"Takin' My Country Back"

By: Lowell
Published On: 9/5/2006 6:38:13 AM

Should this be the Demorats' theme song for 2006 (and 2008) or what?  Great country song by the "Honky Tonkers for Truth;"  here are the lyrics.

Lowell Feld is Netroots Coordinator for the Jim Webb for US Senate Campaign.  The ideas expressed here belong to Lowell Feld alone, and do not necessarily represent those of Jim Webb, his advisors, staff, or supporters.

Comments



Great song! (Ingrid - 9/5/2006 7:41:04 AM)
I will add this to our repertoire...


Tony Stampley! (Bubby - 9/5/2006 8:23:20 AM)


Albumn: Rebelution (Bubby - 9/5/2006 10:31:50 AM)
Give a listen to American Offline


Music Row Democrats... (Loudoun County Dem - 9/5/2006 8:25:31 AM)
This song was created by Music Row Democrats in 2004. They are a collection of Nashville based Country Music artists who are tired of the right wing co-opting thier music. You should check out their site.

In the 2004 campaign, the Music Row Democrats were the only organization to run ads supporting John Kerry in the South. With your support, we are going to spread the message again: The Democratic party is the party for Southern working folk.

They have a set of 20 pro Democrat songs in different country styles available on the site (including "I'm Takin My Country Back").

I especially recommend their essay Democrats and Country Music

I find it interesting that so many people are talking about Democrats in Nashville suddenly having the "courage" to admit that they're Democrats. Why should it take courage to admit membership in America's oldest existing political party? Many people consider the modern Democratic Party's first president to be Davidson County's own Andrew Jackson, 176 years ago.

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We should make it our mission to convince the country music fan base that the Republicans care nothing about them except for their votes. Convince them that George W. Bush may talk "country" from his ranch in Crawford, but he's more himself when he's yukking it up with rich corporate types who don't give a damn about middle class folks. Point out to them what hunters in the West are already finding out, that this administration is so irresponsible with our environment that they're not just ruining the cities, they're destroying the countryside as well. When Republicans drape themselves in the flag, remind the country fans that Democrats like FDR and Harry Truman led us through World War II, that war hero JFK stood up to the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis, that most of the decorated war heroes in Congress are Democrats and that two of the candidates for this year's Democratic nomination were heroically injured in Vietnam. Show them that the party of their Southern granddaddies or their union member blue-collar daddies is the party that cares about them and the issues that affect their lives.

Country music is rejecting the republican progaganda... Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, The Dixie Chicks, and even  Toby Keith are Democrats (some more conservative than others).



Toby Keith offends me. (phriendlyjaime - 9/5/2006 9:04:33 AM)
If he's a Democrat, then I don't know what I am anymore.  Endorsed the re-election of Bush?  He's an asshole.


COMMENT HIDDEN (I.Publius - 9/5/2006 10:56:08 AM)


How about because he endorsed the guy (Lowell - 9/5/2006 11:08:11 AM)
who's widely reviled as the worst President in US history?


I'd like to dedicate a few Toby Keith songs to Bush and Allen (RayH - 9/5/2006 11:30:14 AM)
Toby Keith may be a lifelong Democrat, but his songs are perfect for Bush and Allen. I'd like to dedicate some TK songs to them now.

Dedicated to George Allen:

Should've Been a Cowboy

Dedicated to George Bush:

Get Drunk and Be Somebody

TK album title most appropriate for Bush and Allen:

White Trash With Money



Thanks, Lowell. (phriendlyjaime - 9/5/2006 12:30:46 PM)
I didn't think it was hard to grasp and understand, but I forgot about those we must deal with....


COMMENT HIDDEN (I.Publius - 9/5/2006 3:04:59 PM)


I feel like (Mark - 9/6/2006 1:19:43 PM)
the blog needs to be washed down every time you comment.

This comment has no place here or anywhere really. It shows the absolute lack of class and sophomoric mindset of the radical right.

Degrading to women? Must be your stock in trade. Good thing I don't run this blog, or you would have been banned a long time ago for your tasteless, clueless remarks.

Have a nice hateful day, as is your tradition, evidently.



As an aside... (Ingrid - 9/5/2006 9:20:51 AM)
These were the same Dems who were rejected by the Kerry campaign when they offered their help. I hope our next presidential nominee doesn't make the same mistake.  Mark Warner understands the importance of the South. Don't know if the other potential candidates do, though.


The artists are more pro-Dem than the media/producers (RayH - 9/5/2006 11:08:08 AM)
I'd love to hear I'm Takin' My Country Back on country radio, tv, etc., but it's unlikely to happen anytime soon. The commercial outlets are owned mainly by conservatives and they believe that their listening audience is firmly in the conservative Republican camp. The artists are not so solidly conservative Republican, but to make it commercially, you have to play what the payers want to hear.

The primary demographic for commercial country music listeners today is women age 18 to 35- or so I've been told. Most of the hit songs are written with lyrics that appeal primarily to them. If that is really true, then Democratic leaning country music could have a chance after all.