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Two Reasons to Vote Against Obama
Obama, who has received a significant amount of celebrity endorsements, will be the beneficiary of a fundraiser at which rock legends Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel will perform together.
All right. Who should do benefit concerts for:
John McCain?
Chuck Baldwin?
Ralph Nader?
Bob Barr?
|10.1.08 @ 12:49PM|#
Two good reasons not to vote for Obama?
More like two good reasons not to attend this fundraiser.
|10.1.08 @ 12:51PM|#
McCain? I'd say Cream for that Vietnam feeling and Ted
Nugent.
Chuck Baldwin? Someone religious.
Ralph Nader? Joan Baez and Paul Simon.
Barr gets Rush, of course.
|10.1.08 @ 12:52PM|#
Hawkwind for Nader. They could play "We Took the Wrong Step Years Ago" and "The Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear in Smoke)".
Elemenope|10.1.08 @ 12:53PM|#
Ralph Nader? Joan Baez and Paul Simon.
I can call you Betty if you call me...
OH NOES!
|10.1.08 @ 12:56PM|#
John McCain? Charlie Daniels Band
Chuck Baldwin? Who?
Ralph Nader? Indigo Girls
Bob Barr? a drunk beating on a bent shitcan
Guy Montag|10.1.08 @ 12:56PM|#
PL posted my answers before I could type them out :(
You snooze you lose.
Andrew |10.1.08 @ 12:58PM|#
McCain: The U.S. Marine Corps Wind Ensemble with the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir.
Chuck Baldwin: The Summit (NJ) High School Stage Band -- or some
other group you never heard of.
Ralph Nader: Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie and other folkies.
Bob Barr: Rage Against the Machine.
|10.1.08 @ 12:59PM|#
Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel will perform
together.
I do believe, in the King James bible, this is a bonafide portent
of the coming apocalypse.
gorgonzola\'s foil|10.1.08 @ 12:59PM|#
Nader's history with the Edsel should give him that one-hit
wonder from the 60's about the Nash Rambler whose horn went beep
beep beep.
Since Barr has now found religion on medical marijuana, he can use
Afroman.
McCain... Zombie John Philip Sousa and the Marine Corps Band for
the national service warmonger.
BakedPenguin|10.1.08 @ 1:01PM|#
Andrew, I think McKinney should get RATM. Chuck Baldwin should get Lee Greenwood.
|10.1.08 @ 1:03PM|#
John McCain - GBH
Chuck Baldwin - TSOL
Ralph Nader - No Means No
Bob Barr - Negative Approach
Jesse Walker|10.1.08 @ 1:04PM|#
McCain: Country Joe and the Fish
Baldwin: Black Sabbath
Nader: Skrewdriver
Barr: Gang of Four
sage|10.1.08 @ 1:04PM|#
Nader should get GWAR.
McCain should get the rolling stones (it needs to be someone older
than him).
Barr should get Ted Nugent.
Baldwin should get Gaye Bikers on Acid.
Andrew |10.1.08 @ 1:04PM|#
BakedPenguin, you are probably right. Barr is too hard-core for RATM. As for Chuck, Lee Greenwood is a good choice.
stuartl|10.1.08 @ 1:05PM|#
McCain ... The Rolling Stones. Standing next to Keith Richards would make McCain look young and sane.
svf|10.1.08 @ 1:05PM|#
John McCain?
Jewel
Chuck Baldwin?
Stryper
Ralph Nader?
The Cars
Bob Barr?
ZZ Top
|10.1.08 @ 1:09PM|#
All right. Who should do benefit concerts for:
John McCain?
Crothchety old man, Jerry Lee Lewis.
Chuck Baldwin?
Prussion Blue.
Ralph Nader?
Peter Paul and Mary.
Bob Barr?
Tina Turner. I don't know what her politics are, I just love
her.
Franklin Harris|10.1.08 @ 1:11PM|#
... Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel will perform together.
Why not throw in Barbara Streisand? The Unholy Trinity of
screeching, overrated, middle-aged hacks will awaken Cthulhu and
end it all. And oblivion is looking pretty good right now.
|10.1.08 @ 1:14PM|#
I saw Billy Joel and Elton John in concert. But they weren't campaigning for anyone.
Citizen Nothing|10.1.08 @ 1:14PM|#
I was going to defend Springsteen and Joel but I checked my
iPhone and strangely, I find I don't have a single cut from
either.
