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Related: About this forumKid Rock: I’m “embarrassed to be a Republican”
GOP laws are interfering with the conservative musician's concertsBY PRACHI GUPTA
Musician Kid Rock may have rallied support for Mitt Romney in the 2012 campaign run, but lately he is at odds with Republicans. He recently told Rolling Stone that Athletes and musicians make astronomical amounts of money.
People get paid $100 million to throw a baseball! Shouldnt we all take less and pass some of that money onto others? Think about firefighters, teachers and policemen. We should celebrate people that are intellectually smart and trying to make this world a better place.
The rock star is trying to cap ticket prices to his shows at $20, share beer, parking, hot dogs, reserve rows for friends and designate the next 16 rows for paperless ticketing. The latter, though, is where hes running into trouble with his Party.
From Rolling Stone:
Thats one of the times Im fucking embarrassed to be a Republican, he seethes. Its fucking Republican lawmakers passing those laws, you dumbasses. They already did it in New York and theyre trying to do it in Michigan. Ive even called some of those guys to try and stop it.
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http://www.salon.com/2013/04/10/kid_rock_im_embarrassed_to_be_a_republican/
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Kid Rock: I’m “embarrassed to be a Republican” (Original Post)
DonViejo
Apr 2013
OP
You are the dumbass, Bob....if you had a brain you wouldn't be a Republican...
JoeBlowToo
Apr 2013
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JoeBlowToo
(253 posts)1. You are the dumbass, Bob....if you had a brain you wouldn't be a Republican...
and somewhere in that muddled brain of yours a little voice is saying exactly that.
TheOther95Percent
(1,035 posts)2. Being embarrassed as a repub should be a constant state of affairs
Just sayin'.
tularetom
(23,664 posts)3. It appears that he didn't think his political positions through too clearly when supporting Romney
Everything he claims to advocate is about 180 degrees opposed to the 2012 republican platform.
BeyondGeography
(39,382 posts)4. What a goofball
dawg
(10,624 posts)5. Might be hope for that guy yet.
niyad
(113,582 posts)6. then change your party affiliation. very simple
darkangel218
(13,985 posts)7. I have never liked him. he is snobby and immature and his "music" sucks.
Not surprised voted repuke.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)10. that's why he was so believable as the redneck bully in "Joe Dirt". n/t.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)8. That is part of the "free market" Bob Richie supports.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)9. Nice that he gets it...but, he just NOW figured this out?
Oh, and "Kid", if you're embarassed about being a Republican, that's something you can change, y'know.
Never did know why so many white Detroit rockers-not only Kid, but Nugent and(from what I hear)Bob Seger, went 'pug. You'd think they'd see what 'Pug power does, living in the city that 'pugs have spent decades trying to kill.
kwolf68
(7,365 posts)11. When Obama won
Kid Rock was actually very respectful about it...that alone told me he was a 'weak' Republican.