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As the Republican National Convention gets underway Monday, the GOP wants everyone to know that Democrats aren't the only political party with stars at the ready.
Country music stars Brooks & Dunn, Lee Ann Womack, the Gatlin Brothers, Sara Evans and Darryl Worley along with pop singers Daize Shane and Dana Glover and Christian crooner Michael W. Smith are all playing shows in New York this week in support of the GOP.
Other stars on record as "down with Bush," include Bruce Willis, Kid Rock, Ron Silver, Kelsey Grammer, Alice Cooper and Britney Spears.
Spears, who was mocked in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 for her support of Bush, was reportedly being courted by the GOP to perform this week, according to the Chicago Tribune.
But that ideal may have been scotched once conservative groups within the GOP got wind of the plan. "Through her immature antics, Spears has probably done more to undermine sexual morality than all the misguided legislation introduced in the United States over the last decade," the Illinois Family Institute wrote in an email to members regarding Spears' possible involvement with the convention. "It would be the height of hypocrisy for a party that claims to represent wholesome values to celebrate her," the email continued.
Meanwhile, a Nashville-based Democratic group released a statement Thursday pointing out what the group sees as a double standard when it comes to celebrity musical endorsements.
"As members of the Nashville music community, we are proud to see many of our own leading names included in that list: Brooks & Dunn, Lee Ann Womack, Darryl Worley and Michael W. Smith, to name a few," says Music Row Democrats. "We recognize and applaud these and other artists' right to use their talent in the political arena. We would also like to point out the double standard this announcement reflects. There have been no calls for radio blacklists of these artists--nor should there be. There have been no mass CD-smashing demonstrations, no concert itineraries posted on the Internet urging retaliation, no shouts of 'shut up and sing!' There have been no candidates for public office urging boycotts of these artists' records. Nor should there be."
Many groups, both music-related organizations and liberal special interest groups, are upset that a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, Marilyn O'Grady, is attacking Bruce Springsteen with a Boycott the Boss television campaign after Springsteen lent his support to MoveOn.org's Vote for Change tour. There was also plenty of venom directed last year at the Dixie Chicks--including radio boycotts and CD-destroying rallies--following their denigration of the Bush presidency. The Chicks are also on board for the Vote for Change tour.
But Republicans are hardly crying this week over the perceived lack of serious star-power on the musical front. After all, they have the Terminator speaking during prime time on their opening night.
As any celebrity pundit worth his goodie bag would tell you--it just doesn't get any bigger than that.
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