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21. They never do. With equally tin ears...

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Sat Jun 14, 2025, 08:42 PM

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...the Reagan campaign appropriated John Mellencamp's "Little Pink Houses" - completely unaware of the title's irony.

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Hooo! They'll point the cannon at you! dchill Saturday #1

Travesty ALBliberal Saturday #2

actually... markie Saturday #3

Fogerty's tried to call him off senseandsensibility Saturday #4

Clearly they don't understand the song. choie Saturday #5

Bet they didn't mcar Saturday #7

I doubt it MustLoveBeagles Saturday #8

They never do. With equally tin ears... dchill Saturday #21

JOhn Fogerty just had his 80th birthday on May 28. Wiz Imp Saturday #37

Next up, "YMCA," which is totally not gay. NT mahatmakanejeeves Saturday #6

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Taco Taco Man. pwb Saturday #10

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Play it. I did before I posted mcar Saturday #13

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I walked nearly that well on my way to No Kings today- rzemanfl Saturday #12

I feel for them mcar Saturday #14

Fortunate Son diehardblue Saturday #15

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You mean like Cadet Bone Spurs Raven123 Saturday #29

Jesus, Mary & Joseph and all of his carpenter friends. progressoid Saturday #16

Thanks for posting the lyrics mcar Saturday #19

"...advanced level trolling or some advanced level cluelessness." dchill Saturday #24

I know right? progressoid Saturday #26

Hanlon's Razor: sir pball Sunday #58

about troops marching in step CatWoman Saturday #33

Yeah. progressoid Saturday #39

BARNEY!!! CatWoman Saturday #41

Oh, it Do show! My DI in boot would have turned purple and ran us til we puked! "Hippity-hop, mob stop!" nt albacore Saturday #52

Conservatives don't understand lyrics. Remember when they wanted Born in the USA as our National Anthem? Midnight Writer Saturday #17

Yup SheltieLover Saturday #23

All they ever hear is the Jingo. dchill Saturday #25

Lyrics sheshe2 Saturday #18

They're just tone-deaf to everything but what they want to hear. dchill Saturday #28

I read that Trump has previously played Fortunate Son at some of his rallies also. riversedge Saturday #36

I honestly think they're clueless mcar Saturday #44

he just likes the line "when the band plays "Hail to the chief" " Jack Valentino Saturday #49

Precisely. All they know is that B.See Saturday #51

LOL... sheshe2 Saturday #53

You too, Sheshe. B.See Sunday #55

That's not the actual CCR record. A bad instrumental version. They also had a bad instrumental version highplainsdem Saturday #27

Of course it was instrumental mcar Saturday #31

I just read on Bluesky that they also played Heart's Barracuda. highplainsdem Saturday #35

Wasn't this a military parade? mcar Saturday #45

OH! Well.... I guess someone DID "get" the lyrics, since they censored them... Jack Valentino Saturday #50

"As one of the most famous protest songs of the Vietnam War era, "Fortunate Son" revives this timeless message riversedge Saturday #30

They played it at our local No Kings protest, too! regnaD kciN Saturday #32

Who is playing the music? Norrrm Saturday #34

I couldn't tell if it was a band or over the PA mcar Saturday #46

I wonder who gets the credit/blame. Norrrm Saturday #48

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I watched on c-span and heard the music. I was surprised. I figured they would play march music. Srkdqltr Saturday #40

I wonder who approved this selection? Grammy23 Saturday #42

But I guess they won't be playing Springsteen's "Born In The USA" ! LMAO Jack Valentino Saturday #47

This might be a white mutiny chowmama Saturday #54

That is embarrassing on so many levels genxlib Sunday #56

G.O.P. draft-dodger-in-chief is such a disgrace BoRaGard Sunday #57

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