John Rich, of Big & Rich fame, has a new song out, called “Shuttin’ Down Detroit” (link to iTunes). It is a country song, with a strong populist bent, and very anti-DC and anti-NY. I like it.
RJ Eskow writes that this song should scare Democrats. I think he is correct on that.
So when John Rich argues that “they’re bailing out them bankers,” the Administration hasn’t made it easy to argue with him. Maybe that’s why he was able to recruit Mickey Rourke and notorious country music leftist Kris Kristofferson – bless his soul, that can’t be easy – to act in the song’s as-yet-unavailable video (there’s a “lyrics video” out, which can be seen at the end of this post).
“Shuttin’ Detroit Down” winds up sounding like a mash-up of “Okie From Muskogee” and “Roger and Me.” Here’s a idea for the next bailout song: In our world, the American worker is “too big to fail.”
Ladies and gentlemen: In this corner, Mickey Rourke and Kris Kristofferson. In that corner, Tim Geithner and Lawrence Summers (with his hundreds of thousands in speaking fees to Wall Street firms). Who do you think is going to win that bout?
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