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Back in 2004, it was OK to like Big & Rich. They had a remarkably listenable debut album that was a breath of fresh air from the somewhat lousy country music scene at the time, as well as fun personalities. But their charm wore off rather quickly somewhere around the Cowboy Troy solo album, and John Rich became a bit of a caricature of himself as a judge on CMT's Gone Country and NBC's Nashville Star. However, even if the Village Voice Web site doesn't want to acknowledge it now, 2004 was a different time, a time when critics sent Horse of a Different Color to the 39th spot in the Pazz & Jop poll. Take a moment and remember those accolades while you download Rich's cleverly titled tribute to John McCain, "Raising McCain." While the lyrics "He got shot down in a Vietnam town fighting for the red, white and blue / then they locked him up in a Hanoi Hilton, thinking they could break him in two" wash over your ears, just think of those days back in 2004 filling out your year-end ballot and wonder what happened. To him and to us. [John Rich]
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Isn't "Raising Cain" that crappy movie with John Lithgow as a crazy murderer? Or something?
Um... they DID "break him in two." Rather quickly.
In McCain's own words just four days after being captured, he admits he violated the U.S. Code of Conduct by telling his captors "O.K, I'll give you military information if you will take me to the hospital." He later signed a confession and declared himself a "black criminal who performed deeds of an air pirate."
Hey, I'm not pretending I'd fare any better, but face the facts: the guy cracked under torture just like anybody would, he then said anything he was told to say, and it's likely he received preferential treatment because of it. And instead of lining up to debate me about it, try doing two minutes worth of internet research on the subject.
"Hero," my ass.
@MikePo: John McCain wants to raise his arms in a showing of outrage, but remembers that he can't
@MikePo: Yeah, what a pussy, huh? Little known fact: after McCain admitted in writing that he was an "air pirate", Walter Cronkite pronounced the war to be lost and swayed the opinon of average Americans against the war.
@MikePo: I don't know about all that, but the John Rich song sucks, doesn't it?
Is "Bush Was Right" the b-side? (And why hasn't Billy Joel sued these clowns?)
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