FloridaZ
08-22-2008, 12:50 PM
If you liked Toby Keith because you thought he was patriotic and wrapped his ass in the flag.. think again.
LOS ANGELES - Barack Obama is getting praise from a big, patriotic country star.
Toby Keith, perhaps best known to non-country music audiences for his post-Sept. 11 song "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue," says he is a Democrat, and was impressed by the senator from Illinois.
Keith has said in the past that the 2002 song - which courted controversy for its call for vengeance and lines aimed at the Taliban like "we lit up your world like the Fourth of July" - was more patriotic than pro-war.
Asked while promoting his new movie "Beer For My Horses" about the role of patriotism in the current presidential election, Keith replied: "There's a big part of America that really believes that there is a war on terrorism, and that we need to finish up.
"So I thought it was beautiful the other day when Obama went to Afghanistan and got educated about Afghanistan and Iraq. He came back and said some really nice things.
"So as far as leadership and patriotism goes, I think it's really important that those things have to take place. And I think he's the best Democratic candidate we've had since Bill Clinton. And that's coming from a Democrat."
LOS ANGELES - Barack Obama is getting praise from a big, patriotic country star.
Toby Keith, perhaps best known to non-country music audiences for his post-Sept. 11 song "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue," says he is a Democrat, and was impressed by the senator from Illinois.
Keith has said in the past that the 2002 song - which courted controversy for its call for vengeance and lines aimed at the Taliban like "we lit up your world like the Fourth of July" - was more patriotic than pro-war.
Asked while promoting his new movie "Beer For My Horses" about the role of patriotism in the current presidential election, Keith replied: "There's a big part of America that really believes that there is a war on terrorism, and that we need to finish up.
"So I thought it was beautiful the other day when Obama went to Afghanistan and got educated about Afghanistan and Iraq. He came back and said some really nice things.
"So as far as leadership and patriotism goes, I think it's really important that those things have to take place. And I think he's the best Democratic candidate we've had since Bill Clinton. And that's coming from a Democrat."