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Home Front: Culture Wars
Pat Boone slams "peace" activists
2005-08-25
EFL
Music legend Pat Boone is blasting the peace message of Cindy Sheehan and other anti-war activists, claiming their rhetoric is making the U.S. more vulnerable to future terrorist attacks.

"This bitch lady and the groups that have been demonstrating in front of the president's ranch in Crawford and following him around are the very same people that were the dropout, turn-on, anti-war peace activists back [in the Vietnam War era]," Boone said. "They still have this crazy notion that by just being peaceful and maybe toking up or something like that – it's like an ostrich with its head in the sand – maybe the danger and the bad guys will go away and leave you alone, which is not gonna happen."

The original "American Idol," who sold more records than any other pop artist in the 1950s except Elvis Presley, said no one likes war, and he wishes it were not the answer.

"But, look," he said, "when [terrorists] destroy the World Trade Center right in front of your eyes in Manhattan and you know they're going to do the same and worse things, to just sit back and say 'Oh, let's try not to make 'em mad at us, let's don't rock the boat, let's just say peace is the answer, we love you, we love you' ... we're just sitting ducks. More World Trade Centers, more 9-11s are gonna happen unless we try to take the battle to them on their turf instead of letting 'em bring it to us on ours."

"My main goal is to hit the charts with five albums in one year, and that's something nobody's ever even thought about, much less done."

To that end, he's releasing "American Glory," a collection of patriotic songs, with one titled "Under God," a response to California atheist Michael Newdow who has tried to remove the phrase from the Pledge of Allegiance.

Despite his recording success, Boone has not been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, though there is an online effort pushing for his inclusion.

When asked about his own image as "Mr. Clean" in his heyday, Boone joked, "The truth is, I did wash regularly."
That right there makes him anathema to the anti-American crowd.

I'm not a fan of his music, but he's a good person. Long ago, most of our musicians and entertainers were pro- rather than anti-American.
Posted by:Jackal

#6  That's all well and good, but we need Wayne Newton's take on this.
Posted by: Dreadnought   2005-08-25 16:15  

#5  Damn! This is good.

Is Pat in a metal mood (link) again or soemthing?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2005-08-25 16:01  

#4  Jay Dyson is serving Sacred Cow Burgers again and has cooked up several good ones on Mama Al Sheehan. If you're not familiar with the site, click on a picture to enlarge it and to get all the edges. Then click on the "Butcher's Commentary" for the background on the parody and Jay's elegant rant.
Posted by: GK   2005-08-25 14:26  

#3  Very GOOD idea!!!! PSYOPS ALL THE WAY!!!!
Posted by: ARMYGUY   2005-08-25 11:00  

#2  LOL! That was SO funny BH. Thanks.

As for me--I'll buy a caseload of his records . . . maybe send 'em to Iraq--better yet to Crawford. They can play 'em on loudspeakers to the Sheehan crowd.
Posted by: ex-lib   2005-08-25 10:57  

#1  Dang. Jihadis, you know you messed up big when Pat Boone is pushing for war.
Posted by: BH   2005-08-25 10:11  

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