Rick Perry? Freaking HUGE Country Rap Fan.
Who knew?
We knew you pretty much had to be unemployed and under indictment to be a country rap fan (which the former Texas governor is), but I also thought you had to be at least 266 lbs. Apparently there’s hope for us all.
At Gov. Rick Perry’s formal announcement that he will be seeking the Republican nomination for a 2016 Presidential bid, he debuted a new customized version of the Colt Ford country rap song featuring some loser named J.J. Lawhorn called “Answer to No One.” Some of the lines were changed to specifically cater to the Rick Perry campaign, which probably means we’ll be hearing this thing blaring over the poor-quality PA speakers of stump speeches and whistle stops for several months before Rick Perry is finished spending $7.5 million to place 4th in Iowa.
“Rick Perry supporter, let’s protect our border. To hell with anyone who don’t believe in the USA, Rick Perry all the way,” says the dumb song.
As someone who’d rather shit a knife than hear someone mix politics and music, somehow these lyrics actually seem like an improvement over the original.
Because music needs to evolve, man. So don’t be so uptight. You know, country music can’t all sound like Johnny Cash forever. That Lee Greenwood song has been worn out, and I’m pretty sure Neil Diamond’s “Coming to America” is actually a pro illegal immigration song, so screw that commie crap.
Perhaps Rick Perry should hire country rapper Mikel Knight’s Street Teams to disseminate political flyers. I hear they really get the job done.
Politicians, just like athletes, make terrible music fans. Their lives are too specialized to be able to really understand what the hell is going on. And anyone politically-connected enough to be hired on as a music consultant for a political campaign is going to be suffering from the same fate.
But it all proves what Saving Country Music has been saying since March: Country music is going to be a big factor in the upcoming presidential election. Ted Cruz, right after announcing his formal bid, came out saying he was a big country music fan, and became one after 9/11 because of the reaction of country to the event compared to rock. This is all due to the rising popularity of country.
And before you go thinking Saving Country Music is showing some political bias for razzing on Rick Perry, appreciate that a Hillary Clinton PAC has already released a specialized political campaign country song as well, and it sucks just as bad.
But what sucks even more is being a country music fan who’s going to have to sustain a strong and steady diet of country songs being co-opted for political purposes for months to come. If I have any dog in the race, it’s to keep country out of the political fray.
May the worst song lose.
June 6, 2015 @ 8:54 am
Yet another reason to hate it…
June 8, 2015 @ 5:04 am
Ok liberal
June 6, 2015 @ 8:54 am
Haha J.J. Lawhorn….good grief man.
Unfortunately I know exactly who that is. His band opened for us a couple years back at a festival. Garbage music, nice kid though. He’s pretty young…and misguided.
June 6, 2015 @ 9:26 am
I like SOME of his music. He’s from the county next to mine though, so I’m probably biased.
June 6, 2015 @ 5:50 pm
That dude is the champion of telling you how country he is.
June 6, 2015 @ 8:19 pm
Lmao….I can’t say you’re wrong.
June 6, 2015 @ 9:10 am
This guy sickens me. Running just to be able to charge more for speeches down the road… The glasses don’t make you smarter Rick!
June 6, 2015 @ 9:15 am
It’s bad enough what corporate has done for country music, but now we’re getting blatant politics added too?
Time to stock up on even more records that are twice my age
June 6, 2015 @ 9:17 am
Yeah… it’s definitely hard to trust the judgment of somebody who’d use a song like this.
As for you Trigger, it’s obvious that you lean left; and that’s your business. I just wish you’d be honest about it, instead of pretending like your subtle jabs aren’t political opinions.
June 6, 2015 @ 9:29 am
Oh come on. I hate all politics equally, especially when it interfaces with music.
But I will say this: Comparing the Rick Perry country rap song to the Hillary Clinton country song, I would say the Rick Perry one is much less sinister, just because it’s so obvious what is going on, while the Hillary Clinton one is a really smarmy-feeling attempt at demographics targeting that I think crosses not just a line of poor taste, but an ethical one. I know it wasn’t done by the Clinton campaign itself, but that was a much worse infraction.
June 6, 2015 @ 12:14 pm
This latest country rap song is disappointing. I had always thought of Perry’s persona as more like George Strait’s. In fact I thought the song “Heartland” was used in his 2012 campaign. Perhaps his campaign could adapt the lyrics of “I Cross My Heart” e.g. “And if along the way we find a day it starts to storm, You’ve got the strength of my convictions to make you strong.” Republican women would dig it.
