McCain's Musical Woes Continue

re: McCain's Musical Woes Continue

dagdavid — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:14:14 GMT

The same writer who defended McCain's internet ignorance now finds it laughable that a rocker would not give the old guy rights to his/her music. At least Andrew Romano got it right this time.

re: McCain's Musical Woes Continue

ApostasyUSA — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:33:15 GMT

"But we here at Stumper headquarters think that the more interesting--and/or hilarious--story is McCain's utter inability to find a single rock star willing to associate his or her songs with the campaign."

Haaa!! That is mad funny.....

Hey what about that idiot that put up the fear mongering billboard in Florida that said, "please don't vote for a Democrat"? Wasn't he a musician? Besides that guy, where are the liberal hating, toe tapping, Iraq war supporting musicians? Oh, there aren't any?

Sorry McCain, looks like you are going to have to hire a producer to get your distorted caricatures of Democrats into song form.

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captbilly — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:44:19 GMT

I once greatly admired McCain. I certainly would have voted for him in 2000 if Bush Rove hadn't shot him down with the same kind of negative campaigning that McCain is now embracing. It is very sad to see how far McCain could fall in so short of a time. It is as though he has no idea of who he is or what he stands for any more. I understand how uppsetting it must be for McCain (or how how upsetting it must have been for Hillary) to have this relatively new politician rocket to the top so fast. Obama is somewhat like who McCain was 30 years ago, although I think that Obama is a fair bit smarter. Obama still believes in something, although I wonder what he will be like after a couple of years in the White House, while McCain has left all his beliefes behind.

I am a fifty year old ex USAF pilot, no liberal and as patriotic as can be. If there was ever a time in American history when we needed a break from the past, a new kind of politics, then that is today. Some people feel that McCain is safer than Obama. I suppose that would have been true back in 2000 when the economy was booming and we weren't involved in a war that was distroying our military capability. Today that far safer choice is to pick a new path towords prosperity and peace. THis is not the time for steady as she goes politics.

re: McCain's Musical Woes Continue

FMJohnson — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:50:42 GMT

In the interest of honest reporting, the negative excerpt from the Ted Nugent interview should have mentioned BOTH candidates. You misquoted him. Here is the actual quote: "Clearly, Barack Obama and John McCain seem to be catering to a growing segment of soulless Americans who could care less what they can do for their country, but whine louder and louder about what their country must do for them. That is both un-American and pathetic."

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J. F. — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:17:06 GMT

"McCain's utter inability to find a single rock star willing to associate his or her songs with the campaign."

Well, there's the wacko who just shot up a church - a church! - because he hates liberals. He was carrying his shotgun in a guitar case. That almost makes him a musician, and clearly he would side with McCain's position on the Second Amendment.

re: McCain's Musical Woes Continue

ChristopherJ — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:18:26 GMT

Wow, could you be any more bio-sed?

I'll add the part you seemed to have missed:

In all fairness, any politician that attempts to use songs by musicians without the musician's authorization, risks the chance of being publically reprimanded and asked not to.

This is exactly what happened in the case of Obama's unauthorized use and attempt to adopt 'Hold On, I'm Comin' by the Sam & Dave as his campain theme song.

Wow!, musicians that don't want Obama to use their song, how surprising. It's not as cool now, is it?

re: McCain's Musical Woes Continue

PatrickJKiger — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:16:07 GMT

Big deal--Obama's campaign did it once. McCain has been trashing copyright law right and left. Obama has well-known artists in multiple genres writing and recording songs supporting his candidacy. McCain has...John Rich of Big and Rich. That's it. He couldn't even get both members of the duo.