Country star (Toby Keith) praises Obama

Nashua Telegraph ^ | 8/20/08

[peggybac]

Sen. 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."

[Raider Sam]

Yeah, there is a larger portion of Country Music that votes Dem than most people think (Tim McGraw, Tracy Lawrence, Merle Haggard). Largely, I think it is due to the fact that most Southern Democrats are D's cuz their daddy was and his daddy was...Thats how it is for Keith, and McGraw said he wanted to be like the old Populists of Country music.

Just because there are more conservative viewpoints in Country, doesn't mean it is not a venue for art. And most artists are liberal.

If you want good, con/libertarian country, listen to Texas Country artists like Cross Canadian Ragweed, Wade Bowen, Stoney LaRue, and Jason Boland. They all love them some Texas.

[death2tyrants]

“So I thought it was beautiful the other day when Obama went to Afghanistan and got educated about Afghanistan and Iraq.”

Flashback: Obama: troops “just air-raiding villages and killing civilians”

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[jimmango]

He must be smoking weed with Willie again.

[jacksonstate]

Just like some of my family in Mississippi he is still a registered Dem. My family has not voted for a Dem President since Jimmy Carter and most state offices they vote in Republicans. He never said he was voting for Obama and until he does I am gonna give him some slack.