How insane are these folks: Miley Cyrus is the left's "perky little trojan horse"

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How insane are these folks: Miley Cyrus is the left's "perky little trojan horse"

The left in this country has a problem. Well, they have a lot of problems, many of which involve personal hygiene and anger management issues. That is a column for another day though. The left is losing the pop culture media war in this country, and it bothers them. In 2008 Reuters reported that the top four radio formats in United States were news talk, country, contemporary Christian, and Christian teaching.

Liberals failed miserably when they tried to take over the talk radio industry with Air America. It reminded me a lot of the time that Pearl Jam took on Ticketmaster, which in turn reminded me a lot of a bowl of jell-o taking on a herd of wildebeests. The left can’t compete in the Christian market. Let’s face it, the folks who declare Robert Mapplethorpe “art” simply have no credibility in that particular market. With that said, Country is a family friendly format they still think they have a chance of corrupting, and Miley Cyrus may be their perky little Trojan horse into that industry.

Music and American politics have become linked, with most of the genres in the “Hope and Change” category. During the 2008 presidential campaign, a country artist I am acquainted with talked about the stress of that election and how her vote was putting her at odds with her family, friends, fans, and industry (three guesses who she voted for). To change the very culture of that industry, you need to pave the way for the shrill Natalie Maines types with the seemingly harmless Miley types. Ms. Cyrus is presented to us a fully Disneyfied young lady with a Christian background and the values to boot. This is the sort of person that the Middle America country fans should love, right? As with many things in the entertainment world, her image is a well manufactured myth and the truth is that this young lady brings an entire suitcase of San Francisco values with her as baggage when she eventually breaks into the country music scene.

A good example of her more questionable behavior is that she was involved in a scandal that included some pictures she took of herself with her camera phone. Her actions bordered on sexting, and she was involved with this before she was old enough to bug her dad for the keys to the pickup. The photos were pictures of her in her underwear, wetting herself down in a shower wearing only a white t-shirt, and lounging in the arms of boy in what appeared to be a sort of early teen afterglow. Of course she apologized, but apparently didn’t learn anything from the incidents. Soon after she, and her parents, allowed her to be photographed for Vanity Fair magazine in a manner that would suggest her core audience was a rampaging pack of pedophiles. Once again, she apologized.

Despite the contrived contrition, her actions (and the fact they keep happening) demonstrate an attitude that she thinks this sort of thing is appropriate. While she is often portrayed as a Christian, and her relationship with God is between her and the Almighty, the objective evidence suggests that her brand of Christianity is the sort that got King David and Bathsheba in such hot water. As we all know, the media dislikes all things that involve Christianity, and the only Christians they truly like ones with an asterisk. While Miley is portrayed as type who can be found in Church on any given Sunday morning, she is even moving away from the official religion of the entire industry, and experimenting with Buddhism. When talking about her religious beliefs, Miley put herself out of step with the core country audience when she made this statement:

“The one thing I’m really strong about regarding my religious beliefs is that you should know a little bit about everything before you define your own beliefs. I think all religions have a good practice in them. Liam and I have been reading about Buddhism lately and it’s all about hope and love. To me, faith is about having a clean slate and a clean start.”

We could go on with this young lady about how her favorite television performer is RuPaul and that she is a devotee of Michelle Obama, but the truth is that from a values standpoint she is much closer to the Black Eyed Peas than she is Alan Jackson.

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http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bcherry/2010/04/18/remember-the-maines-is-miley-cyrus-the-next-leftist-trojan-horse-into-country-music/#more-333018