Does anyone else wish, for once, that Toby Kieth would have been at the MTV Awards show...

[WCGreen]

I mean really, would Kanya West, or whatever his name is, gone up on stage to take the mic from Toby Kieth...

[rcrush]

1. Yeah MTV would have paid him to do it

Plus he was high on coke to

[Mudoria]

2. Trace Adkins would be the one I'd like to see Kanye snatch a mic from.

[lildreamer316]

5. +100

OMG, that would be funny.

[EndersDame]

3. Kanye has more way more talent than Toby Kieth

And I prefer country

[stray cat]

15. seems to be more of a jerk though

[MajorChode]

35. That's kinda like being the prettiest waitress at Denny's...

even though you look like someone worked you over with a bag of nickles.

[EndersDame]

4. Toby is a big Redneck republican asshole

I will take Kanye over him anyday here is his song taking on the diamond industry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgqd80026xU

[WCGreen]

6. Even after he did that to Taylor Swift....

That's what I'm talking about...

[EndersDame]

7. Fuck toby I would have like to have seen what Queen Latifah

would have done to him

[WCGreen]

27. Kicked his ass....

[Common Sense Party]

8. Toby Keith is a Democrat.

"It's amazing how many Republicans call me for support. And then they go, 'You're a Republican right?' And you go, 'Well I'm actually a lifetime Democrat,'" he said. "And then they go, 'Oh, sorry.' And the Democrats want so bad — the real liberals really want to hate me. And then they go, 'I still hate you, but I can't believe you're a Democrat.' So I'm not a real political guy. I'm a very patriotic guy."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/10/sunday/main1990758.shtml

[Sultana]

9. He's a Rethug & a *-loving idiot!

[Common Sense Party]

10. He is a Democrat.

He may be an idiot, but he is a Democrat.

[TommyO]

12. Hate to break it to you, but you're wrong

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/19/toby-keith-praises-obama_n_119930.html

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[stray cat]

14. You really need to do your homework before blanket wrong statements ie You Lie!

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[rcrush]

33. You are mad that Toby Keith is a democrat?

[Orsino]

18. And even if he might be kinda conservative...

...he's proven he has a sense of humor:

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/211034/november-23-2008/a-colbert-christmas--toby-keith-sings

[TommyO]

11. You're right about the redneck asshole part, but he claims he's a Democrat.

[paulsby]

24. toby keith is a democrat.

sorry, them's the facts.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/19/toby-keith-praises-obama_n_119930.html

LOS ANGELES — Barack Obama is getting praise from Nashville, courtesy of one big, patriotic country star.

Toby Keith, perhaps best known to non-country audiences for his post-Sept. 11 song "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue," says he's a Democrat, and was impressed by the senator from Illinois.

Keith has said in the past that the 2002 song _ which included lines aimed at the Taliban like "we lit up your world like the Fourth of July" _ was more patriotic than pro-war.

Asked while promoting his new movie "Beer For My Horses" about the role of patriotism in the current presidential election, Keith replied: "There's a big part of America that really believes that there is a war on terrorism, and that we need to finish up.

"So I thought it was beautiful the other day when Obama went to Afghanistan and got educated about Afghanistan and Iraq. He came back and said some really nice things.

"So as far as leadership and patriotism goes, I think it's really important that those things have to take place. And I think he's the best Democratic candidate we've had since Bill Clinton. And that's coming from a Democrat."

[stray cat]

13. Toby Keith is a democrat of course - anyone knows that who is reasonably well informed about him

and Kanya West would certainly not touch a mic he was holding. Maybe we need more dems who won't by bullied.
';

[suninvited]

16. he claims to be

a conservative democrat.

But, according to Wikipedia, he endorsed W in 2004, and preformed at a pre election rally in Dallas, Texas the night before the election in 2004 in support of Bush.

That is pretty odd behavior for a Democrat.

[Common Sense Party]

20. Some "democrats" engage in odd behavior from time to time.

[paulsby]

25. he also supported clinton

and has spoken out on behalf of obama in interviews.

what is all this theorizing. he says he's a democrat. why would he lie? he's a frigging country artist, saying he's a democrat isn't going to HELP his sales.

