The election is behind us but I'm still struggling with reconciling my political passions with familial allegiances. I love my family and where we come from. I tolerate our political disagreements even though I don't always understand why they see things the way they do. But what really gets me is when a piece of shit like this gets sent around. It's enough to make me want to burn my cowboy boots. Not only is the factual content crap, but an anthem like this promotes the idea that farmers and other country folks are simpletons and gunslinging crazies. I've been a lot of places since I left Iowa, but I still think of myself as a country girl in a lot of ways. Just count me out when it comes to this bullshit.You stink, Hank!
The country music political anthem I would choose would be Mary Gauthier's Mercy Now.
The whole album is great. Buy it. Let your American dollar support intelligence. Play it until the cows come home.
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