Thursday, April 19, 2007
McCain, Beach Boys, Vegas
A day after John McCain's rendition of the song Barbara Ann, he ended up in Las Vegas for a fundraiser, and retorted against news reporters to, "lighten up, and get a life." Yesterday, McCain was at a convention where he changed the lyrics the song "Barbara Ann" by the Beach Boys to "Bomb Iran." The intial response at the rally was laughter, but after a day of ridicule on the net, there has been an ill reception to his song. By publically displaying his song, it shows McCain's view on Middle East politics and how he views these problems. Sure, news reporters and bloggers around the nation are going to use this against him, but at the same time, candidates need to come out to the public and showcase themselves. Then again, a lot of political figures and politicians have had their reputations destroyed by bloggers around the country. Maybe McCain's little song has offended many who take Middle East politics seriously, and McCain could be another causualty.
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If he was truly afriad that this was going to affect him he wouldn't have put together the song. In difficult times, many people tend to turn to humor to escape a sketchy situation and I feel like McCain just might be doing that.
"National Security Letter" used by the gov't to help conduct investigations for ... whatever they use.
This gives them the right to check e-mail/telephone records.
Confidential information? This has been in act even before the Patriot Act.
Especially with the "gag order" where someone receives a NSL and they can't talk about it at all...
Thank you KQED.
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