Joan Baez Unwelcome At Concert For Troops

The Washington Post ^ | May 2, 2007 | Teresa Wiltz

[FastCoyote]

Believe it or not, I worked with Joan Baez’s mother in a bookstore back in 1975.

[wbill]

I love it. God bless our troops.

[StarCMC]

I loved him when I was in highschool. I heard him on a talk show somewhere in the last couple years though and he really ticked me off. I don’t knowingly support ANYONE who doesn’t support our troops. Reasoned or not. :-)

[Sensei Ern]

I think the reporter misunderstood her.

I realize now that I might have contributed to a betterBITTER welcome home for those soldiers fresh from Vietnam.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

(continued) Royalties, concert ticket gate percentages and other monies continue to be paid to the creators of anti-American music, such as some songs by Baez, The Guess Who, War, CCR, Linda Ronstadt and many others as a result.

Hear, hear, America.

[StarCMC]

LOL! You too! And I should say, I called her a hag not cause of her appearance necessarily, but because of her views. :)

[latina4dubya]

"In the end, four days before the concert, I was not 'approved' by the Army to take part. Strange irony."

i see no irony here...

[Gay State Conservative]

Baez, 66, said she wasn't told why she was given the boot, but speculated, "There might have been one, there might have been 50 [soldiers] that thought I was a traitor."

Fifty? FIFTY?????

[Valin]

I do recall that Joan Baez was the only one on the left to speak out against the genocide going on in Cambodia & the boat people from Viet-Nam, and admit that the antiwar movement had some responsibility for it.

[catpuppy]

It's an honor to be turned down by the Army.

And she wonders why those who remember her would rather not ...

[pandoraou812]

IMHO She never looked that good anyway. To be honest I can’t remember a single song she did. I just remember she was a folk singer and was always involved with the antiwar stuff. I know I’ve heard her way back when but I don’t think she impressed me.

[NonValueAdded]

I’m surprised they let in Mellonhead Cougarcamp. Talk about torture!

[StarCMC]

Didn’t she sing “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” or something like that?

[PurpleMan]

“...she was disinvited from the event by Army officials.”

Wow. The leadership at Walter finally showed some brains and onions.

[91B]

Unlike most of the moonbat artists, Mellencamp’s opposition to the war is a bit more reasoned...

Yeah, Not so much.

[misterrob]

More like understatement of the year...

[StarCMC]

Yeah - the rest didn’t know who she is. LOL!

[StarCMC]

From that link...

Singer John Mellencamp on the ‘Charlie Rose Show’ said the removal of the Taliban after 9/11 was wrong, but further Mellencamp stated if the United States knew exactly where Osama bin Laden was it would be wrong to drop a bomb on OBL’s head.

Yeah - that's about what I heard him say that ticked me off. He's a loon.

[SMARTY]

“There might have been one, there might have been 50 [soldiers] that thought I was a traitor.”

1 or 50??? Is she kidding??!!! She and her ‘friends’ covered themselves with s^%$ during the U.S./Viet Nam conflict. Is the whole world supposed to forget about that??? You can bet those officers remembered, anyway!!!

[ohioman]

Great Post. You have shown for all what a girly-man John Cougar Mellonhead is. He’s barely better than the Vichy Chicks.