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Well, here 'tis. I was curious who the Grand-Ole-Plutocrats would hire to rave up the crowd. I pretty much figured Wayne Newton would be a draw, but there's no mention of an act of such stature. The Gatlins haven't had a hit or changed hairstyles in 25 years. The DNC could readily line up live appearances by Patti LaBelle, John Mellencamp, Carol King, and Willie Nelson, not to mention that terrific band led by drummer Steve Jordan. The GOP are not going to capture the youth vote with surfer-turned-singer Daize Shayne. Go ahead, ask all the young people you know if they have heard of this person.

Of course, Republicans have hopes that Michael W. Smith will cause all the Christian Right faithful to scream in Beatle-manianical glee. But I have this fantasy where the neocon goons get the booking screwed up and Michael Smith shows up instead. I once took a songwriting class here in Chicago from this glorious cat. He apprenticed with Quincy Jones back in the day and could hep up the precedings considerably.

These people are grieviously behind the musical times. Back during the start of the War, they sent Wayne Newton over to Iraq to entertain a Metallica-starved bunch of grunts. That was hardly compassionate to either party. And with Russel Simmons and MTV responsible for registering about 410,000 new voters, the GOP needs to pump up the beat a bit. Where in the heck is Toby Keith!?