Ray Stevens’ Song ‘We the People’ Becoming Anthem of Tea Party Movement

CNSNews.com ^ | January 07, 2010 | Pete Winn

[bogusname]

Grammy Award-winning music artist Ray Stevens has recorded a song and video that is fast becoming the anthem of the Tea Party Movement.

“We the People” is about Obamacare and the health-care reform bills that have passed both houses of Congress.

The lyrics express a comic, but pointed warning to members of Congress: “You vote Obamacare, we’re going to vote you out of there. We the People have awakened to your tricks. You vote to let this pass, you’re going to be out on your (sound of foghorn).” ...

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

“To me, it’s pretty obvious that the government is doing a bunch of crap that we don’t need and we don’t want, and they don’t care what we want – they’re going to do it anyway. I think I’ve heard it called ‘progressive.’ I don’t know what’s progressive about it – it seems like to me it’s stupid.”

Ray's THE man!

[BenLurkin]

http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/idid.wav

[wintertime]

Very cute video.

I wish he would do one on Obama’s eligibility.

[USNBandit]

They could have just used the "We the People" from School House Rock. It is still the easiest way for me to remember the preamble.

[IMissPresidentReagan]

Wow! I’m impressed. Good for Ray Stevens. We are being “royally defecated on”. lol Inspiration for my tagline!

[Lmo56]

I wuz hopin’ the anthem would be Ray’s “If 10-Percent Is Good Enough For Jesus (It Ought To Be Enough For Uncle Sam)” or Ray’s “Jack Daniels, You Lied To Me Again” ...

[Wiggins]

I like Ahab the Arab.

[fallingwater]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc_-L4fyLUo

[New Yawk Minute]

Cute song. I always like him. My kids, all adults now, still imitate him from “The Streak”.

[skeeter]

Ray Stevens - now there's a guy who's been around for a long time.

Turns out he's smart, too.

[Wiggins]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkL7WUc8CVo&feature=related

[Dan Middleton]

OK, thanks, I was about to come in here and ask if this was the guy who did “The Streak.” Would that the movement’s “anthem” had a more respectable pedigree.

[AmericanArchConservative]

thanks for the link

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"OK, thanks, I was about to come in here and ask if this was the guy who did “The Streak.” Would that the movement’s “anthem” had a more respectable pedigree."

If you are intending to rip on Ray Stevens with your remarks, I hope you realize that he was making fun of streakers, not agreeing with them.

[not2worry]

Ray needs to do something on TSA - Totally Safe Airlines, incorporate his famouse Streaker song.

[krb]

Silly Bandit. People focusing on the School House Rock rendition will no doubt focus on the general “Welfare” clause, then stop wondering about what our constitution originally meant.

[ArmstedFragg]

I think I’d put this at the head of the Anthem list.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiyqvuTxaEs

[Dan Middleton]

Well gee, that’s a load off my mind, thanks so much for clearing things up for me, it’s not at all embarrassing that the guy’s best known for a comedy song about a streaker as long as he didn’t intend it to be a heart-felt tribute to the joys of public nudity.

[LucyJo]

American Tea Party Anthem - by Lloyd Marcus