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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 02:41 PM
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Down with Elton John!!!!!!
He's not voting for Kerry this november!!!
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russian33 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 02:42 PM
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1. Jesus isn't voting for Barack Obama, so down with him too!
That's what 'honorable' Alan Keys said, so it must be true!
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lightbulb Donating Member (660 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 02:42 PM
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Are citizens of the UK allowed to vote
in US elections?
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 02:43 PM
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4. Ummmm, no.
That's my point :)
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lightbulb Donating Member (660 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 02:53 PM
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17. Oh, heh
Sorry I'm a bit slow today. :hangover:
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Wat_Tyler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 02:43 PM
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7. Well, they SAY they can't, but I don't believe those devious bastards.
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Strawman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 02:42 PM
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2. He's just been bitchy since they fired him and his focus group from MSNBC
Edited on Thu Sep-30-04 02:47 PM by pse517
He'll come around

Sorry... I know about half of my 140 posts have been Frank Luntz looks like Elton John jokes, but I can't help myself.
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HalfManHalfBiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 02:43 PM
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3. Isn't he British?
I think he has a house in Atlanta, though.
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amber dog democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 02:43 PM
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5. but he is not 'Murkin is he ?
By that measure..... down with Tom Jones. He isn't either.
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Redleg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 02:43 PM
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6. Is Elton even a US citizen?
I didn't think so.
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Donkeyboy75 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 02:44 PM
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8. And everyone knows his "Crocodile Rock"
was thinly veiled praise of the PNAC.
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sui generis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 02:44 PM
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9. He's a brit - I don' think he can vote
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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 02:44 PM
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10. HEY! That's My Towel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:hi:
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MsUnderstood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 02:44 PM
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11. I haven't like Elton
Since he slept. . .er. . .sang with Eminem and called him an artist.

It is one thing to allow freedom of speech it is another to embrace a guy who keeps stereotypes about your culture alive and well.

And I totally understand the Eminem doesn't hate gays, he just uses them (and their derogatory names to sell his records).
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murielm99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 02:49 PM
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12. I still like Elton. However,
I was very upset with him when he did that, too.

My daughter likes Eminem, also. She went to his movie, and likes his "music." The thing that is odd about that is that she is a classically trained musician who plays in a symphony, and gay.

I don't think anynone who is gay should embrace Eminem. I don't care if it is an act or not. He should be pressured to clean up his act.
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 02:52 PM
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15. yeah, maybe we can start a Bureau of Musical Pressure to do that
Edited on Thu Sep-30-04 02:53 PM by thebigidea
The BMP can make sure all lyrics conform to certain norms. Violators will be persecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

I don't like Eminem much (ok, at ALL) - but talk of "pressuring" artists to change their act just strikes me as completely wrong... perhaps even wrong-er than the initial transgression of taste.
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MsUnderstood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 02:52 PM
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16. I always say
If you gotta support an artist like that, bootleg the music!
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 02:50 PM
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13. Down with Elvis Presley
he won't be voting Kerry this year.
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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 02:52 PM
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14. he's not an American citizen he is British!
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 02:53 PM
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18. Hence the irony.
You're only the 12th person in this thread to note that he's not a citizen. Keeping everybody on their toes today! :hi:
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Moderator DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 02:53 PM
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19. I'm locking this thread , Copycats aren't allowed in GD n/t
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