[Zomby Woof]

32. He has only donated to the GOP

When it comes to putting his considerable income to where his rancid mouth is, he has only donated to Bush and the GOP. How is that for "reasonably well-informed"?

http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Toby_Keith.php

[MajorChode]

36. That doesn't mean he's a Republican

Lot's of Democrats choose to support various Republicans from time to time. Not everyone is completely polarized one way or another. At one time, TK supported Bush and he may still and he made no secret of that. He's also supported Democrats. I don't particularly care for his music or his politics, but claiming to be a Democrat considering his fan base takes a bit of stones.

[Zomby Woof]

38. He's a shit "Democrat"

I bet he never said it to his fans at any of his concerts. He would be booed off the stage in a hurry. He's a shit Democrat if he can't pony up for even a local candidate once in awhile, let alone a national race. Hell, even Ted Nugent and Hank Williams Jr., both avowed Republicans and ultra-conservatives, are on record as having donated to Democrats in the not-so-distant past. Pretty goddamned sad that they have given more money to the Democrats than someone who allegedly claims to be one. Just for supporting Bush, at any time, really makes him a shit Democrat.

I don't think it's wrong to equate donations with convictions when one has the financial means as he does. He has stones of styrofoam.

[MajorChode]

39. He's no Ted Nugent

You're solely basing your assesment on what someone has or hasn't given to political parties. As far as celebrities go, what they say is far more significant. I don't care how much Ted Nugent gives to any Democrat. He deserves to be thrown from a helicopter screaming and I wouldn't mind if Hank Williams, Jr followed him out the door. While I certainly wouldn't call TK a reliable or even good Democrat, I sure as hell wouldn't even put him in the same ballpark as the other two.

[Bunny]

17. Kanye is a bully. He only did this because he knew Taylor Swift couldn't fight back.

It's a lot easier to trample a little teenaged girl than to go after a man his own size or more.
What a guy. :eyes:

[Rabrrrrrr]

19. Toby Keith? I'd rather have seen it happen with Lemmy.

[gmoney]

21. I'm amazed Keith hasn't had his label re-do the photo for his first record...

Certainly doesn't fit his current "rough and ready redneck" image...

"Ow, you pinched my arm..."

[lukasahero]

22. I wish we could stop hoping for men to defend women from boorish assholes

I wish the boorish assholes would stop being boorish assholes.

[paulsby]

26. i want to see the women kick their asses

instead of hoping for men to defend them.

[brettdale]

40. If Dolly Parton had of been there

She would of given him an ass whopping.

[PeaceNikki]

42. Yes. This.

[Daisymae97]

23. Forget the men

I'd have liked to see Mr. West try and do that to Pink. I think he would've been walking a little funny!

[WCGreen]

30. She would have definatly kicked his scrawny rappin' ass...

[donheld]

34. No, but I am beginning to wonder what happened to the Dixie Chicks.

[jobycom]

37. If I didn't know you better, I'd be offended by that.

You're fantasizing about a white redneck whippin' up on an uppity black man? No, no, no. Not a fantasy of mine. Anyway, why would Toby Keith win a "Best Video by a Female Performer" award.

Kanye West (in case you don't know who he is, he's the hip-hop artist and producer who claimed "Bush doesn't like black people" at a Katrina benefit show, and performed at the 2008 Democratic convention, so Republicans are just salivating over this) needs his ego brought down a few notches, but he doesn't need to be lynched or destroyed as a person for what he did. He's thrown tantrums before when he didn't win, and he's interrupted male performers, too, so it wasn't because she was a white chick and he was a big black brute. He's just a celebrity who hasn't been told "No" enough times to learn that he can't do everything he wants. Like Christian Bale. Like Russle Crowe. Like Mel Gibson. Like Tim Commerford.

It was a low moment in his life, and I suspect he'll pay for it, since he did it in front of, and to, his colleagues. As a producer, he relies on people like Beyonce, Jay Z (her husband), and the entire industry for recommendations, and right now I think he's going to get dumped from a lot of programs. No one wants to associate with him. There are rumors that Lady Gaga is backing out of a tour with him, just after the dates of the tour were announced, and Kanye himself says he might disappear for a while.

Probably didn't help that he'd been drinking heavily, and it probably didn't help either that he's still grieving over the stunning death of his mother and the fallout of that whole affair.

He needs to be harshly condemned for this, and he will be professionally shunned enough to get his attention for it, but he doesn't need to be taught a lesson on stage by a big white guy.

[brettdale]

41. Garth would of defended her

In a gentle way.

and it would of been cool if Darius Rucker and Charlie Pride had of been there.