Musings of a displaced Yankee
- Apparently, Johnny’s daughter Rosanne doesn’t think much of John Rich’s recent comments either.
- Holy shit, Toby Keith is a democrat?
- Not a big Andrew Sullivan fan, but his recent column raises an interesting question: Under Bush’s definition, was McCain tortured?
There’s very little good that can come of John Edwards’ admission of an affair on Friday’s Nightline. Infidelity is always ugly, and the Edwards’ situation is made even uglier by his long standing image as a family man, his wife who has been diagnosed with incurable cancer and the fact he repeatedly denied allegations of the affair when he was campaigning for President late last year.
Fox News spent much of the afternoon Friday and a good part of Saturday trumpeting the story as though it were some sort of moral victory for the Republicans. The thought of trying to paint all Democrats with a broad brush of Edwards’ infidelity was doubtlessly their goal. But, they better be careful how long they want to drag this out if they don’t want to bring some ugly facts about the republican nominee John McCain into the forefront. In McCain’s case, there are two instances (with two different wives) where questions have been raised about McCain’s faithfulness – one seemingly proven by the public record, while the other is shaky at best, but both currently insignificant in the Presidential race. Continue reading ‘Following Edwards’ admission, a closer look at McCain?’
John Rich, the “Rich” half of mindless country duo Big and Rich (and if you dislike the mindless qualifier, check out their song “Coming to Your City“) has hit the trail for John McCain. Friday night in Florida, Rich took the stage to campaign for the Arizona Senator, and even unveiled a new song, “Raising McCain,” he had written especially for the occasion. In my mind, politics and music go hand in hand, so while I might not agree with the political ideas Rich was spreading from the stage that night, it’s not very different from the Decemberists playing at an Obama rally earlier this summer, or the Vote for Change concert series in 2004.
But Rich wasn’t content to just share his views. Instead, he decided to try and legitimize his ideas by tying them to the Man in Black: Continue reading ‘WWJ(ohnny)D? Not this.’
