha!
Warpy
(111,305 posts)but I still don't like twang music, sorry Garth.
Still, it's nice to see a country star who doesn't give his tacit support to Republicans.
Aristus
(66,434 posts)None of this hypernationalistic "Kick their ass 'n' take their gas!" bullshit.
Good for him.
I'll never like country music, but it's nice to see that there are still some decent people in the industry.
I like his music. He has always seemed like a decent guy.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)my mistake
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)I kind of meh about Joan Jett.
I like rock n roll, but I'll listen to a little country now and then.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)I'm not "into" country music. But I do like Garth Brooks and Keith Urban.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)Every once in awhile I get sick of listening to rock n roll and listen to some country. I like the blues too.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)I don't know anything about his music (except that he's country).
Whisp
(24,096 posts)It's from the movie Country Strong with Gwenyth Paltrow
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)I have watched it several times.
sheshe2
(83,833 posts)Good for Garth Brooks.
Thanks napkinz.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)But I'll take Garth Brooks over Ted Nugent any day and every day!
catbyte
(34,414 posts)Tanuki
(14,919 posts)where her mouth is!
calimary
(81,383 posts)Not much of a fan of country music. But I am a fan of some of its luminaries. Like Garth, for example. I've met him and he is indeed a very nice and gentle-hearted man. Seemed very considerate of the people who were working with/for him when I was there.
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)I have always admired her ability to own a song.
Hearing that teenybopper Rimes ( sp? ) - who cut "How do I live" right out from under Yearwood - just makes my skin crawl.
She sings the chorus "How do I L-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-ve-e without yooooo." She sounds contrived and forced.
Trisha sings "how do I live without you" and just aces the loneliness of that song.
But the Korporate Kuntry stations only play Rimes version.
Good on them for being Dems, too
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)Good cook and she's funny. It's a nice cozy kind of cooking show.
catbyte
(34,414 posts)I used to like the Drew Carey Show back in the 1990's, but the minute my husband & I found out what a reactionary cretin he was, we dropped him like a hot potato. He just wasn't funny anymore.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)music, comedy or actors on their political affiliation. Unless they come out with some horrific statement, I enjoy what they do rather than worry about politics. Politics just isn't a 24-7 thing for me.
catbyte
(34,414 posts)I also don't have a lot of disposable cash, so I make sure I spend what I have in such a way that there is less of a chance it will ultimately be used for evil.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)I don't have a lot of disposable money either.
catbyte
(34,414 posts)HappyMe
(20,277 posts)I watched his show once in awhile (the Cleveland one). I didn't see it every week, as I worked in the evening in a restaurant kitchen.
We go to concerts and movies so seldom, I just want to enjoy myself.
90-percent
(6,829 posts)Loved him on SNL and all his 80's and 90's work. I truly do not like him now at all, especially when he's on with Bill-o and they call each other by their last names. That sort of thing always reminds me of high school bullies.
I did like Carey in his time and I also applaud his strip club hobby.
One comedian that remained great throughout his entire career was George Carlin. I missed Bill Hicks in his time, but, boy, was he good! I learned of Hick's from Olbermann's Countdown. I hate pro sports and I wish Keith was back in his Countdown gig with a nice five year contract! America needs Keith. His work to save America from slipping into totalitarian corporate fascism, started in the beginning of this century, is not yet finished.
-90% Jimmy
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)Then he started running his mouth - that was it. Over. George Carlin was excellent, I LOVE Lewis Black.
Sorry, but KO turned into a diva caricature of himself. You can't act like a spoiled brat and preach another message.
I like Chris Hayes and Rachel Maddow.
90-percent
(6,829 posts)As sung in this version by Jimmy Carl Black, the Indian of the group. (Group= original founding member of the Mothers of Invention)
Zappa family friend Bevery DiAngelo also sang a version in the movie; "Daddy's Dead. Who's Got the will?"