So apparently they DO suck.
jimmy|10.1.08 @ 1:16PM|#
mccain: old and in the way
baldwin: the minutemen
nader: crash test dummies
barr: cosmo kid
|10.1.08 @ 1:18PM|#
ralph nader: radiohead
bob barr: one of the marley brothers
chuck baldwin: his church's choir
|10.1.08 @ 1:18PM|#
All right. Who should do benefit concerts for:
John McCain?
Pat Boone and Lawrence Welk.
|10.1.08 @ 1:20PM|#
joe,
Welk is dead. As for Pat Boone, do you mean Heavy Metal Pat Boone?
Or that other one?
|10.1.08 @ 1:22PM|#
John McCain: The Andrews Sisters (so what if they're dead? It
never stopped Keith Richards...)
Chuck Baldwin: Pat Boone (in his metal phase, with apologies to
joe)
Ralph Nader: Spinal Tap circa "(Listen to the) Flower People"
Bob Barr: Robbie Fulks (with bonus points if he can get Rhymefest
to join him on stage like during this year's Hideout Block
Party).
|10.1.08 @ 1:23PM|#
McCain: Ol' Dirty Bastard
Baldwin: Missing Persons
Nader: Death Cab for Cutie
Barr: X and/or Cypress Hill
|10.1.08 @ 1:24PM|#
Oh, and Episiarch:
McCain should have Hanzel Und Gretyl doing "Fukken Uber Death
Party".
Only if they play their song "Starf*cker" for Cindy...
Abdul|10.1.08 @ 1:27PM|#
McCain: ABBA
Chuck Baldwin: Question Mark and the Mysterions
Ralph Nader: Sammy Hagar
And Obama doesn't need Billy or Bruce, he has a chorus of
elementary schoolers!
|10.1.08 @ 1:27PM|#
I saw Billy Joel and Elton John in concert. But they weren't
campaigning for anyone.
Yes they were, they were campaigning for mediocrity.
Steven W.|10.1.08 @ 1:30PM|#
Since Obama broke his promise to abide by campaign spending limits he can have big $$$ concerts, McCain cannot. So the question is moot ;(
|10.1.08 @ 1:30PM|#
McCain - any generic, teased-blonde-hair country gal-singer.
[`cept Cindy might veto that, as she knows Mac has a thang for that
type.]
Obama - Living Color and The Bus Boys!
Baldwin - Sandy Patty
Bob Barr - Mojo Nixon and the Kinkster!
Kevin
|10.1.08 @ 1:32PM|#
Only if they play their song "Starf*cker" for
Cindy...
Finally, someone else who listens to them. They could do "Number 1
In Deutschland" for Obama, "Mutant Starseed Creation" for Palin,
"Transplutonian Annihilation" for Biden, "Kaiser Von Shizer" for
Baldwin, and "Pleiadian Agenda" for Barr.
ed|10.1.08 @ 1:36PM|#
rock legends Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel
Rock is a subset of pop. Billy Joel is no more a "rock legend" than
are the Bee Gees.
Not that it matters.
Sean|10.1.08 @ 1:46PM|#
ed | October 1, 2008, 1:36pm | #
rock legends Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel
Rock is a subset of pop. Billy Joel is no more a "rock legend" than
are the Bee Gees.
Not that it matters.
I agree. Billy Joel's induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,
along with the induction of James Taylor, and the exclusion of The
Stooges and MC5, are among the many reasons why I would like to see
the RNRHOF destroyed.
Rick|10.1.08 @ 1:55PM|#
McCain: Too bad Johnny Ramone isn't still with us. Ricky Skaggs,
Gary Sinise and The Lt. Dan Band
Nader: The Dixie Twits, Holly Near
Bob Barr: The Kinks, Ted Nugent
|10.1.08 @ 2:01PM|#
John McCain?
The Eagles
Chuck Baldwin?
DC Talk
Ralph Nader?
Green Day
Bob Barr?
Psychadelic Furs
Dagny T.|10.1.08 @ 2:10PM|#
Peter Paul and Mary.
J sub, I kid you not, I thought the exact same thing!
Baldwin should get Justice. He'd at least approve of their album
title.
QSL|10.1.08 @ 2:11PM|#
John McCain?
Kid Rock if he wants it loud
The last surviving Andrews Sister if he wants it mellow
Ralph Nader?
Tom Morello (The Nightwatchman)
Bob Barr?
