John Boehner Demands Paul McCartney Apologize For Bush Jab

From the Huffington Post news wire:

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) is demanding that Paul McCartney apologize for expressing his gratitude that America again has a president "who knows what a library is," Human Events' Connie Hair reports.

"Like millions of other Americans, I have always had a good impression of Paul McCartney and thought of him as a classy guy, but I was surprised and disappointed by the lack of grace and respect he displayed at the White House," Boehner said in a statement.

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Silly Boehner, and that's pronounced "BAYnor," rather than "BONer," although in my mind I always think "BONer," for obvious reasons: Sir Paul was, after all, a member of the Beatles. You know, the "All You Need Is Love" band, hippies from the 1960s, who did drugs, engaged in free love, and opposed the Vietnam war. You know, the guy who got a half credit for writing the song "Give Peace a Chance," even though his buddy John wrote it all by himself. I do indeed believe all these things help make McCartney "a classy guy," but I'm not sure what the fascist Boner is talking about here. From his psychotic right-wing erectile perspective, being a dirty fucking hippie Beatle ought to make Paul the opposite of "classy."

I guess this is along the lines of how Christians call Jesus "the prince of peace" while forgetting about the numerous acts of genocide in which His Father took part back in the Old Testament. Good old Orwellian doublethink. Calling it an insult to reference President Bush's infamous lack of intellectual curiosity, and penchant for reading only works such as "The Pet Goat" and the Bible, which for many years the far right celebrated and treated as a down home virtue, is probably also an act of doublethink. Stupid Republican.

As for me, Sir Paul's remark actually raises him a notch or two in my esteem, not an easy thing to do at this point because I already practically worship him and continue to follow his career. I know that John ended up being the political guy when the Beatles embarked upon their solo careers back in the early 70s, writing songs such as "Working Class Hero" and "Power to the People," but it's nice to know that Paul's low key left wing politics continues to find manifestation here and there.

Here's another nicely articulated manifestation of Paul's politics, "Peace in the Neighborhood" from 1992's very underrated album Off the Ground. It's simple, to the point, and very pleasant, much better than Paul's clumsy and hastily written post 9/11 ode to America, "Freedom," which was, as Paul says, "hijacked" by "militaristic" war mongers. Be sure to check out the groovy guitar soloing toward the end:



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