I got bad news for you.
That ain't cheese.
What, did she shoot a man in Reno, just to watch him die?
"Hate"? Show us the "hate" on FR.
Geez, just because you worship Palin doesn't mean that someone who doesn't "hates" her.
No one in this day and age can purport than Johnny Cash would’ve been one ‘Conservative’ or another. Many liberal jerks like his ‘rebellious anti-establishment tone’ (In their minds, that means Anti-Conservative/Republican) because we’ve ‘ruled the universe’ until the 60’s or 70’s in their minds... Forget FDR and all that, though... But, alas, who would Johnny have voted for? Well, he covered a Nine Inch Nails song, so I see him as Romney man...
Even Willie Nelson can sound like a conservative in song when everyone knows hi is a Tax Evading $HITBIRD.
However compared to what passes for a 'Liberal' these days, he just might be a conservative.
A Johnny Cash conservative? What does that mean? I am serious. I can’t hear what the U-tube video is saying either because I am hard of hearing. So, do you mind explaining to me?
“The point is, many people on Free Republic hate palin..”
How DARE you type her name in lowercase.
If you can’t bother proofreading what you type before you hit the “post” button, why bother posting?
Thanks for posting. I’ve always loved that song.
Johnny Cash wrote about poor and disaffected people; prisoners, people who were drug addicts and alcoholics. He made phone calls to a brutal killer on death row one at least one occasion, because the man was such a huge fan. He did concerts in prisons and was in favor of prison reform.
He wrote and sang songs about lives he felt were wasted in Vietnam, and about being strung out on dope. He wrote about people who thought God was on their side, which implies that maybe He wasn't.
I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime, But is there because he's a victim of the times.
Johnny Cash struggled with alcoholism and drug addiction much of his adult life. He was an adulterer. He tried suicide at least once. He tried to bribe a deputy to keep himself out of jail when he was carrying drugs.
He personally knew every president from Nixon on, but never endorsed anyone. He was good friends with Jimmy Carter.
Johnny Cash was a great man and a phenomenal artist. None of the above is a slam on him in any way. It just is what it is.
So, I don't know what a "Johnny Cash conservative" is, but not a bit of that sounds like Sarah Palin.
Here's a line from a song he made famous, The One On The Right Is On The Left:
Now this should be a lesson if you plan to start a folk group
Don't go mixin' politics with the folk songs of our land
Just work on harmony and diction
Play your banjo well
And if you have political convictions keep them to yourself
I’ve read about half of this thread and I’ve come to the only conclusion that makes sense......you’re Charlie Sheen, aren’t you?
Sarah Palin has been now compared to Johnny Cash....unbelievable.