June 6, 2015 @ 7:26 pm
If I was George Strait, I would nix that idea simply because who wants to tie their music to a ship that is never going to leave port? Perry has no shot, at this point guys like him and Rick Santorum just seem to run because they really have nothing else to do and a few special interest groups have some money to burn by backing them. Perry had an opening to maybe become a political force within the Republican party during the last election, but blew that and all the scandals that have come out about him and his staff since have pretty much killed his political career.
June 6, 2015 @ 9:33 am
Yea, I wouldn’t say it’s obvious though. It’s very subtle to me, but I definitely get that impression too. He’s still the best country music writer around.
June 6, 2015 @ 9:38 am
As someone who really does lean left, I would say Trigger takes more jabs at the left, and NPR audiences in particular. Trigger seems pretty middle-of-the-road to me. But we all filter through our own biases as other recent controversy here suggests.
June 6, 2015 @ 12:43 pm
Pretty sure Trigger wrote an album review a couple years back where he stated that Chris Knight’s Little Victories was a protest album done right. I can’t see a blatant, biased liberal writing something like that.
June 6, 2015 @ 2:34 pm
Not really. It seems to me that he leans to the left economically, but to the right culturally, and not strongly in either direction. But one of the aspects of this site that I appreciate the most is that Trigger always tries his best to keep politics away from music coverage.
June 6, 2015 @ 11:15 pm
I think Trigger is generally liberal, but doesn’t like elites. Hence the criticism of the NPR types. I would guess that he is a Democrat with Jeffersonian and Jacksonian leanings.
June 8, 2015 @ 8:55 am
Your comment is the kind of right-of-center attitude I was identifying. The idea that NPR listeners are elites is unfounded. There is a higher level of education, but that does not mean more wealth or power. I know many NPR listeners, and only a few are wealthy. Most are teachers, artists, social workers or in other service jobs, and more than a few have menial or part-time work. I do know two Prius owners (which seems to be a target), but they can afford it because they don’t spend money on other things like the most up-to-date phone or grow their own food.
June 8, 2015 @ 3:54 pm
And it’s fairly obvious that you are a right-leaning religious fundamentalist and that’s your buisness. I just wish YOU would be honest about it, instead of hiding behind this disingenuous trolling you love to engage in.
June 8, 2015 @ 4:22 pm
I didn’t realize I was hiding. I think I’ve been very clear about where I stand.
What is disingenuous trolling?
June 6, 2015 @ 9:35 am
At least last campaign he used George Strait’s “Heartland” as his theme song. Looks like his musical tastes have taken a turn for the worse.
June 6, 2015 @ 2:42 pm
Yep. I thought “Heartland” was a suitable campaign song for Perry. I know he stumbled badly in the 2012 campaign, but there is no need to fix that which ain’t broke.
The campaign song that made me cringe the most was Shania’s “She’s Not Just a Pretty Face” which was used to introduce Sarah Palin to crowds in 2008. Come on, if she were running on policy and experience, and not on her looks, surely she could find a song that did not have the words “pretty face” in the title. I think that song did not help the campaign’s credibility. And I say that as a conservative voter.
I always thought Palin was like a hybrid of Shania and Gretchen Wilson – a lot of populism, a little bit of faux feminism, and not a lot of substance.
June 6, 2015 @ 9:52 am
Holy hell. Rick Perry has to be dumber than a pile of bricks if he thinks this song is appropriate for anything other than a tire fire. I don’t if our culture is to blame or our education system, but there’s not literacy or nuance in musical lyrics anymore. These folks wouldn’t know a simile or metaphor if it bit them in the arse. Is this simply because music raced to appeal to the dumbest or is culture declining that quickly? Can you imagine JFK or Ronald Reagan walking onto a stage with a song like this playing? They would’ve had the good sense that promoting redneck idiocy isn’t helpful.
June 6, 2015 @ 10:01 am
I’m from Texas and some buddies and I were talking about Rick Perry, and with all the mistakes and missteps he’s made in the past, we couldn’t see how he’d be able to win the Republican nomination, let aside the presidency. This latest development erases any doubt.
In all seriousness though, do y’all really think Rick Perry is a country RAP fan? My guess is that some political or media consultant told them that this was what was hot and thus this was what we got. The more established country musicians just wouldn’t hitch their wagon to this … Cause frankly it ain’t going nowhere.
