Country star John Rich wants fans 'Raising McCain'

[Lint Head]

Source: AP


RACINE, Wis. (AP) — Country music star John Rich wants like-minded voters to join him in "Raising McCain."

The other half of the Nashville duo Big and Rich, the singer-songwriter has penned lyrics for a rock-infused anthem focused on the 5 1/2 years Republican presidential candidate John McCain spent as a prisoner of war in Vietnam and his refusal of an early release.


"He stayed strong, stayed extra long til they let all the other boys out. Now we've got a real man with an American plan, we're going to put him in the big White House," the song says. Its refrain: "We're all just raising McCain."

Rich planned to debut "Raising McCain" on Friday at the Country First concert in Panama City, Fla., with McCain on hand.

Rich, 34, has written best-selling songs for country artists, including Gretchen Wilson's "Redneck Woman" and Faith Hill's "Mississippi Girl."

In an interview, Rich said he finished the song about a month ago and sent it to McCain's daughter, Meghan, who sent it to campaign officials.

"I wanted to offer him something that he didn't have, a rally song, one that really captures that maverick spirit," Rich said.



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I live in Tennessee. I knew John Rich was a right wingnut jerk. Now there is proof. :dem:

[Fenris]

1. They're going to have to raise him from the dead.

[davidnc76]

10. This should go over well with the toothless West Virginian crowd.

[nancyr]

18. Thanks for making me laugh.

[wvbygod]

39. Something is happening in WV

And you don't know what it is do you mister NC.

[Doug.Goodall]

31. I would like Rich to RAZE John McCain

[Ian David]

2. We're raising McCain! Hallelujah!

[Taverner]

3. Of course McCain as a 'POW' was the house stoolie

Even did propaganda flicks for the NVA

[DebbieCDC]

4. who is this person?

I never heard of this john rich -- is he someone famous? I'm not being a smartass here, I have no clue who this person is.

Of course if he supports McInsane I don't care who he is.

[angrycarpenter]

7. He sings so called "red state country"

workin',whiskey,women,Jesus and the flag.

[Lint Head]

8. The the other part of Big and Rich.

John Rich is on the American Idol wanna-be show Nashville Star. He is an obvious fascist prick that thinks he knows everything.
A narcissistic bastard basically.

[progdonkey]

20. ohhhh....

Not terribly surprised. I saw a few clips of Gone Country and figured him for a typical country fucktard. (The kind who has his Village People goatee ever-so-perfectly clipped but likely makes fag jokes with his fellow insecure fucktards.)

[angrycarpenter]

5. Elvis himself could not make McCain exciting. nt

[Webster Green]

6. "a rally song, one that really captures that maverick spirit,"

Yeah, sure pal, McSame is a real maverick! :rofl:

[ebdarcy]

9. This must make for some interesting conversation on the tour bus.

Because Big Kenny donated to Obama in the primary.

[Lint Head]

13. Throw racist Toby Keith in there for luck.

:toast:

[Kermit77]

14. I saw Rich on Nashville Star

I was watching Nashville Star and Rich was a judge. Rich loved all the contestants performances - all of them except for the one BLACK guy! I don't know if that means anything but I find it interesting that he is against Obama too.

Personally I think he might be a racist prick.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

34. I saw that! He said something to the next guy "Come on, you don't want to be beaten by *him*"

with *him* referencing said African American. He also told him "you can put on a cowboy hat, that don't make you country" or something like that.

[Hugabear]

11. He, Gene Simmons, and Ted Nugent should rent an RV together

and go crash it over the edge of a cliff. Talk about a group of no-talent, right-wing hacks.

[dionysus]

41. ROFL

:spray:

[DogPoundPup]

12. Who? Never heard of him.

Don't care to either.

[Bluebear]

29. Big star. He can make a great splash by enlisting now & putting his body where his mouth is.

[Catch22Dem]

15. Why does "raising McCain" make me think of Weekend at Bernies?

[BrklynLiberal]

16. hahahahahaha - Perfect.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[sasquatch]

23. HAHAHAHAHA!!

:rofl:

[Wednesdays]

17. Wow, this is noteworthy...

he might actually get a few dozen people excited.

:rofl:

[politicasista]

19. BOOOOO! He can have him

and other country wingnuts can have the Old Fart too.

[enuegii]

21. Well, you know, McCain really does need his own

campaign song. After all, he was known by both his Vietnamese captors and some in the US military as the "Songbird."

Not to accuse him of being a traitor or anything, though, because, as he once claimed, he was blinking secret messages in Morse code during those propaganda flicks.

Apparently.

[sasquatch]

22. I heard the other one in Big & Rich was a left winger though

[Cha]

24. Really! The smart

one, eh?

[Virginia Dare]

36. He's from Virginia, isn't he?

Culpeper area?

[and-justice-for-all]

25. "Stayed extra long til they let all the other boys out"

That's false.

[Politicalboi]

26. 34 still young enough

To join the military.

[cyr330]

27. What a loser

and he can't fucking sing either.

[DRoseDARs]

28. When he grows up and becomes an actual country music star instead of pumping out his usual shit

Oh who am I kidding? He'll STILL suck and no one will care.

[Doug.Goodall]

30. He is securing his Red Neck base in the Redneck Riviera

[colonel odis]

32. john rich is pretty much considered a dickhead around nashville.

he gets thrown out of hockey games for refusing to sit down.
he gets thrown out of restaurants for being thoroughly obnoxious.
he's building a house that will block his neighbors' spectacular view of downtown nashville.

many insiders in the music business believe he's gay and very much in the closet, which makes him the perfect republican.

[dbt]

33. A former Fred Thompson supporter

According to CBS News' John Bentley, who was embedded with Fred Thompson's presidential campaign, Rich was once a dedicated Fred Head, appearing frequently at the former Tennessee senator's events. Rich even had "Fred '08" written on the neck of his six-string.

Link.

Nashville Dumbass.

[saltpoint]

35. Sorry to see John Rich doing the Far Right shuffle here with McCain, but

there it is.

As country and western artists go, I'll take Emmylou Harris any day of the week. She's got her wits about her musically and politically, too.


"With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes
With bugs on her headlights and runs in her hose
Through the valley of the shadow of Roosevelt's nose
Adios, South Dakota; adios, Sally Rose."

[book_worm]

37. I've never heard of this guy. Only John Rich I'm aware of is the director who directed

"The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "All in the Family".

[Thrill]

38. Got to protect that tax cut!!

[sourmilk]

40. I have a "rally song" for McLoser:

by Neil Youg:

"MINDLESS DRIFTER ON THE ROAD
Carry such an easy load
It's how you look,
and how you feel
You must have
A HEART OF STEEL.

Why do I keep fuckin' up?

I can see you on a hill
COMATOSE BUT WALKING STILL
Curves beneath
your flowing gown
Only I could
bring you down.

Why do I keep fuckin' up?

DOGS THAT LICK
AND DOGS THAT BITE
HOUNDS THAT HOWL
through the night
Broken leashes
are all over the floor
Keys left hanging
in a swinging door.

Why do I keep fuckin' up?

Keep fuckin' up!"