At DeLay's attaboy rally they were singing "If I had a Hammer"

[JohnnyRingo]

Written by that well known "Communist sympathizer", Pete Seeger.
Do these people have a research staff?
Couldn't the Swift Boat guy's point this out?.... I'm sure he was on their hit list too.


David Corn noticed in his review of their love fest:

Excerpt
What was most amusing about the evening was the song chosen for the sing-a-long portion of the festivities. A bluegrass band coaxed the audience into singing, "If I Had a Hammer." Did they not know that the song had been cowritten by a fellow accused of being a commie?

<snip>

The committee asked him about other gigs, in particular whether he had sung "If I Had a Hammer" at a testimonial dinner and whether the song was related to the trial of a Communist leader. Seeger hung tight, replying, "Again, I say I will be glad to tell what songs I have ever sung, because singing is my business...But I decline to say who has ever listened to them, who has written them, or other people who have sung them."

Seeger refused to invoke the Fifth Amendment and argued the committee had no right to ask him about his political beliefs or associations. For taking this stand, he was sentenced to one year in jail for contempt of Congress. But the in 1962, the verdict was overturned. Still, for years he was blacklisted and banned from performing on network television.

So it was so heartwarming to see DeLay and the other conservatives singing out Seeger's song. What a tribute to Seeger--though he might not have felt honored. And what's next? Rightwingers singing Elton John at a rally for traditional marriage? Yes, I can see them crooning, "Philadelphia freedom took me knee-high to a man." In the meantime, as DeLay's doings are investigated by the House ethics committee, perhaps he should be singing MC Hammer's, "U Can't Touch This."

Entire article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/archive/david-corn/delays-conservatives-go-.html

[knowbody0]

1. that's funny

i so wish it were someone else's government we were laughing at

[Beacho]

2. really?

was that before or after the stirring rendition of Horst Wessel?

[Oddly Stevenson]

3. Mack the Knife.....

...would have been more appropriate.

[JanMichael]

4. Bwahahaha! Next they'll break out a chorus of "This Land"!

<snicker>

Fucking numbnuts.