Rush
PC|10.1.08 @ 2:12PM|#
McCain: Billy Joel, preferably driving McCain to the
event.
Balwin: Anti Nowhere League
Nader: NAS/Diddy "Hate Me Now"
Barr: GnR, scheduled to perform and then cancels at the last
minute.
|10.1.08 @ 2:28PM|#
Baldwin should get Justice. He'd at least approve of their
album title.
The German Justice or the French Justice?
Who is the most soporific? They could have Troum.
Here\'s a Third Reason|10.1.08 @ 2:44PM|#
Barack Obama yesterday:
"I don't think me calling House Republican members would have been
that helpful. I tend not to be that persuasive on that side of the
aisle"
Barack Obama today in Wisconsin:
"I've been reaching out to leaders in both parties to do whatever I
can to help pass this plan."
Regis Carnifex|10.1.08 @ 2:45PM|#
Sausage Swingin' Libber,
WOW. I had the exact same thought for Baldwin. Damn, man. I was
briefly considering Officer Negative ("Kick Satan in the face/with
our steel toe boots"), but they're too, um, noisy.
McCain: Merle Haggard
Nader: Flux of Pink Indians
Barr: Hank III
|10.1.08 @ 2:54PM|#
Rick
Bob Barr: The Kinks, Ted Nugent
The Nuge is a GOPer. But the Kinks is a damn good libertarian
choice.
BDB|10.1.08 @ 2:54PM|#
Balwin: Anti Nowhere League The John Birch Society Barbershop Quartet
You owe me a new keyboard, PC.
|10.1.08 @ 3:01PM|#
The ultimate video for any major party political party has to be Dr. Mabuse, by Propaganda.
Dagny T.|10.1.08 @ 3:03PM|#
The German Justice or the French Justice?
French, obv. Fun French techno beats scary German metal any day.
Sorry to break it to you.
They could have Troum.
See what I mean? Throw in Schoenberg and his freakin' Austrian
12-tone misadventures, it's enough to condemn the entire
region.
|10.1.08 @ 3:07PM|#
Dagny,
The Techno Viking mocks Gallic and Teutonic pretensions. There is
only the Dane and his music.
Amakudari|10.1.08 @ 3:10PM|#
I just done did the guitaring on a jazz cover of Billy Joel's Just the Way You Are for my buddy's wedding. It was a real aspirational middle-class kind of classy. And it made me want to vote Obama, so undoubtedly this fundraiser will be successful.
|10.1.08 @ 3:14PM|#
See what I mean? Throw in Schoenberg and his freakin'
Austrian 12-tone misadventures, it's enough to condemn the entire
region.
Yes, the Germans are not what they once were. Which is good for the
world. But what about KMFDM?
These guys
are pretty good, in a straight-up rock sort of way.
Dagny T.|10.1.08 @ 3:19PM|#
The Techno Viking mocks Gallic and Teutonic
pretensions.
The Techno Viking is you, isn't it, ProL? No need to be
ashamed. Those dance moves were superhot, and the jiggling of your
pecs was trance-inducing.
(That video caused me to laugh to lunch-choking extremes. Is it
possible that the Techno Viking causes seizures?)
|10.1.08 @ 3:22PM|#
What's funny is that the Techno Viking is all over the Internet, but no one has claimed to be him or to know him. He's too powerful for the web.
|10.1.08 @ 3:24PM|#
Barr - Rush and DEVO
Devo play for no man, for they are not men. Remember:
nobody knows, so let's find out.
|10.1.08 @ 3:36PM|#
Top lyrics overheard at the fundraisers for:
Nader:
"Everything causes cancer"
Barr:
"I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life."
McCain:
"I'm free, free fallin'."
Baldwin:
"... that saved a wretch like me."
|10.1.08 @ 3:46PM|#
Indeed, for Baldwin it has to be DCTalk . . .
"what will people think when they hear that I'm a Jesus Freak?"
|10.1.08 @ 3:47PM|#
Here's a Third Reason | October 1, 2008, 2:44pm | #
Barack Obama yesterday:
"I don't think me calling House Republican members would have been
that helpful. I tend not to be that persuasive on that side of the
aisle"
Barack Obama today in Wisconsin:
"I've been reaching out to leaders in both parties to do whatever I
can to help pass this plan."
