"Rock stars" have no substance.

[ColbertWatcher]

DUer Median Democrat posted about a Newsweek article
MSNBC/Newsweek - Slanted Article Suggests McCain Is Not An Image Candidate.

So, I'm reading it and on the second page there is a "subtitle" How to Beat a Rock Star: ‘Substance.’

WTF!?



I'm guessing "no substance" must be the new GOP insult meme.

But, I'm not having any of it. Since when do rock stars not have substance?

Apparently, the GOP have never heard of Bob Dylan or Elton John or Bruce Springsteen.

What rock stars would you hold up to the GOP as having substance?

[evlbstrd]

1. Zappa.

[Sundoggy]

34. Yeah, Zappa was against "substances"

[and-justice-for-all]

2. Otep.

[ColbertWatcher]

3. Another LA band-System of a Down. n/t

[renegade000]

4. Keith Richards

Oh you meant "substance", not "substances"...my bad

:P

[newmajority]

16. Aw come on... That's just a legend.

It's not like Keith was ever fucked up and barely coherent on stage or anything....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MnLiTAQACc

oh.... nevermind.

[Bluebear]

5. As opposed to Red Bulls?

[JackRiddler]

6. You didn't really put those three names in the same list...

Bob Dylan or Elton John or Bruce Springsteen.

!!!

"One of these things is not like the other, one of these things is not..." even rock.

[ColbertWatcher]

8. That was really a list of people who can fill stadiums...

...which is what I believe the GOP are targeting as being "unsubstantial".

And thank you for posting your pick for rock star.

[ColbertWatcher]

10. Just out of curiosity, which name do you think doesn't belong? n/t

[newmajority]

15. My guess would be...

The one who can't write a decent song without Bernie Taupin.

(Love his early stuff myself. Didn't like him calling me a misogynistic bastard a month or so ago)

[ColbertWatcher]

17. One can never be sure until he responds...I will wait. n/t

[JackRiddler]

30. That's a good guess.

It probably wouldn't be either one of the two rock-and-roll gods (both of whom are also pretty good as political heroes).

[flvegan]

7. Beastie Boys, Rise Against, Rage Against the Machine

Nine Inch Nails, Neil Young...I could go on and on...

[gateley]

9. Midnight Oil. nt

[CRF450]

11. Disturbed, their new album called Destructible!

It fuggin rocks!

[John Kerry VonErich]

12. I think what the author is trying to say is that entertainers...

(with exception of a few) has no experiance to personally deal ,as federal elected officials do, with the major issues at hand. Just my interpretation.

[yorgatron]

13. so,voting for Reagan and Schwarzenegger is OK,

but voting for OUR candidate is wrong? :wtf:

[ColbertWatcher]

14. I think the author (of the Newsweek piece) is trying to imply...

...is that the ability to influence a large number of people (like Obama) has less value than the ability to put large numbers of people to sleep (like McCain).

Any time someone writes some knee-jerk, half-assed, Hollywood-bashing article like that I see it immediately as a not-so-veiled attempt to promote their anti-youth agenda in favor of artless, unimaginative corporate crap.

Like McCain.

[alphafemale]

19. This from someone who still probably thinks "Born in the USA" is a celebratory anthem.

Did Reagan's handlers and followers EVER listen to more than the chorus of that song?

[ColbertWatcher]

21. LOL! Good point!

I don't think they did.

[alphafemale]

18. Some do. Some don't. Many country stars also lack "substance."

It seems like a really silly thing to say.

[ColbertWatcher]

20. It's code.

It's a way for the GOP-controlled media to bash Hollywood, young people and any candidate they would support.

The use of the term "rock stars" is meant to conjure up images of The Beatles and the screaming fans.

And to make people think of pied pipers luring children to damnation with their "substanceless" loud music.

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

22. For me, and I'm sure many of you, that would have to be...

...former member of the Monkeys, Mike Nesmish:



. . . YOU CAN'T TOUCH DAT!!!

[uberllama42]

23. I was reading a thread on FR yesterday about how Obama has too much substance

I shit you not. The troglodytes in the thread were complaining that Obama has 30 'issues' listed on his site, while McCain has only a respectable 12. Besides whining about how this shows that he's a big-government librul, they derided his concern for things like increasing penalties for child and spousal abuse. These folks are actually against increasing the powers of law enforcement when a liberal advocates it.

Some of these people are such dead-enders that absolutely nothing will persuade them to change their minds.

[ColbertWatcher]

24. How frightening.

Paradoxically, what you've mentioned (he has too much substance) is not contrary to what I suspect the Newsweek story was hinting at (he has no substance).

In other words, Obama is both too substantial and substanceless.

This thinking is the basis of GOP ideology.

Because of his education, he has too much substance, which is bad because libruls use thinking when solving problems instead of faith (or gut).



And it is this lack of faith that makes him substanceless, because he is a Muslim. Or a Secret Muslim.

And a Secret Quaker as well.



Do I really have to post this :sarcasm: ?

[girl gone mad]

25. Courtney Love.

She's got substance to spare. Substances, too, I'm sure...

[ColbertWatcher]

26. Morning kick. n/t

[Mad_Dem_X]

27. John Lennon! nt

[goclark]

28. The Beetles top my list

All you Need Is Love
Da Da Da Da :hug:

That speaks volumes

[Echo In Light]

29. Jello Biafra, Scott "Wino" Weinrich - both legendary, neither want to be rock "stars" tho

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

31. "Efficiency and progress are ours once more..."

:nuke:

[BuelahWitch]

32. McCain's "substance" is largely a myth

We need to take a giant hat pin to that balloon right fucking now!

[ColbertWatcher]

33. Yes, it is.

But the GOP-controlled media will repeat it over and over.

[Vanje]

35. Substance!??

Like David Brooks has? Thats not substance, thats just a well-tailored suit. Theres a difference!

Tucker Carlson? He has the substance of entitlement.

Bill O'Reilly? Falafel is a substance , isnt it?

Limbaugh? Substance abuse , for sure.

[lame54]

36. How come so many have substance abuse?

[leftofthedial]

37. Lennon, Zappa, Jackson Browne, John Hall