My opinion of Keith is based entirely on watching his show. All his drama queen job changing since leaving MSNBC I suspect is fraught with hearsay; "insiders" offering their opinion's of Keith's ego at work. I think Keith's committment to his craft may have made him seem intolerant and egotistical. Zappa had the same commitment and many have said the same about him. Possibly because he could outwork any musician in his employ. More drive, stamina, commitment and talent. All threatening things to those of us in the mediocrity arena. Easier to blame the boss for our shortcomings.
-90% Jimmy
catbyte
(34,414 posts)Classic!
90-percent
(6,829 posts)"Bill" is actually "Dan".
-jim
catbyte
(34,414 posts)didnt mean to make you feel bad. you were damn close and i knew what you meant.
-jim
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)someone stole a bunch of albums from me and i`m slowly replacing the "lost" ones.
catbyte
(34,414 posts)Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)Charlie Daniels. Uneasy Rider and Devil Went Down To Georgia are awesome, awesome songs but his ultra conservative political rants really turned me off.
Ray Stevens. I loved his novelty songs but when he veered hard into Tea Party territory and started putting out crappy political songs, I tuned him out.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)Those 2 Daniel's songs are top notch. He has come out with some loony rants, I can't listen to those songs much any more because of that. He was playing up this way last summer I think. The tickets were cheap, but we didn't want to go in case he started rambling.
Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)My first thought was "This is the guy who sang 'Everything is Beautiful'?"
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)was still making music, or even alive for that matter.
I'm not going to seek any of it out. I don't want to get super irritated and peeved.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)I just think he simply supports the military folks. I don't have a problem with that. I have never heard him slander the Democrats but of course I could have missed it at some point.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)MicaelS
(8,747 posts)I have 3 of her albums, and 9 of his. Love both of their music.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)It is always reassuring when I can feel comfortable being a fan of someone, and also not having to worry about their logic and political opinions being in the right place.
I'm a fan of guys like Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, James Taylor and of course, Garth. I also loved when Natalie said what she did, and was proud to be a fan of their group as well.
ohheckyeah
(9,314 posts)I'm a rock and roll kind of person, but I like a couple of country songs and this is one of them:
hfojvt
(37,573 posts)like what Britney Spears said when Bush was President?
And isn't Garth a member of the top 0.1%?
He's worth $150 million.
I don't believe for one second that Obama is "trying his heart out" for people in the bottom 40%.
Nor do I believe that Garth is really qualified to speak for us.
edit: and his music mostly sucks dogs too.
7962
(11,841 posts)And if you use his worth as basis for whether or not to back what he says, I guess you dont support anything Soros spends his millions on?
hfojvt
(37,573 posts)was "trying his heart out". Obama sent me a fundraising letter claiming that he was "fighting for me all the time". I tore it to pieces and mailed it back in the postage paid envelope.
And I did not put the cart before the horse. I did not say "he's worth $150 million so he must be wrong"
I said "he's wrong, and the fact that he's worth $150 million helps to explain WHY". His net worth gives him a slightly different perspective than somebody with MY income has.
Garth, unlike myself and Debs, cannot say "if there is a lower class, I am in it".
Instead, he gets quoted as part of the propaganda to convince the lower class that "Obama really WANTS to help you. He's TRYING to help you. But he can't, the system won't let him."
So, like Bill Clinton, Obama will spend the rest of his life crying all the way to the bank.
7962
(11,841 posts)stillcool
(32,626 posts)Not even close. Those 1% Er's do not measure wealth in dollars only. It is the power and control their wealth has given them. Think multi-billionaire ++
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)his band and was out and very involved in LGBT issues. Brooks has always been very supportive of her and gay rights.She died of cancer last year and he was devastated,they were very close. He's always been a liberal and I don't think he ever tried to hide it.
