Tim McGraw Not Running for Governor...Yet

[No Elephants]

Source: Associated Press

"Country music star Tim McGraw will likely run for governor of Tennessee -- but not anytime soon.

McGraw's publicist, Jessie Schmidt, denied a report in The New Republic magazine that McGraw is seriously considering a run for governor in 2010."


Read more: http://www.wsmv.com/entertainment/18254502/detail.html

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A lot of recent articles have stated the Tim McGraw may/will run for Governor of Tennesee in 2010. According to AP, though, his publicist says no. Sorry to hear that. I think he'd win and, by consulting with the right people, do a decent job. He did say a few years ago that he would like, someday, to run for office as a "populist Democrat."

[AllentownJake]

1. Is he a democrat

I know he took a Rednecks for Obama shirt at a concert.

[TwilightGardener]

3. Yep--he is a Democrat.

[AllentownJake]

5. We need to get him and his wife out there more often

particularly in the south, Ohio and Indiana.

[LostinVA]

4. Definitely -- both he and Faith Hill (his wife)

There were the ONLY "CMTish" Country stars to stand up for the Dixie Chicks. They are also pro choice, and Faith Hill has been rather vocal about gay rights. I've boycotted Country music since the Chicks blacklisting, and I used to listen to a lot -- except for these two. Vince Gill and a few others came out a bit later, but McGraw and Hill were there from the beginning.

Plus, they are both great singers.

[LostinVA]

2. Good!

[Ian David]

6. See Also: Faith Hill, Tim McGraw Blast 'Humiliating' Katrina Cleanup

Faith Hill, Tim McGraw Blast 'Humiliating' Katrina Cleanup

Country Stars Lash Out in Anger Over Conditions in Storm-Ravaged States

March 8, 2006 — Faith Hill and Tim McGraw — two stars who usually stay out of politics — blasted the Hurricane Katrina cleanup effort, with Hill calling the slow progress in Louisiana and Mississippi "embarrassing" and "humiliating."

The country music artists — who are natives of the storm-ravaged states — were at times close to tears, and clearly angry when the subject of Katrina came up during a news conference today. They had met with reporters in Nashville to promote their upcoming Soul2Soul II Tour, but when asked about the hurricane cleanup, the stars pulled no punches.

"To me, there's a lot of politics being played and a lot of people trying to put people in bad positions in order to further their agendas," McGraw, a 38-year-old native of Delhi, La., said after ABC News Radio's Dan Gordon asked about Katrina.

"When you have people dying because they're poor and black or poor and white, or because of whatever they are — if that's a number on a political scale — then that is the most wrong thing. That erases everything that's great about our country."

McGraw specifically criticized President Bush. "There's no reason why someone can't go down there who's supposed to be the leader of the free world … and say, 'I'm giving you a job to do and I'm not leaving here until it's done. And you're held accountable, and you're held accountable, and you're held accountable.

"'This is what I've given you to do, and if it's not done by the time I get back on my plane, then you're fired and someone else will be in your place. '"

Hill: 'I Fear for Our Country'

More:
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=1702714&pa...

See also:

Music Row Democrats



http://musicrowdemocrats.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=59


Also:

http://www.faithhill.com/music




See prior threads:

Faith Hill's Latest Song
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x434631


Join Rodney Crowell and Music Row Democrats for a Debate Watch Party, Nashville, TN
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=179x3486


"Music Row Democrats" - making the south Democratic again ->
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1754949

[HillWilliam]

7. I adore them both more and more

Not only are they great singers, both gorgeous as hell, but they're great parents, dividing tour-time so that there's always at least one of them home with the kids. You've got to love that kind of time-management and devotion. They've managed home and careers well. If you can manage the cut-throat politics of the music business and still be good and sane, surely they could manage government politics as well.

Good on him. I hope he runs and wins.

[iceman66]

8. I wish he would run against Corker or Alexander instead.