Posted on 03/17/2004 12:53:07 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat
John Kerry can already wow an audience with Ring of Fire. Now a group of industry leaders is trying to convince Southern country music fans to support the senator in November.
How does John Kerry plan to capture the hearts and minds of the so-called Nascar Democrats, those relatively conservative, rural Southern whites who tend to vote Republican? There's choosing an appealing running mate, of course. But there are some party insiders who think a liberal Yankee could take another route: country music.
The Music Row Democrats (MRD) aim to do just that. Founded earlier this year in Nashville by a small group of country music industry leaders who say they were tired of feeling as if they had to apologize for being Democrats, the organization insists it can help Kerry win Tennessee and other battleground Southern states by appealing to the popular music genre's huge fan base in the region.
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So is Zell Miller. I'd take Zell over Republican Lincoln Chaffee any day.
Yep. And even up here in New York, people who are country music fans here tend to be on the conservative side, to say the least. The thought that some "major artist" coming out in favor of Kerry would change their minds is ludicrous!
Good. Now they can start apologizing for ruining country music.
A liberal friend asked me why country music friends were so outraged over the Dixie Chicks' comments, but gave Willie Nelson a pass on his left-wing politics. I think it's because being a country music legend has its privileges!
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