And to some extent this will sell … It goes back to the quote on the SCM website about music being lifeless … we as a culture don’t seem to want good music … Although you can’t tell it from this website and it’s readers.
And in case anyone accuses me of being a liberal commie democrat, I can’t believe I’m admitting this but I voted for Rick Perry for governor.
June 6, 2015 @ 10:32 pm
Perry has made mistakes, but he would be a big improvement over either Hillary Clinton or Jeb Bush. He’s been a better than average governor, mainly because of what he didn’t do rather than because of what he did. After 14 years with Perry in the governor’s office, Texas still has no state income tax, doesn’t have the suffocating regulations of leftist states like California, and has produced a significant portion of the new jobs in this country.
I think Perry is too socially conservative to win outside of rural America and the deep south. Huckabee and Santorum are non starters this time around, since there are other social conservatives in the field. I think a Jeb Bush nomination would be a long term political disaster for the GOP, even if he manages to become a one term President thanks to the Democrats’ weaknesses in 2016.
I’m a Rand Paul kind of guy myself, but if I were to make a prediction on the 2016 Republican ticket I’d bet on Scott Walker and Marco Rubio. That would be a good story line for “opportunity conservatism”: a blue collar guy who reformed the public sector unions, and a fiscally conservative son of Cuban immigrants. I like Walker-Rubio’s chances vs Clinton-Castro.
June 6, 2015 @ 10:59 pm
I would bet on Scott Walker too, followed by Marco Rubio. They are distinguished by the fact that they enjoy support from both the establishment and from the base, along with the fact that they are fairly young (Gen Xers rather than Boomers).
June 7, 2015 @ 8:15 am
Rand Paul is the only conservative running. RINOs are most likely gonna sink him though.
June 6, 2015 @ 11:02 am
The govenor of texas didn’t like country music before 9/11? That’s fucking criminal.
June 6, 2015 @ 11:19 am
Actually that was the Senator from Texas, Ted Cruz, but the same rule should still apply.
June 6, 2015 @ 11:04 am
I don’t like rap and I don’t like rap in country music.
June 6, 2015 @ 11:10 am
I must admit, don’t like Colt’s music, but I applaud him for his stance on the 2nd amendment, in his songs, just my 2 cents.
June 6, 2015 @ 7:12 pm
Because pandering to the “Country music” audience about guns is really ground breaking?
June 6, 2015 @ 11:17 am
Perry strikes me as the type who probably wanted to walk out to Geroge Jones blaring.He probably never even heard of Colt Ford until one of his handlers told him “Hey this is it,this is what all the cool kids are listening to.” Puke.
June 6, 2015 @ 11:59 am
Texas, you guys are awesome but your politicians and their music taste sucks, well most of your politicians.
June 6, 2015 @ 12:52 pm
Lemme see if I’ve got this straight…. You can’t walk two blocks in Austin without bumping into a decent songwriter and/or musician. Perry was governor for long enough to meet lots of musicians, some of whom no doubt agreed with his politics. Yet when his campaign goes looking for a song, it picks one originally written by a guy from Georgia and re-written by a guy from Virginia.
Makes perfect sense.
June 6, 2015 @ 12:56 pm
Trigger, I’m going to apologize ahead of time because I’m really not trying to be that guy. But, finishing 4th in Iowa is actually good. Iowa is more about surfacing than winning that caucus. No nominee has ever finished outside of the top 4, however.
Sorry again, I’m just a political guy, so I felt compelled to point that out.
June 6, 2015 @ 2:45 pm
I definitely do not ‘lean to the left’ and I despise Hussein Obama, but Rick Perry is a total limp brain.
On an unrelated note, but related to Colt Ford, Charlie Daniels has just added Colt Ford to the lineup for Charlie Daniels’ annual Volunteer Jam that will be held August 12th at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.
June 6, 2015 @ 4:00 pm
for more yeers.
June 6, 2015 @ 4:30 pm
I know it’s bad and I can’t stand Rick Perry. But it can’t be as bad as when Ronald Reagan played Springsteen’s “Born in the USA” on his campaign tour. It seemed everyone but Reagan’s staff knew what the song actually meant.
June 6, 2015 @ 4:36 pm
Yeah, perfect example of politicians having no clue about music.
