Surely Ironic? Surely?
Instapundit via Comment is Free gives us The Right Brothers.
OK, I'm not sure about the first verse (the whole lot is reprinted below) but surely this is meant to be ironic? Or is my sense of humour too sophisticated to handle this? Does not compute...
Click here to play the song... Some of their lyrics are as follows:
Democracy is on the way, hitting like a tidal wave
All over the middle east, dictators walk with shaky knees
Don’t know what they’re gonna do,
their worst nightmare is coming true
They fear the domino effect, they’re all wondering who’s next
The line "Cindy Sheehan - wrooooong!" gets me especially. As if the mother of a dead soldier is a legitimate subject for attack in a political rock song. It convinces me all the more that this is an incredibly subtle spoof. What do you reckon?
Bush Was Right
Written by: Frank Highland
Freedom in Afghanistan, say goodbye Taliban
Free elections in Iraq, Saddam Hussein locked up
Osama’s staying underground, Al Qaida now is finding out
America won’t turn and run once the fighting has begun
Libya turns over nukes, Lebanese want freedom, too
Syria is forced to leave, don’t you know that all this means
Chorus
Bush was right!
Bush was right!
Bush was right!
Democracy is on the way, hitting like a tidal wave
All over the middle east, dictators walk with shaky knees
Don’t know what they’re gonna do,
their worst nightmare is coming true
They fear the domino effect, they’re all wondering who’s next
Repeat Chorus
Ted Kennedy – wrong!
Cindy Sheehan – wrong!
France – wrong!
Zell Miller – right!
Economy is on the rise kicking into overdrive
Angry liberals can't believe it's cause of W's policies
Unemployment's staying down, Democrats are wondering how
Revenue is going up, can you say "Tax Cuts"
Repeat Chorus
Cheney was right, Condi was right,
Rummy was right, Blair was right
You were right, we were right, “The Right” was right and
Bush was right
Bush was right
© 2005 Pool Guy Music (ASCAP), All rights reserved
Comments
Mrs. Sheehan obviously wants publicity. In today's world you cannot choose which type of publicity your are awarded. The trade off for being on CNN is being referenced in an adminstration friendly song.
I embrace the song as much as I embrace Country Joe singing, 'One, Two, Three, Four, what the hell we fighting four?'
Most likely the song is an attempt by a pro-Bush group that is tired of not seeing any positive stories out of Iraq or Afganistan covered in the news. While women are attending school the major networks are reporting on isolated looting incidents.
If the major media outlets won't tell the other side of the story at least we can have it in song.
Posted by: dave | April 5, 2006 4:24 AM