Forget Ted Haggard! This is the real Haggard

He's one of a kind

:rofl:

So many around here seem to forget how Merle had his little ultra patriot conservative songs shoot him to the top in the beginning.

Think i'll just stay here and drink! :beer:

you can point to "Okie...", but I can point to any number of 60s and 70s haggard songs with what we'd recognize as a progressive stance

example: "Irma Jackson"--about an interracial relationship and the "crazy world" that frowns on it

I'd love to shout my feelin's from a mountain high
Tell the world I love her and I will till I die
There's no way the world will understand that love is colour blind
That's why Irma Jackson can't be mine

I remember when no one cared about us bein' friends
We were only children and it really didn't matter then
But we grew up too quickly in a world that draws a line
Where they say Irma Jackson can't be mine

If my lovin' Irma Jackson is a sin
Then I don't understand this crazy world we're livin' in
There's a muddy wall between us standin' high
But I'll love Irma Jackson till I die

She tells me she's decided that she'll go away
And I guess it's right but she alone should have the final say
But in spite of her decision forcin' us to say goodbye
I'll still love Irma Jackson till I die

If my lovin' Irma Jackson is a sin
Then I don't understand this crazy world we're livin' in
It's a muddy wall between us standin' high
But I'll love Irma Jackson till I die

Loretta Lynn is a great example of someone in country with controversial views that people loved, and still do. She also has some very conservative, and religious stuff.

I don't fault Hag for song like Okie, or Fightin' Side. I like them just as much as Daddy Frank, or Sing Me Back Home. My fave is the Fugitive song, that one and Conway's Play Guitar Play remind me how it feels running from the law.