Republican and Democrats have found one thing they can agree on this election year. Using a picture of the burning World Trade Center on a billboard to promote a cheesy song is in terrible taste. But that’s exactly what Mike Meehan of St. Cloud, Florida has done. He’s trying to sell copies of his song, “Don’t Vote for a Democrat” on his website - TheRepublicanSong.com.
In case you’re curious, here is the music video…
Meehan appeared on CNN yesterday morning because of the controversy. He said that, “I believe 9/11 could have been prevented if we’d had a Republican president at the time.” Clearly he means if a Republican have been President during the 1990’s.
While he may be right on many points, this tasteless attempt at political expression should not be rewarded. Conservatives are better than this, and we should call for Meehan to pull down his billboards and not use the deaths of thousands at the World Trade Center to promote his lame music.
Florida Democrats have called the billboards a crass attempt at exploiting 9/11 for political and personal gain, and the Florida Republican Party issued a statement saying in party that “there are many ways to convey the importance of national security in this election without going to extremes.”
The song costs $5 to purchase from Meehan’s website. He’s also available for parties, meetings, and events.
July 17th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
The terrible song by a hapless boob,
this kind of thing is killing us too.
He wants to make everyone think he can sing,
and buy his awful album while he’s out on the lam.
Chorus
Models and hour-rate actors shame on you,
don’t punish us all just to please a few,
You’re helping this guy out while we’re trying to shut him up,
and that’s why we can’t buy from this total fuckup.
Oh no, a no, no, no, no, no, no…
Oh no, a no, no, no, no, no, nooo…
Yeah, your helping this guy out, while we’re doing actual work,
Oh no, no please don’t glorify this total dork.
Now we’re trying to win an election and beat Obama,
We’re not tryin to get our message carried by a prima donna.
But the bad-singing dipshits are screwing things up,
Get the hell out of our way and let us do this right.
Chorus
Models and hour-rate actors shame on you,
don’t punish us all just to please a few,
You’re helping this guy out while we’re trying to shut him up,
and that’s why we can’t buy from this total fuckup.
Oh no, a no, no, no, no, no, no…
Oh no, a no, no, no, no, no, nooo…
Yeah, your helping this guy out, while we’re doing actual work,
Oh no, no please don’t glorify this total dork.
Republicans, we’re not perfect but we know the truth
We uphold the Constitution and the Golden Rule.
We believe a mans freedom is a God given right,
but a moron shouldn’t belt out lines when things are tight.
Chorus
Models and hour-rate actors shame on you,
don’t punish us all just to please a few,
You’re helping this guy out while we’re trying to shut him up,
and that’s why we can’t buy from this total fuckup.
Oh no, a no, no, no, no, no, no…
Oh no, a no, no, no, no, no, nooo…
Yeah, your helping this guy out, while we’re doing actual work,
Oh no, no please don’t glorify this total dork.
Our ears, brain and aesthetics are under attack,
Oh no, please, oh no please, don’t buy from this total fuckup.
July 17th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
LOL…ok, that was about the same level of quality as the original song.
July 18th, 2008 at 12:33 am
Ouch!!!
July 18th, 2008 at 4:10 am
He could be singing about apples and he would suck because he’s a crappy musician.
July 21st, 2008 at 9:45 am
So Meehan meant to say something halfway intelligent but instead said something incredibly stupid? In other words, he’s a typical George Bush/John McCain conservative.