Last week, Tom Petty called on Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann to stop using "American Girl" at campaign events. We've seen this before, most famously when Bruce Springsteen asked Ronald Reagan to stop using "Born in the USA" during the 1984 campaign. (Reagan didn't realize Bruce wasn't singing about blind patriotism with that one.)
Anyway, here's an interesting read that mixes my day job -- covering politics -- with the culture of music. And it helps shed light on the cultural divide between Republicans and the musicians whose songs they tend to co-opt for political purposes.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/58255.html
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