Posted on 01/13/2005 3:00:15 AM PST by kattracks
(CNSNews.com) - Rock artist Kid Rock will not perform at the youth concert for the presidential inauguration, and conservatives are applauding the news because of outrage at the content of his lyrics."We have been informed that Kid Rock will not perform," said Donald E. Wildmon, chairman of the American Family Association.
According to Wildmon, over 100,000 people called and e-mailed the Presidential Inauguration Committee to voice their concerns over news that Kid Rock was invited to perform.
Wildmon said Kid Rock's lyrics focus on recreational sex and send a message of female sexual exploitation, both of which contradict the values of voters who support the president.
The rock artist also appeared in a porn film in 2000, the AFA noted.
Like me? I didn't post this crap; the haters at FR did.
So much for you dealing in reality.
I appreciate your post.
We prudes rock too. :-)
Well, we're at least "useful," in stark contrast to the self-proclaimed Christian Right, who are just plain f***ing useless.
You're right, there is something pathetic (psycho or otherwise) about these people.
Of course people who tend to believe no one can make changes in their lives, tend to be the same type who will never admit to making mistakes.
The media reports that said Bush voters were motivated primarily on 'values' is going to destroy this party. It has empowered a small, very vocal segment of the party that will scare away just about every young voter that would ever consider voting republican.
We have to be careful not to look like the self-rightous, uptight town in Footloose. The media paints us that way and we are embracing it.
LOL!!!
Now we're the ROAD-KILL CABAL..............why do we make these people so nervous?
Of the 30 million self-identified Catholic voters, about 52% voted for Bush. The large Hispanic Catholic vote leans Democrat, though not as overwhelmingly so as do African American evangelicals. The white Catholic vote supporting Bush is likely in the 60-65% range. Pro-GOP Catholics are more likely to attend Mass weekly, participate in the sacraments and other aspects of church life, and be more concerned about moral issues like abortion, pornography, etc., than Democrat Catholics. Using the 52% ratio, about 16.1 million Catholics voted for Bush, representing about 27% of Bush voters.
Other conservative religious minorities, notably Mormons and Orthodox Jews, were overwhelming supporters of the Bush reelection campaign.
There are many reasons that people, including evangelicals and conservative Catholics, supported Bush that had no relationship with social issues, such as national security, taxes, crime, etc. However, exit polls indicate that Bush voters were more religious and traditionalist than those that supported Kerry.
The majority of the GOP electorate would be more content living in the clean living Bedford Falls community depicted in the Christmas classic, It's A Wonderful Life, than in its antithesis, the hedonistic Pottersville.
ROFLMPJO!!!!!!!!!!
You've got to be kidding??????????
This out of the keyboard of the one calling those who disagree liberals and useful idiots???????
What a screaming riot..........
'The religious right has convinced themselves that they and they alone "won" the presidency for Bush...'
This isn't accurate at all. Mainstream America which includes the 'religious right' chose Bush to be president. I don't know anybody who embodies that stereotype and I know many.
It makes the shrilling, shrieking, paranoia, and hysteria quite tolerable.
No kidding.
Especially since it's NOT true.
BTW, it suits "them" just fine; haven't you heard, the "tent" is being "reduced."
If Kid Rock is good enough for our troops- who BTW ensure my freedom with their lives- he is darned good enough for me. Kid Rock is more of a role model than many of our Senators... He rocks.
According to Michael Barone, the religious right voted in exactly the same numbers as they did in 2000.
Hispanics and blacks picked up the slack; now, isn't it going to be interesting to watch these "religious righers" go nuts when Hispanics and blacks DEMAND their "values" be adhered to.
Two or three can play at the same game the religious right is demanding we "play."
It's interesting to me.
Have ever considered that the media is using you and fellow theo-cons as "useful idiots"? Your group is as poisonous to conservatives as gay marriage is to liberals.
By being such a vocal, uptight, socially repressed group - the theo-cons chase away any chance we will ever have with the young vote. We're not going to have the war on terror issue (the one that reelected GWB) forever.
The media is only too happy to put our "useful idiots" on display whenever they get a chance. Think about it - the media is primarily liberal and goes out of its way to put a bad spin on conservatives. Who does the media put up on display as the poster child of conservatives? Theo-cons and bible thumpers. They know it alienates voters and our "useful idiots" are all to happy to accommodate.
I have my theories...
Could you provide specifics? Also, could you point out how you are different. Thanks...
Ahem. The religious right (of which I am a member) has given us:
President Bill Clinton, 1992
President Bill Clinton, 1996
The Great Florida Fiasco, 2000
Governor Gray Davis, 2002
Until we win major elections consistently all by our little selves, we can't talk seriously about imposing every jot and tittle of our agenda on those who disagree with us. Until then, we're stuck with a coalition--and that means that we're either going to have to put up with stuff we don't like to get some of our agenda enacted, or we're going to get none of our agenda enacted.
Your call, buddy. I'm willing to work with people I disagree with in some particulars to get things that I think are important. If you aren't so willing, then get used to losing.
What has been far more entertaining is watching them turn themselves inside out and talk about voting 3rd party everytime Bush has done something they didn't want in the last term. I guess they don't realize he is a smart politician. That and they keep thinking the bones they are thrown are more than bones.
"Nervous"?? Lol.
Here's another movie for you to check out that defines your position on these Kid Rock threads:
'Midnight Express,' starring Brad Davis.
The definitive scene? 'The Wheel.'
Folks who've seen the movie will know what I'm referring to.
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