Posted on 07/18/2006 7:08:35 AM PDT by seanmerc
Dan Quayle Leaves Bush-Bashing Concert
Former Vice President Dan Quayle walked out of a John Mellencamp concert in Nevada this weekend after the performer took a verbal shot at President George W. Bush.
Quayle, who served as vice president from 1989-93 with Bush’s father, President George H.W. Bush, left the concert after Mellencamp dedicated his rendition of "Walking Tall” to "everyone hurt by the policies of the current Bush administration,” according to the San Jose Mercury News.
Quayle immediately left the concert. He later said through a publicist, "Well, I think Mellencamp’s performance was not very good to begin with, and the comment put it over the top.”
The former vice president was in Nevada to participate in a charity golf tournament.
Leni
Why the H did he attend a MellonCRAP concert anyway?
I thought JCM regularly bashes Bush at his concerts.
Johnny Cougar Mufflerclamp has always been an obnoxious mouthy lefty, anyway.
i agree... though i do question his taste for actually being there to begin with.... hehe!
Hee hee!
That was pretty friggin' stupid of him to go in the first place.
Both Quayle and Mellencamp are Hoosiers.
You must have seen his movie. Man what a piece of crap.
I thought he dropped the Cougar part of his name. Of course that give us all the more reason to keep using it.
Please don't accuse me of THAT. ;->
No, I just recall several stories told about his self-important opinionated diatribes.
I really don't know if he dropped the "Cougar" part.
Exactly. What's next on Quayle's concert schedule? ....John Tesh? ...The Spice Girls?
I've always thought of Mellencamp as an overrated Springsteen wannabe
"You must have seen his movie."
I guess that means he's been in two. I kind of like the impression he leaves in 'Lone Star State of Mind', myself. I'd tell you what that is, but you should see this one, and even if it doesn't fit your bill, Mellencamp's out of the film in the first half hour.
1... bragging rights to his buddies about how he drove you away.
2... your fifty bucks, to boot.
Not a good move.
Yanni/Josh Groban?
That's not the one.
It was called, Falling From Grace I think. I just looked it up and it sounds about right.
Are you a glass-is-half-empty person?
Dan should get: kudos for the correct response to Bush-bashing. Maybe he didn't pay for the ticket, anyway.
Personally, I think he set a great example and called attention to the inappropriateness of Cougar's remarks. :-)
Hey now, I like Josh Groban. That kid has an amazing voice.
Bully for Dan! More repubs should have been doing this before now.
A lot more of them than just the Dixie Chicks have spouted off lies about our President.
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