I agree: knowing the difference between the Congressional
leadership and the back benchers is crucial for a presidential
candidate. If Jeanne Schmidt rises up into your airspace, you have
to know right away if you can zap her.
|10.1.08 @ 3:52PM|#
Jamie Kelly-
Congratulations! See, you can post without using expletives. I'm
sorry, Jamie, forgive me for being presumptuous-expletives are
naughty words.
|10.1.08 @ 3:59PM|#
McCain - Alice in Chains
Baldwin - The Pretenders
Nader - Asleep At The Wheel or Motorhead
Barr - The Cure
And a special VP bonus....
Biden - Grin
Palin - Bonzo Dog Band
|10.1.08 @ 4:03PM|#
Palin's totally the Nuge. In fact, I think we should breed them to create the perfect hunter.
|10.1.08 @ 4:08PM|#
Congratulations! See, you can post without using
expletives.
What the fuck are you talking about, you shit-smelling ball
sac?
Paul|10.1.08 @ 4:14PM|#
They should all get some sort of German Oom-pah band wearing leather shorts.
|10.1.08 @ 4:17PM|#
think about THIS !
President Palin
VICE-PRESIDENT PELOSI !!!!!!!!!!!
two EXCELLENT reasons to vote AGAINST McCain
Rick|10.1.08 @ 4:36PM|#
J Sub D,
Yeah, I thought the Kinks was a great choice for Barr As far as the
Nuge, you're right. He's a GOP boy. He was my nod to the 2nd
Amendment.
Everyone talk while I sing|10.1.08 @ 5:26PM|#
I see the clouds that move across the sky
I see the wind that moves the clouds away
It moves the clouds over by the building
I pick the building that I want to live in
I smell the pine trees and the peaches in the woods
I see the pinecones that fall by the highway
That's the highway that goes to the building
I pick the building that I want to live in
It's over there, it's over there
My building has every convenience
It's gonna make life easy for me
It's gonna be easy to get things done
I will relax alone with my loved ones
Loved ones, loved ones visit the building,
take the highway, park and come up and see me
I'll be working, working but if you come visit
I'll put down what I'm doing, my friends are important
Don't you worry 'bout me
I wouldn't worry about me
Don't you worry 'bout me
Don't you worry 'bout me
I see the states, across this big nation
I see the laws made in Washington, D.C.
I think of the ones I consider my favorites
I think of the people that are working for me
Some civil servants are just like my loved ones
They work so hard and they try to be strong
I'm a lucky guy to live in my building
They all need buildings to help them along
It's over there, it's over there
My building has every convenience
It's gonna make life easy for me
It's gonna be easy to get things done
I will relax along with my loved ones
Loved ones, loved ones visit the building
Take the highway, park and come up and see me
I'll be working, working but if you come visit
I'll put down what I'm doing, my friends are important
I wouldn't worry 'bout
I wouldn't worry about me
Don't you worry 'bout me
Don't you worry 'bout ME..........
|10.1.08 @ 5:27PM|#
John McCain? Gotta be Nugent. Just a proud
Amurrican.
Chuck Baldwin? John Ashcroft
Ralph Nader? Kim Jong Il
Bob Barr? Kinky Friedman
Nick|10.1.08 @ 8:13PM|#
Man, I'd crap my pants if Barr could get the Kinks (as long as
it were the Kinks circa 1967 and not the tired, boring shell of
their former selves they became.) Still, best rock band ever. But
they're...British. I think that kind of disqualifies them. Also,
Rush is Canadian. Maybe we can find a way to resuscitate Hasil
Adkins.
I'm not a Boss fan, but is he that bad? Then again, Billy Joel
alone accounts for several reasons to vote against Obama.
Alexander Williams|10.2.08 @ 2:57AM|#
I blame Semiapies for dragging me into this sordid mess.
McCain: Electric Six, "Nuclear War on the Dance Floor." Scissor
Sisters, "Filthy / Gorgeous." Ted Nugent (preferably in full Uncle
Sam Nuge regalia, because, damn, he doth rock and is a smart
GOPer)
Beyond that, I got nothin'. Hail Satan!
|10.2.08 @ 10:08AM|#
John McCain? Tom Jones
Chuck Baldwin? Cristy Lane
Ralph Nader? Bruce Hornsby
Bob Barr? KISS
|10.3.08 @ 12:53PM|#
Nader: "Everything causes cancer" - Jamie Kelly
That's Everything gives you cancer.
There's no cure. There's no answer.
I loves me some Joe Jackson.
Kevin
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