BBR Esq
(87 posts)"We Shall Be Free"
This ain't comin' from no prophet
Just an ordinary man
When I close my eyes I see
The way this world shall be
When we all walk hand in hand
When the last child cries for a crust of bread
When the last man dies for just words that he said
When there's shelter over the poorest head
We shall be free
When the last thing we notice is the color of skin
And the first thing we look for is the beauty within
When the skies and the oceans are clean again
Then we shall be free
We shall be free
We shall be free
Stand straight, walk proud
'Cause we shall be free
When we're free to love anyone we choose
When this world's big enough for all different views
When we all can worship from our own kind of pew
Then we shall be free
We shall be free
We shall be free
Have a little faith
Hold out
'Cause we shall be free
And when money talks for the very last time
And nobody walks a step behind
When there's only one race and that's mankind
Then we shall be free
We shall be free
We shall be free
Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith, hold out
We shall be free
We shall be free
We shall be free
Stand straight, have a little faith
We shall be free
renate
(13,776 posts)He was one of the directors, too. Amazing.
Whisp
(24,096 posts)I also love him and support him.
LOTS of people do and the President knows this and it helps him greatly.
I am proud to share Garth Brooks' feelings about President Obama.
Omaha Steve
(99,678 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,833 posts)that make Republican heads explode.. I would fully support!
BarbaRosa
(2,684 posts)Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
bpj62
(999 posts)The countdown that you hear is all the talking heads at Fox News losing their collective minds. How could a country music star be a democrat. This is going to be interesting. I am sure someone will tell him to just stick to music. If you are a musician and you support republicans its ok to say whatever you want but if you are a democrat then you are unpatriotic and the record company should drop him asap.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)...with the Dixichicks and the rest.
hlthe2b
(102,320 posts)We need to hear them speak out more.
Chorophyll
(5,179 posts)He always kind of did his own thing. On edit: BarbaRosa beat me to the Chris Gaines thingy.
1awake
(1,494 posts)Loves his music. Nobody beats Billie Holiday though... sorry Garth!
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)I also heard Toby Keith is a dem but have never been able to verify that. He sings such redneck, patriot kick your ass songs, I find it hard to believe. But a friend who's libertarian said she liked his music despite him being a democrat
libodem
(19,288 posts)redwitch
(14,946 posts)Thanks Garth!
Grammy23
(5,810 posts)in the country western field. It's clear he is of a different stripe with that quote. Good for Garth for having the courage to state the truth. I doubt I'll rush out to see him in concert or buy his music, but I'll see him through different eyes. And who knows? I might even change my mind about his tunes.
treestar
(82,383 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)indepat
(20,899 posts)'pukes seem willing to inflict any amount of harm/damage to make the President fail which, imo, is unpatriotic, if not treasonous, on its face.
Rex
(65,616 posts)dbackjon
(6,578 posts)Faith Hill and Tim McGraw as well.
Carrie Underwood is a big supporter of equal marriage.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)June 9, 2012
Guy Adams
She is the musical darling of American conservatives: a God-fearing farm girl from Oklahoma who became a music phenomenon on the back of wholesome hit records about faith, family and the greatness of the United States.
Until now, that is. In a development that will doubtless outrage her many fans on the religious right, the nation's most popular country singer, Carrie Underwood, has come out vehemently in favour of gay marriage.
"As a married person myself, I don't know what it's like to be told I can't marry somebody I love, and want to marry," she said. "I can't imagine how that must feel. I definitely think we should all have the right to love, and love publicly, the people that we want to love."
- snip -
"Our church is gay friendly," she said. "Above all, God wanted us to love others. It's not about setting rules, or [saying] 'everyone has to be like me'. No. We're all different. That's what makes us special. We have to love each other and get on with each other. It's not up to me to judge anybody."
read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/carrie-underwood-us-country-queen-speaks-out-for-gay-marriage--but-how-will-conservative-fans-take-it-7831956.html
heaven05
(18,124 posts)spanone
(135,855 posts)This ain't comin' from no prophet
Just an ordinary man
When I close my eyes I see
The way this world shall be
When we all walk hand in hand
When the last child cries for a crust of bread
When the last man dies for just words that he said
When there's shelter over the poorest head
We shall be free
When the last thing we notice is the color of skin
And the first thing we look for is the beauty within
When the skies and the oceans are clean again
Then we shall be free
We shall be free
We shall be free
Stand straight, walk proud
'Cause we shall be free
When we're free to love anyone we choose
When this world's big enough for all different views
When we all can worship from our own kind of pew
Then we shall be free
We shall be free
We shall be free
Have a little faith
Hold out
'Cause we shall be free
And when money talks for the very last time
And nobody walks a step behind
When there's only one race and that's mankind
Then we shall be free
We shall be free
We shall be free
Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith, hold out
We shall be free
We shall be free
We shall be free
Stand straight, have a little faith
We shall be free
IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)about how beating his wife made her better. I hope he's grown up some.
