From Think Progress
Last night, country singer Toby Keithappeared on the Colbert Report to promote his
new movie, Beer for My Horses. The movie is based off his song by the same name, which he performed on the show — and whose lyrics promote vigilante-style hangings of anyone considered “wicked” or “evil”:
Last night, country singer Toby Keithappeared on the Colbert Report to promote his
new movie, Beer for My Horses. The movie is based off his song by the same name, which he performed on the show — and whose lyrics promote vigilante-style hangings of anyone considered “wicked” or “evil”: Grandpappy told my pappy, back in my day, son
A man had to answer for the wicked that he done
Take all the rope in Texas
Find a tall oak tree, round up all of them bad boys
Hang them high in the street for all the people to see that
Max Blumenthal notes that in Keith’s “Grandpappy’s” day, “3,437 African-Americans were lynched in the United States, mostly in the heart of Dixie.” Blumenthal also remarks on the racial undertones in the song’s video; the movie trailer depicts a “Mexican guy” who deals drugs and kidnaps Keith’s character’s girlfriend.
n Houston, a Texan protesting amnesty for illegal immigrants argues
As crazy as this statement seems, it is possible. After all, this is the group who was able to turn John Kerry, a Vietnam veteran, into a war criminal, and Max Cleland, who lost his limbs in Vietnam, into somebody who supports Osama Bin Laden. In this twisted parallel universe, with good propaganda, anything is possible.
Senator Obama dropped by “The Daily Show” last night (via satellite) to talk about the upcoming Pennsylvania primary and catch up with John on all the things that have happened since they last spoke.
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