The Curious Case of Ted Cruz and Country Music
Ted Cruz may end up being a wealth of hilarity folks. Just look at this:
“I actually intellectually find this very curious, but on 9/11, I didn’t like how rock music responded,” he said. “And country music, collectively, the way they responded, it resonated with me.”
I find this intellectually curious as well, Mr. Cruz.
For one thing, it does not make much sense. I mean, what did he not like about the rock and roll response? Was he offended by the calls for America to be united as a nation? Or was he more put off by the fundraisers to help the victims and their families? Maybe it was the songs praising first responders or the passengers of United 93? Just what part of the rock and roll response to 9/11 was so damned off-putting that he would turn to a life of country music?
Or is it just that Cruz saw it as an opportunity to pander to the Republican base with the dog whistle of 9/11?
If Cruz keeps talking like this? He will flame out spectacularly.
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I assume he makes exceptions for both Ted Nugent (rock) and the Dixie Chicks (country).
I was wondering about that. I suspect the truth is it was not “Rock Music’s” response to 9/11, but instead it was their reaction to Iraq.
Not a Bruce Springsteen fan then, I guess.
I supposed he discovered that Born In the U.S.A. Was not exactly an “America-F–k Yeah!” type of song.