And proves he's a complete ignoramus. Yee-hah!

Born on a mountain

Raised in cave

Truckin' n' fuckin'

Are all I crave...

And he's a-laughin' too.

...this song has basis in reality. Of course, that's not going to stop the Right-wing radio stations from playing this. I suspect it's easier for the country and western types to simplify the problem and blame it on us big-city, college-educated, liberal, thinkin' types. 'Cause then it ain't their fault.

wear gloves?

I had no idea.

What a stupid song! Surely the McCain campaign is not thinking of using this at their rallies? It is embarrassing and just another head scratcher for this ticket. Oh well....

I didn't even know that 'ol boy had hisself the 'bility ta write anythin' with his own hand...

You sher he didn't have no hep?

He was high when composing.

How honorable, going down with the Captain McKlan.

and leave politics to the good folks with book learnin'.

Were these lyrics generated by a mad-libs-type country-western song generator?

"They're gonna fix this country"? With what? Down-home charm, lipstick and hate politics?

next!

Really? That has to be the most stupid thing I've ever heard in my life! What's next? Ted Nugent touring the hustings with Pretty Sarah?

Everytime I think the McCain/Palin campaign has gone as low as they can - they manage to drain a little more out of the pool.

Remember "I'm Proud to be a Uh'murican"

Who did that shit?

Was it Micheal Bolton or Kenny G?

I listened to 5 seconds of it. At least some studio musicians got paid to wank off. This is as much of a pure career move as McPain's "suspended campaign".

The Democrats bankrupted Fannie Mae N Freddie Mac

Just like 1, 2, 3

The bankers didn’t want to make all those bad loans,

But Bill Clinton said you got to

and this was its high point.

(From The Strange and Wonderful America of the 21st Century, by C. Johnson Crullers, PhD, 2108 winner of the National History Podcast Award)

Hank Sr. nicknamed Jr. "Bocephus"... but it should have been "Bodufus"

"The bankers didn’t want to make all those bad loans,

But Bill Clinton said you got to."

Apparently he has given up the herb for crack.

in Idaho and can say, without fear of contradiction, that these are really pathetic lyrics. But by gar'!, if'n there's one thing wrong with Amurica! it's gotta be because someone's gonna "give our flag friction." Can I getta Amen?!

First you've got G Bush Sr: baseball star at Yale, WWII combat veteran, a guy who started and built successful companies, and an able, if unexciting, water carrier for the GOP.

vs.

GWB: cheerleader at Yale, AWOL pilot, bankruptor of 3 companies that were handed to him, and probably the worst president ever.

In my part of the country, there were a bunch of entrepeneurs (and stalwart members of the old GOP) who built hugely successful billion dollar companies -- several of which regularly made the "100 Best Companies To Work For" list. They also plowed huge amounts of money back into their communities. Virtually all their offspring are inept businesspeople who have either run those businesses into the ground, or sold them off to outside firms who closed factories and reneged on community commitments.

And as for Hank Williams Jr, he's a half-talented hack, who, like GWB, never would've gotten anywhere in the world if not for his illustrious dad. I'm not a big country fan, but I can name a dozen Hank Williams songs off the top of my head. As for Hank Jr., I draw a blank after "Are You Ready For Some Football"

Just in time to finalize the bubba vote..lots of progress there...great timing..about two years late. Waste of paper and average talent.

I mean, it's just some guy posting a video on youtube with no video. I'm not even entirely sure it sounds like Hank Williams Jr, who--say what you will about the guy--is normally a better song writer than this...

Convenient how the lyrics provided left out this gem at the start of the first chorus (time 1:22):

John N Sarah tell ya

Just what they think

And they’re not gonna blink

they don't have terrorist friends

to whom their careers are linked

The easiest way to teach impressionable children is to make a song out of the lesson.

Good old Hank is playing to the lowest common denominator.

If you can't inspire people with facts and competence, waylay them with homilies and a catchy tune.

Hell, are kiddin'?

Low is the only way to go that 'ol one trick Hank Jr. knows.

The songwriter has every right to do what he will with his original work, but this is a joke. What weak lyrics.

I could write better than this in my sleep.

What a dummy, Bocephus. What a joke you've become. I hope you've got a lot of money because based on this you've run out of talent.....

Why can't we all just get a longneck?

Yep. He's singing to the UNDER EDUCATED choir.

...it ain't. Reading the lyrics put me in mind of a poem I wrote in third grade. My older sister still makes fun of one line in particular. It was an alphabet poem: A is for.. B is for...

The line that still makes my sister giggle: "D is for a bad doughnut. Throw it in the sink!"

I think my eight-year-old muse was more generous to me than Bodufus' was to him. "1-2-3" Sheesh.

Maybe she'll finally stop laughing at me.

PS I'm so glad the dems have Springsteen!

Fair and balanced analysis:

He's either trying to get marijuana legalized or get in Palin's paints.

You decide.

Lee Greenwood recorded "I'm Proud to be an American" and he has made a career out of showing up to sing it at every Republican event over the last 20 years. As far as Hank Jr., Charlie Daniels, Toby Keith and that whole crowd goes, in what way do violent, gun-loving, racist, alcoholic, marijuana-addicted rednecks represent "family values" and what makes them think they speak for the only true Americans? It is one of the great imponderables. But, what makes it even more hilarious is that the moneyed Republicans despise the "white trash" that Hank, Jr. and his boys represent.