Posted on 09/03/2008 7:59:15 AM PDT by AuntB
Last night in Montgomery, Alabama we did a concert for the Buckmasters organization. As the name implies, Buckmasters promotes hunting and their convention every year is attended by all kinds of people, but the good ol’ boys in their pickup trucks with the rifle racks, the big knobby tires and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. racing decals make up a big part of the attendees.
The streets of Montgomery were teeming with big guys in camo. They were friendly folks, quick to smile and not afraid to render an opinion on anything from their favorite deer rifle to the current presidential election.
If you want to hear some straight talk, go find you a bunch of rednecks. No politically correct, limp-wristed wimps in this bunch. No stilted semantics or pseudo-intellectual diatribes about the war, gas prices or current politics.
They just call ‘em like they see ‘em. They chop the log and let the pieces fly where they may and whoever happens to be standing in the way is likely to get a mouth full of wood chips. No word-mincing, no high-flying Harvard vernaculars, just plain words from just plain people.
I just wish we had a genuine redneck running for president. It would be wonderful to have just one presidential candidate who didn’t try to play both ends against the middle who would come out and say what they really mean.
A redneck wouldn’t take any lip off little tin dictators like Hugo Chavez and would stand toe to toe with the likes of Putin and Ahmadimijad and hunt down al-Queda to the last man whatever it took.
A redneck would put America first and not be concerned what the rest of the world thought about it.
A redneck would protect our gun rights and see that laws were passed to make sure child molesters get what they deserve.
He’d build up our military in manpower and technology because he realizes that a strong America is safer America.
A redneck would protect the Constitution and have the guts to stand up to the people who want to take God out of public life in America.
A redneck would wear an American flag pin and hold his hand over his heart when the national anthem was played or the Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
He would drill in ANWR, off the coast and everywhere else we need to drill to end our dependence on foreign oil.
A redneck would make sure that if someone fathers a child that he is forced to support it and respect family values.
And a note to the cherry pickers, lest you start accusing me of being a male chauvinist pig, you can insert she for every place I’ve said he. There are plenty of redneck ladies out there too.
What do you think?
Pray for our troops
God Bless America
Charlie Daniels
August 18, 2008
I watched Letterman last night because they said he would talk about Palin. It was disgusting...he said the entire family had been on Jerry Springer.....that any mother who didn’t talk to her kid about birth control was worse than terrible....
But Letterman didn’t bring up the fact he fathered a child at nearly 60 years of age out of wedlock...by accident!
I can tell you this, Letterman’s kid would be better of with Kristol Palin as a parent. By the time his kid is her age, Letterman will be dead or in a nursing home.... a lot of good he’ll be. The height of greed and stupidity is having a child at that age.
Charlie Rocks! Hell yeah.
Dirty Harry was on the other night. Oh, man, that should be required viewing. Dirty Harry was incredulous at things we just take for granted these days - like the perp was gonna walk because Harry had failed to read him his rights.
Redneck ping!
I guess why these elitist east coasters like Letterman tick me off is because I used to be as critical of ‘rednecks’...no country western music, cowboy hats or any of that for me when I was young and ‘knew it all’.
Finally I learned the difference between a redneck and white trash. Sarah may be a redneck, but no matter how much money Letterman makes, he’s still white trash.
Introduce Charlie to Sarah Palin and then turn Charlie loose on the microphone-God I Love IT!
I saw Charlie Daniels in concert about a year ago — a great show! Later I looked up hus age and found out he was in his 70s. Wow!
Thanks “B”!!
Charlie Daniels gets right the heart of the matter!!
Be Ever Vigilant!!
That's kind of surprising....in the mid 80's, before he got really well known (but was still recognizable), he had the same appointment time for racketball as my pals and me.
In the showers, he was always a "looker"....eyes going where they really shouldn't.
Charlie sums up our present President to the tee!
This coming from the same guy who wrote (the hilarious) “Uneasy Rider.”
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