GOP "playa hatas"

[madeuplikebowie]

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Rush Limbaugh and other angry conservatives mock John Kerry and the Dems for hanging with hip-hop stars. But they're dissing a key (and mostly white) bloc of youth voters.

April 23, 2004 | Republicans have never been able to rock. But can they learn to rap?

Bruce Springsteen told President Reagan's campaign in 1984 to stop using his anthem "Born in the USA" at rallies; he didn't want it to be associated with the Republicans. In the 2000 campaign George W. Bush received similar cease-and-desist requests from Sting, Tom Petty, John Fogerty, John Mellencamp and Los Lobos. Today, as the party unveils a major new push to land the 18- to 24-year-old vote, the GOP is again grappling with its fragile ties to pop culture. The party wants to appear open and hip while still waging a cultural war.


http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/04/23/gop_rap/index.html

[rocktivity]

1. When I heard about Bush Sr. using "Born In The USA"

I said to a friend, "Damn, didn't he even LISTEN to that song?" He tried to go after Cougar afterwards. Forgarty's "Fortunate Son" would work pretty well come Novemer, though...

:headbang:
rocknation

[porkrind]

2. No doubt.

That song is a condemnation of everything Reagan and Bush stood for. Oh, the irony.

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