Singers Head Overseas for Troops

AP ^ | 19 Oct, 2001 | The Associated Press

[archy]

Singers Head Overseas for Troops
The Associated Press
Friday, Oct. 19, 2001; 3:45 p.m. EDT

BOSTON –– Singers Clint Black, Taylor Dayne and former MTV personality "Downtown" Julie Brown are headed overseas to entertain troops deployed after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

The Citizen Patriot Tour is being organized by Janet Langhart Cohen, a former Boston television personality and wife of former Secretary of Defense William Cohen.

"We want to laugh, we want to get cheered up, and just feel real good about the homeland defense and the armed forces. We're just armed with our patriotism and our talent and our support," Langhart Cohen said.

Former "Saturday Night Live" writer Al Franken will join the tour, as will some New England Patriots cheerleaders and Lt. Lorenzo Thrower, a Virginia firefighter from Fairfax County's search and rescue team who responded to the Pentagon attack.

The celebrities are scheduled to leave this weekend. The military bases they're visiting were not disclosed for security reasons.

© Copyright 2001 The Associated Press

[archy]

Additional info: Langhart Communications

[GraniteStateConservative]

This is a pathetic line-up. Send Meat Loaf, Ted Nugent, Alice Cooper, Heather Locklear, and Janine Turner-- an all-non liberal cast.

I'm sure Franken's authoring "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot : And Other Observations" will make him a big hit among the troops.

[malia]

Am I reading correctly?!! This is what William Cohen's wife said ?-- "We want to laugh, we want to get cheered up, and just feel real good about the homeland defense and the armed forces. We're just armed with our patriotism and our talent and our support," Langhart Cohen said.

Sounds more like the Hil-Billys.

[archy]

This is a pathetic line-up. Send Meat Loaf, Ted Nugent, Alice Cooper, Heather Locklear, and Janine Turner-- an all-non liberal cast.

I'm sure Franken's authoring "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot : And Other Observations" will make him a big hit among the troops.

That'd be a great lineup- for the Desert Shield/Storm/Sabre troops of a decade ago. But most of the grunts and snuffies in now are not at all so inclined toward those old fogies you named.

Interestingly, though, there has been some interest in getting some retread Vietnam-era performers out there for the guys, as well as a couple from the Bicentennial period when things were a bit gentler. We shall see, but at least the country music/SNL reject lineup is a start, and sure beats another dreary afternoon checking oil in the motor pool.

-archy-/-

[real saxophonist]

Al Franken? Better remove everybody's bolt carrier...

[Snow Bunny]

Thank you for the ping. Your post oh how I would love that. This would be so wonderful to have it happen.Thanks again.

[paddles]

Make no mistake about it...this is the Janet Cohen show.

She orchestrated the "Pearl Harbor" debut on the USS Stennis in Hawaii last summer, which was supposed to be a celebration of their continuing role as SecDef/Mrs. SecDef in the Gore Administration.

Bill and Janet consider themselves members of the permanent ruling class in this country. He's a blow-dried dilettante and she's a B-grade TV reporter who grabbed the brass ring.

[Britton J Wingfield]

Julie Brown can entertain me any day.