June 6, 2015 @ 7:12 pm
Then there’s Ohio governor and second tier Presidential hopeful John Kasich, who hailed T-Swift as a great role model. Kasich is a milquetoast establishment RINO (Republican In Name Only). I guess this substance free window dressing is their idea of outreach to female voters, just like Boehner’s 12 Taylor Swift Gifs.
June 6, 2015 @ 7:25 pm
Wait until 25-30 years from now when Taylor Swift is heavy into politics as a moderate, Kennedy-style Democrat and is able to garner incredible support from the millions of voters who grew up on her music.
June 6, 2015 @ 8:17 pm
” A moderate, Kennedy-style Democrat?” As I recall, Uncle Ted was a hard core liberal Democrat. I think your vantage point might be quite far to the left.
June 6, 2015 @ 8:28 pm
I’m talking old school Kennedy. JFK.
June 6, 2015 @ 10:21 pm
She is a fast mover. I don’t think it would take 25-30 years if she wanted to get into Democratic politics, especially if she were to patch things up with Conor. Kennedy politicians start young.
June 6, 2015 @ 7:16 pm
Another example would be when Obama walked out to Brooks and Dunn in Chicago after he won his first Presidential election. I remember finding that pretty funny since, after reading “Rednecks and Bluenecks” by Chris Willman, it’s pretty clear Ronnie Dunn has some pretty far right wing ideas and views.
June 6, 2015 @ 11:05 pm
I highly doubt that Ronnie Dunn is right-wing. As he told GAC, he voted for Obama in 2008. Also, “Cost of Livin” is a classically left-leaning, economically populist song.
June 7, 2015 @ 7:05 am
I see “Cost of Living” as a pretty apolitical song. I don’t think it leans either way, rather it gave a viewpoint of America from a working class, family man in the midst of the Great Recession. I don’t really see any left wing, right wing aspects to the song, I think it stays out of the political light and instead tried to explain the economic fear and angst that surrounded people of all social and political backgrounds.
Dunn may have changed his viewpoint since “Rednecks and Bluenecks” was written, which is his right, but he is very open in that book about his Republican party support for W.
I’m not knocking Dunn, he comes off as very intelligent in the book, I may not agree with him on some of the point he brought up, but at least you can tell he knows what he is talking about and has done his own independent research to come to his viewpoints. That’s my biggest knock against musicians that add politics to their music, too often it feels like they just listened to Air America or Rush and incorporated those viewpoints into their songs, without actually knowing what the hell they are talking about from a factual standpoint.
June 7, 2015 @ 10:07 am
Also surprising was that “Shutting Detroit Down”, a song with a left leaning, economically populist message, was co written by John Rich, a conservative Republican. This is even more surprising considering that Rich recently played the opening anthem for Rand Paul’s Presidential campaign. According to libertarian free market philosophy, insolvent business should fail, so that capital can be allocated more efficiently.
June 6, 2015 @ 11:21 pm
Just curious, what do you think of “Shake It Off” as a campaign song for Hillary Clinton? I think she’d want to neutralize her perceived weakness (her age).
June 6, 2015 @ 5:20 pm
You made me curious, so I looked up the lyrics.
It’s about a bitter Vietnam vet, right?
June 6, 2015 @ 7:02 pm
There is an anti-war line in the song, but the main point is about the lack of appreciation and services that the returning veterans faced. The vocals and music are structured in such a way that casual listeners would think that it is an upbeat patriotic song, but those paying deeper attention would realize the profound and dark message.
June 6, 2015 @ 7:27 pm
As a fan of Rick Perry, I found it disappointing that they are using country rap in his intro but it all goes back to what I try to do is separate politics and music. Heck, I am a big Steve Earle fan but I am pretty to the right politically.
June 6, 2015 @ 9:17 pm
Not largely surprising, We are talking about a guy who thinks the U.S. Army wants to invade Texas. I’m more disappointed in his staff who could not find ANYBODY in Texas they could use that was better than this.
June 6, 2015 @ 9:17 pm
This reminds me of when Paul Ryan was asked who his favorite musicians were and he responded with rage against the machine. He literally could have said any other band on the planet and it would have been a better answer. I remember listening to him say that thinking, A. you don’t listen to Rage. If you did, you would know better than to say they your favorite, because they are pretty much your polar opposites. And B, they will publicly come out and denounce you. Tom Morello did speak in opposition to that statement.
June 6, 2015 @ 9:51 pm
if i only listened to music by artists who supported my political and social views, i’d have to get rid of 90% of my music collection.
