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Topic: George W. Bush raising money via Western Swing! |
Jim Cohen
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Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 30 Apr 2002 7:01 am |
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This just in from today's newspaper:
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| ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- President Bush called yesterday for legislation requiring employer health plans to treat mental illnes like other ailments, as he launched a two-day Western swing devoted to his "compassionate conservative" agenda and to raising $4.5 million for Republican candidates. |
I can see him now, peppering his speeches with 'Ah-haaaaaah!'  [This message was edited by Jim Cohen on 30 April 2002 at 08:02 AM.] |
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Jim Smith
From:
Midlothian, TX, USA
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Posted 30 Apr 2002 7:05 am
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| Well, he IS from Texas! |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 30 Apr 2002 7:49 am
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Wouldn't it be something if he would campaign like Jimmie Davis did? With a band. But I hate to think what Prince Albert (Al Gore) would counter that with. 
Uff-Da! |
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Chip Fossa
From:
Monson, MA, USA (deceased)
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Posted 30 Apr 2002 8:08 pm
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Hey Jimbeaux, I don't get it. Help me here?
Do I hafta read or view Bush's bull to get
this? Huh? Huh? Huh?
LostAgain |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 30 Apr 2002 8:23 pm
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The Prez likes country music. Bobby Snell and I did a party gig for him when he was The Guv and he came up to the bandstand and dug the Cornell Hurd Band.
The food, BTW, was awesome. Beef tenderloin that was like chocolate cake! 
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Herb's Steel Guitar Pages
Texas Steel Guitar Association
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Jeff Evans
From:
Cowtown and The Bill Cox Outfit
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Posted 1 May 2002 9:56 am
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| Just proves the viability of the form, doesn't it? Making money off western swing. |
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scott murray
From:
Asheville, NC
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Posted 2 May 2002 10:41 am
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hey! I played mandolin in a bluegrass band at Al Gore's place one time.
He loves country music. Actually he loves all music, from Appalachian to Zappa!
not sure about Tipper, though... |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 2 May 2002 2:07 pm
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| Um... I'm not sure too many people are catching on to what this is really all about... So far, I think Chip Fossa has come the closest, and he's clueless! |
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Jeff Evans
From:
Cowtown and The Bill Cox Outfit
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Posted 2 May 2002 7:51 pm
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Mental illness, compassion, and western swing: What's not to get? They are the encapsulated essence of the Steel Guitar Forum.
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Jeff
Sure it's diverse. It's diverse music I ever heard! --JC
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Bill Cunningham
From:
Atlanta, Ga. USA
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Posted 3 May 2002 7:15 am
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Jim,
If he's on a "western swing" I hope this doesn't mean he's moving to the left?
Bill C.
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"Gimme a steel guitar, 2 or 3 fiddles and a Texas rhythm section that can swing"..W. Nelson
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 3 May 2002 10:55 am
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Do you think he's into "Northern swing"? 
The left-handed Norwegian from up in the tundra!
Uff-Da! |
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Ron Page
From:
Penn Yan, NY USA
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Posted 7 May 2002 9:19 am
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hey! I played mandolin in a bluegrass band at Al Gore's place one time.
He loves country music. Actually he loves all music, from Appalachian to Zappa!
Of course he does. Hell, he invented 3 or 4 genres himself, I'm sure.
Sorry! Blame it on a relapse to my OTB days.
I like anything as long as it's country.
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HagFan
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 7 May 2002 10:19 am
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| Funny you should mention Al G. liking Zappa... seems it was Frank Zappa himself who went up against Tipper Gore in Congress on the issue of placing warning labels on CDs about the nature of the lyrics... |
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Joel Glassman
From:
Waltham MA USA
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Posted 7 May 2002 10:51 am
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From an Obit on Zappa:
"Ironically, one of Zappa's instrumental albums was stickered by a retail chain, many of which have strict "18 to buy" regulations on albums with "Tipper stickers."...Zappa ridiculed Gore's assertion that certain types of music could promote deviant behavior saying, "I wrote a song about dental floss but did anyone's teeth get cleaner?" |
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