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Conservatives Angered By Planned Kid Rock Gig At Bush Inaugural
01/10/2005 2:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
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Kid Rock, one of the few modern rock stars to come out in support of President George W. Bush, can't catch a break from the right despite that. According to WorldNetDaily.com, conservatives are furious that Rock has been selected to headline a youth concert as part of the festivities surrounding Bush's second inauguration on January 20. Rock, whose real name is Bob Ritchie, will perform at the Washington D.C. Armory on January 18 at a show hosted by Bush's daughters, Barbara and Jenna.
Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign For Children And Families, expressed outrage that the often raunchy Rock was asked to take part in the inauguration: "I just read Kid Rock's sexually explicit lyrics and feel ashamed and dirty for even looking at his songs. If this sex-crazed animal, whose favorite word is the F-word, is allowed to sing at Bush's inauguration this will send a clear message to pro-family Americans that the Republican Party has taken them for a ride and ditched them in the gutter."
Thomasson added, "Bush's FCC can take the F-word off TV and fine radio and television networks that cuss on the air and show indecency, and then have the most indecent, sexually explicit, anti-family white singer on the planet representing the second term of George W. Bush." Thomasson also said that having Kid Rock perform was "inconsistent" with the "moral values" message that was supposedly one of the reasons people voted for Bush's re-election.
He concluded, "This guy is one of the worst role models for youth imaginable," saying his presence at the inaugural was unacceptable even if he played less offensive songs.
A LAUNCH reporter was seeking comment from Rock at press time. No comment was available from the White House.
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