Tanuki
(14,919 posts)IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)I won't bother because I HEARD HIM SAY IT on a tv interview. That's what the song 'The Thunder Rolls' was about.
Tanuki
(14,919 posts)anything remotely like what you said. That's why I gave you a chance to back up your utterly bogus claim. You can't. And your "memory" of "what you heard him say" is faulty, to put it as politely as I can.
IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)does it????? My first-hand account versus your uninformed opinion. Of course you win! YOU wouldn't lie, would you? although you feel quite free to call me a liar. Talk about faux intellectual superiority!
spanone
(135,855 posts)IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)I HEARD HIM SAY THAT MYSELF ON A TV INTERVIEW. It would probably easy for you to google it. That's what the song 'The Thunder Rolls' was about.
Heidi
(58,237 posts)It's yours to defend. Doubling down on something you cannot even provide a link to makes your claim seem less than credible.
IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)And I'm not your errand boy obligated to do your work. Neither do I give a damn if you want to call me a liar. I heard him!
Heidi
(58,237 posts)I did. There's no evidence of your claim, and it's your claim to defend, not mine.
That you cannot defend it is your problem, not anyone else's.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)good to see you today and also taking the chance to say I would like to see evidence of the aformentioned "claim"
Heidi
(58,237 posts)This one seems reluctant or unable to come up with anything to back up her insinuation that Garth Brooks is a misogynist/domestic violence defender. That's a serious accusation, and I don't consider typing in all caps to be evidence of anything but the typist's poor form.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)not surprised to see this tactic in GD from this poster. But, I find it hard to believe that Garth said that and would be interested in the context, if there is any, which I highly doubt. But, I am always ready to admit that = I could be wrong ....
IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)AND I KNOW WHAT I HEARD AND SAW.
Actually, a friend sent me one link today, so I know it can be found if you care to try. I'm not your errand boy.
spanone
(135,855 posts)IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)And I'm not your errand boy obligated to do your work. Neither do I give a damn if you want to call me a liar. I heard him!
Heidi
(58,237 posts)Just so you know, your ear-witness testimony isn't convincing.
IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)my veracity. Again, faux intellectual 'superiority'!
You just don't want to have your unfounded belief challenged. Boo hoo.
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)You have been here long enough to know that on the DU, linkie or it stinky.
If I post here, "Why, just the other day, IrishAyes told me he beat his wife - said so right here in G," I would expect that other posters would demand a link.
Which I would gladly provide without being asked when I make my post about your comments.
In good faith arguments on DU, we scorn hearsay.
Stop treating the posters on this board so childishly, and either provide a link or accept that most think you are telling a tall tale no matter how emotional you get or how many smilies you employ. Your link to prove your claim will be your vindication.
A Friendly Reminder: This is DU. Make sure you're wearing your thick skin, stirring your simmering cauldron of links and that you've donned your magic happy underpants.
mathematic
(1,439 posts)Throughout this subthread you mention The Thunder Rolls. You say it's a song about how Garth Brooks beating his wife made her better (post 110). That's not what the song is about and your outrage is based on a poor reading or misunderstanding.
The lyrics are about a woman that shoots her husband for his cheating heart. The music video makes the woman a more sympathetic character by making the husband an abuser. I'm guessing the video does this because let's face it: shooting your husband just for cheating makes you a horrible person.