June 6, 2015 @ 10:28 pm
you missed the irony. it would be like David Dukes walking out to the Wu Tang Clan. I said it was obvious that he did not listen to Rage, or for that matter had never even heard one of their songs, because if he had he would have realized how foolish that statement was, therefore he would not have made it.
June 7, 2015 @ 7:18 am
Paul Ryan also said something like his playlist ranges from ac/dc to zeppelin. My reaction was hmm, as far as my playlist, the couple zeppelin songs were under ‘L’ as led Zeppelin. You pandering P.O.S.
June 7, 2015 @ 8:19 am
I thought the answer was honest, and therefore a good answer. Morello’s riffs overshadow the politics.
June 6, 2015 @ 10:48 pm
This is disappointing. The country we live in is running afoul of the fundamental rights in which it was established. As the governor of Texas, Rick Perry kept the state, in large part, out of the hole that riddled the rest of the USA. I know he didn’t do it on his own, but he did a great deal to instill American values in an otherwise unamerican world. Job creation and financial security both held up in the Lone Star State. Instead of ridicule, maybe someone should consider what was accomplished. This article proved no point. Rap country sucks, as does main stream country. Root against Rick Perry. What are you going to do then? Lick your wounds and claim Hillary is illegal the same way you did Obama? This country is tearing itself apart, and the 20-30 generation still live with their parents and contribute little to society. It’s sad to see, but this country is digging its own grave.
June 6, 2015 @ 10:51 pm
“This article proved no point.”
I agree. Look, it’s a stupid song, and so I wrote a stupid article about it. I think if we try to find the deeper meaning in all of this, the joke is on us. In the end it’s just intro music for stump speeches. Let’s point and laugh and move on.
June 6, 2015 @ 10:57 pm
It’s pretty hard to “contribute to society” when there is an ongoing Great Recession and the jobs are not available.
I’m sure that similar comments were made about the then-young Greatest Generation back during the Great Depression.
June 6, 2015 @ 11:09 pm
I have a different perspective. Unfortunately I think much of the millennial generation has internalized a sense of entitlement, as part of a trend towards greater reliance on government handouts. The educational system has not helped. Over the last few decades, educators increasingly subscribed to the mistaken belief that low self esteem is the reason why kids underperform in school. So they worked hard at boosting kids’ self esteem. The reality is that low self esteem is not the reason why American students’ test scores have been falling behind those of other developed countries. Studies show that the majority of American students have very high self esteem. On the other hand, Asian students have the lowest self esteem and the highest test scores. Hard work, the hunger for self improvement, and the ability to delay gratification produce results – not social promotion or the cheerleading of teachers who worship at the altar of self esteem.
Not too long ago, I heard T-Swift say in an interview that she thinks we have a big self esteem crisis, presumably referring to young girls. She’s wrong, but I suppose it would not be reasonable to expect her to speak out against a flawed ideology that has help her get to where she is.
June 6, 2015 @ 11:28 pm
Firstly, there is no trend toward greater reliance on government “handouts”, when adjusted for income levels. The main welfare program, AFDC, was eliminated by Clinton and the Republicans in the 90s. Food stamps and public housing were drastically cut under Reagan, and public housing was cut even more by Clinton. About the only significant new government benefit program created since the Great Society has been Obamacare, which took effect just last year and does not affect younger people much anyway.
Any increase in government spending on welfare programs can entirely be attributed to the shrinkage of the middle-class and the rise in the poor population over the last 3 decades, drastically accelerated in the wake of the Great Recession.
The subject of test scores is a very complicated one involving multiple variables. Part of the problem is our uniquely rigid system of neighborhood schools, which tends to reinforce the poor performance of schools in disadvantaged neighborhoods. There are also a bunch of other demographic factors involved, but level of self-esteem probably plays a very small role.
On the other hand, academic performance and economic productivity are not the only important aspects of life. A core theme of country music (just to tie it back to the main topic) is that personal happiness and fulfillment are central to one’s well-being. On that front, self-esteem definitely correlates with happiness.
June 7, 2015 @ 1:07 am
First of all, Trig I found your website about a week ago when I searched Mikel Knight after reading a forwarded Facebook post. Loved your article. Read along this week as the ire played out, from places mostly unknown. Kudos to you for standing your ground.