Now I'm going to guess what you heard and how you interpreted it. You heard Brooks discuss the characters in the song. The interviewer asked why the video made the husband a wife-beater. Brooks explains that making the husband an abuser turns the wife into a better character: instead of a jealous murderer she is now a victim driven to extremes and justified in shooting her husband. You interpreted this at the time or now, years later, as a statement by Brooks about husband and wives and endorsing abuse in general or about Brooks and his wife in particular. You were unable to distinguish between the character and the creator and unable to appreciate discussion about the character creation process.
This is why "just google it" and "I heard it with my own ears" and similar deflections just don't cut it. People wanted the original source of the quote to see if what you say you heard is what was actually meant.
Finally, it should be clear that since Brooks thinks being the victim of domestic abuse justifies homicide (which is a socially acceptable point of view) that Brooks does not in fact think a man beating his wife makes her better.
Heidi
(58,237 posts)"Both TNN and CMT banned the video, with a CMT representative commentating that the network was "in business to entertain, not to promote or condone gratuitous violence or social issues". However VH1, which generally aired pop videos, began playing it and women's shelters thanked the record company for raising awareness of domestic violence. On October 2 1991, the clip was awarded the CMA Video of the Year award."
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=6264|
"...some womens shelters voiced support. Brooks own wife at the time allegedly disapproved of scenes in the video but later defended him when the controversy drew public attention."
http://entertainment.time.com/2011/06/07/top-10-controversial-music-videos/slide/garth-brooks-the-thunder-rolls/#ixzz2uo0u9zhF
"Although Brooks' intentions were to promote awareness of the issue, TNN and CMT banned the video. Even with the lack of television support, his mission was accomplished, as many fundraisers were set up around the song to assist battered womens shelters."
http://tasteofcountry.com/garth-brooks-songs/?trackback=tsmclip
DesertDiamond
(1,616 posts)Politicub
(12,165 posts)Great quote.
laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)the one major thing I learned from my poli sci course (and trust me, there wasn't much I didn't know in this class, I didn't even crack open my text and I got an A+ thanks to my 10 yr obsession with DU, lol) was that the Canadian PM (I'm in Canada) has far, far more domestic power than does the US President. In a majority situation, there isn't much that can stop the PM, whereas the President can be completely stonewalled his entire presidency. Having said that, the President does have a 'final say' that the Canadian PM doesn't have - the veto - which means that even though he may be stonewalled - he can also do the same. Hence why the US has issues getting things done versus other countries with parliamentary systems - lots of checks and balances that slow down the process. Not always a bad thing, but it does slow things down.
I do think Obama is trying, but I'm not sure he's going about it the right way. I don't like the corporatism, specifically with the big Ag appointments. I think there is a lot of room for improvement that IS within his power. Oh, and I do like Garth Brooks, and I did like his music back in the day. 'We shall be free' has already been posted. Love that one.
Jake2413
(226 posts)sulphurdunn
(6,891 posts)The Obama presidency is not an executive branch version of "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."
Nanjing to Seoul
(2,088 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)baldguy
(36,649 posts)Too many here think Obama is a "Hall-of-Fame worthy bullshit artist" and show that they have absolutely no clue how the political process in the United States actually operates.
highplainsdem
(49,015 posts)blue neen
(12,327 posts)Cha
(297,421 posts)Garth is an intelligent caring person and knows when he sees that in someone else.
TeamPooka
(24,237 posts)pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)Yup. Heads are exploding.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)He's a pretty damn good country musician (and as a bluegrass musician I have to admit liking country music), but this notion that that means he's a socially conservative neanderthal is really more our fault than theirs.
Hell, didn't he do a year-long sting as a heavy-metal alter-ego?
Cha
(297,421 posts)mahalo napkinz~
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)Oh, and Tricia's cooking show...just another mention...like Tim and Faith...classy people.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)libdem4life
(13,877 posts)fleas, don't wonder why yer itchin' ".
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)Nobody can pay me enough to take that job. Not only does a U.S. president regularly receive death threats, but they have to put up with people in Congress who don't want to work with them, and they have to put up with disengaged voters who equate both parties and somehow think that you're not doing enough (while not knowing of all your accomplishments thus far).
I'm only 23, but if I were President right now, I'm sure that my entire head would be gray by now, just like Obama's.