Eric,
“There is no trend toward greater reliance on government “handouts”‘
That’s absolutely obsurd. All I have to do is scroll through my news feed and see what the “enlightened” and “educated” people are doing with their lives. Still in school at 30. Looking for jobs. Living with their parents. We’ve become a land where the dream stretches unmarried and unreproduced into the 30’s and it’s sad. You mention the greatest generation like it’s going to give you a pass. Sorry bud.
And yeah “contribute to society” is exactly what happened. Those jobs were created, in large part by promotion of the LSS by Rick Perry. They were created in Texas. By and for people who aren’t afraid of their rights and good clean living.
But that’s okay. You’re entitled to your opinion. And when it’s all down the crapper, you can sip sprite on your moms sofa and blame me.
June 7, 2015 @ 7:55 am
What’s wrong with being unmarried or not having kids by 30? If you find another person you are happy with, go ahead and do both those things, but it’s absolutely ridiculous to point to that as being a negative of current generations.
Would you prefer countless households be filled with two people who are unhappy because they got married and reproduced because the societal norm is to do both of those things at a young age? Yeah, cause that doesnt lead to screwed up kids and two miserable people at all….
June 7, 2015 @ 7:09 am
Definitely.
I’m sure plenty of Taylor Swift fans live through her music and that is not healthy. Plus, I wouldn’t be surprised if they think she lives a life like theirs.
June 7, 2015 @ 9:57 am
Here is a link to an article that describes what I dislike the most about the message she sends to young people:
http://www.avclub.com/article/case-taylor-swift-radical-champion-self-esteem-211990
The self esteem movement fosters a culture of narcissism that encourages young people to focus too much on themselves.
June 7, 2015 @ 1:23 am
Not a single thing that you mentioned in your last comment disproved anything I said about government handouts. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being at school at 30, and most of the 30-year-olds in that category are pursuing very advanced degrees that will end up paying handsomely. And whether or not people marry or reproduce has absolutely nothing to do with welfare benefits (actually, not having kids generally reduces one’s dependence on benefits).
By the way, most of the jobs created in Texas in recent years, outside of oil and gas, have been minimum wage jobs. Given how the minimum wage (inflation-adjusted) has declined over the last 40 years, this means that the reliance on so-called government “handouts” is quite large in Texas.
June 7, 2015 @ 9:40 am
There is nothing wrong with adults continuing their education at age 30, or 40 or 50 for that matter, because learning needs to be an ongoing, lifelong process in a knowledge economy.
The problem I think he was alluding to was 25-30 year olds living with their parents because they do not have the skills to get a good job. That creates a culture of dependency that saps young people of initiative and drive.
And whether it is coming from political elites on the left, from politically correct voices in the mainstream media, from the teachers unions or from celebrities like Sandra Fluke and Dunham and Swift, the modern day culture of victimhood and dependency propped up by “self esteem” is having a corrosive effect on the values and capabilities of this great country of ours.
June 7, 2015 @ 1:38 pm
Once again, the country is still mired in the Great Recession. Coupled with the fact that middle-class jobs have been decimated by outsourcing and automation, the good jobs just aren’t available. Sadly, it seems like the future of the country will be defined by a wealthy and upper middle class elite, with most everyone else working in low-wage service jobs.
June 7, 2015 @ 1:41 pm
Also, the whole idea behind self-esteem is in NOT falling into victimhood and dependency. I think you are conflating separate issues.
June 8, 2015 @ 11:19 am
That”™s not exactly true, often times minimum wage jobs are a result of an increase in population having disposable income to spend at those businesses. On top of that, look at the number of companies which have moved or expanded their operations to Texas, primarily from California. Toyota, Hyundai, Apple, Dunn-Edwards, eBay, etc. There are too many to list here. Those aren’t low paying jobs.
June 7, 2015 @ 7:06 am
I actually liked the first version of this song. Yeah, it is all bravado, but guilty pleasures are allowed.
June 7, 2015 @ 8:23 am
Outlaw Convention by Hank3 would be a good campaign theme song
June 7, 2015 @ 12:20 pm
a phony song to go with a phony politician
June 8, 2015 @ 4:00 pm
That name
June 7, 2015 @ 7:51 pm
I may be one of the few folks here who actually enjoys this song. It’s mindless feel-good, pump-up music, but honestly not nearly as terrible as whatever trash Luke Bryan released last.
Rick Perry strikes me as rather bumbling in his presidential ambitions, but I don’t mind the guy. His ideals and economic track record are solid. This song just doesn’t fit the personality he has communicated.