Right wing singer tries to sound politically informed, fails miserably, is roasted online for it.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

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And yes, the right wing singer in question is Charlie Daniels, whose songs include "The Devil Went Down to Georgia," "The Devil Went Down to Georgia," and "The Devil Went Down to Georgia." And let's not forget his rendition of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia."


Anyways, I won't quote the entire Charlie Daniels' "open letter" but the gist of it is that he starts off by bashing Congress. Which yeah, sounds good, except he's not actually criticizing Congress for things that Congress ought to be criticized about, but rather for supposedly being "scared" and "politically correct" against the evil "imperial", "out of control" President Obama. He then proceeds to bash the Iran deal, talk about how President Obama was allowed to appoint "far left" justices to the Supreme Court (never mind that they replaced other left leaning justices, and let's not forget about Justice Roberts who twice voted in support of the ACA), repeats the Donald Trump nonsense about "criminal" immigrants, and talks about the "entitlement society" (***tweeeeeeeeetttt***)being allowed to "expand exponentially".

I wouldn't bother linking to the nonsense or even commenting on it here on DU, except Daniels gets raked by Facebook followers for it. I mean, seriously eviscerated.

https://www.facebook.com/charliedanielsband/posts/10153710033818287

Some of the standouts:

This one (2,764 likes) tries to be nice:

It was a pretty well-reasoned piece, until you started talking about the out-of-control President and how he's titled the Supreme Court to the left. WTF? Obama has replaced exactly TWO, already liberal justices with two liberal replacements. How is that tilting any balance? And the SCOTUS is STILL 5-4 titled in a CONSERVATIVE direction, not liberal. Also, what SPECIFICALLY has Obama done that is "out of control"? Did he start any unnecessary, illegal wars? I don't think so.

Judging from your writing, you are too intelligent a person to believe all the CRAP the right wing claims about our President. I confess I'm a bit disappointed.

This one (1175 likes) doesn't:

Mr. Daniels, I have two Son's and several Nephews enlisted in our Military, you have a right to your opinion, I would like to know where were you when G. Bush was sending our Son's and Daughters to fight a senseless war that cost over 300,000 lives not to mention several Trillions? I am not finger pointing nor hung-up on the mistakes, but the same useless, shiftless, rag-tagged Congress approved it all! In results made this Country (we all love so much) the most hated Country on the Globe! Our current President took on a difficult task with a Congress that didn't want to work with him ( we all know the ans to that BS) without payoffs or bribes, He have a Job to do and he's doing it with the Hand he was dealt! Most of the people that don't like our President were expecting him to Fail, which only proves one thing it's a new day, I would love to see our Great Grands read about our President in the History Books, and how he got it done in spite of! The nerve of you Mr. Daniels writing this Country is gone to pot, your letter is over 7.5 years to late!!!!!!! Deal with it like the world had to deal with G. Bush!

Daniels gets history schooled (1126 likes):

Your knowledge of world affairs and the history of US tyranny over the Iranian people is lacking. We overthrew their democratically elected government to benefit oil companies and installed a tyrant who governed the Iranian people with an iron fist with the help of the CIA and Mossad for more than 25 years until the Iranian revolution. Is that one of the mistakes you acknowledge? Well by telling ourselves that they are terrorists and we are the great country intervening in world affairs in the name of democracy and freedom you are paying no attention to this history.

Another one (632 likes):

OMG. Tilt the Supreme Court to the left? He doesn't have a majority on the Supreme Court. Kind of hard for Obama to be an "Imperial President" when, before he even stepped foot in office, the Republican leadership were meeting and set out the plan that they would not support ANYTHING he put forward...even if it was something they themselves had previously proposed!! You have hitched your hopes on a party full of corporate hacks. They do the bidding of Wall Street and multi-national corporations. And yes that pervades both parties. Don't you folks ever get tired of being white male supremecists? You're just pissed off because you think your vision of America is the only one that counts!!!

And of course, Charlie Daniels gets the Billy Madison Treatment (707 likes):

Mr. Daniels, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

There are some more great gems on there for those who enjoy a good Schaedenfreude.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

1. What an f'n dumb@$$...

CD, not U

And yes, the right wing singer in question is Charlie Daniels, whose songs include "The Devil Went Down to Georgia," "The Devil Went Down to Georgia," and "The Devil Went Down to Georgia." And let's not forget his rendition of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia."

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. I just wanted to make sure you didn't confuse him with the other right wing singer Ted Nugent....

.....best known for his hit songs "Cat Scratch Fever," "Cat Scratch Fever", "Cat Scratch Fever" and "Cat Scratch Fever."

[Earth Bound Misfit]

4. Don't forget

"Cat Scratch Fever"

[FrodosPet]

16. And "Stranglehold"

Nugent's politics suck, but I love this song.

[Raster]

50. Teddy-boy Shittypants Nugent

[jmowreader]

48. Oh come on Tommy, you know better than that

He also did "Wango Tango," "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang" and "Jailbait."

It's kinda strange that a guy revered by the far right as some kind of moral arbiter would have so damn many songs glorifying statutory rape...

[Beowulf42]

5. Ya Da Ya Da Ya Da

And don't forget, "The...................

[Hissyspit]

3. Charlie Daniels lost it a long time ago.

[KG]

6. heh!

[Sunlei]

7. what a shame he opened the mouth when all he had to do is coast to retirement with his music legacy

[Johonny]

8. Charlie Daniels found Jesus in the 80s and has sucked musically ever since

Before that he was a Jimmy Carter Democrat from the south. It's really a tragedy what RW BS can turn a man into. Needless to say he is wrong about nearly everything these days.

[logosoco]

10. Something happened to him.

I still enjoy "Long Haired Country Boy" and always think "Charlie, what happened?"

Maybe it was money? That seems to be the down fall of many people.

[Fawke Em]

21. Really. He used to be a "long haired, hippy-type, pinko fag."

A local band from where I live did a "hair-band" cover of "Long Haired Country Boy" that I like better than the original. It rocks.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

43. Too much time on buses listening to RW Talk Radio.

[hifiguy]

14. Getting into fundy religion immediately reduces the IQ by around 2/3.

Like a lobotomy. As sure as the sun rises in the east.

[HughBeaumont]

19. Pretty much why I stopped going to church about 30 years ago.

What began as a building of spirituality and life lessons as a kid slowly turned into a festering ugliness of hate, groupthink, revisionism and indoctrination. As you grow older, you do one of three things:

* see it for what it is and run the other way, FAST,
* embrace and immerse yourself in the revisionism
* try to reform it from within the system

[Unknown Beatle]

41. I was in the first group.

Going to church every Sunday until I was eighteen. I was looking for spirituality and I found hate, bigotry, homophobia, greed and everything else that you mentioned. When I turned eighteen, I ran as fast as I could in the other direction. I have never looked back but I'm still searching for spirituality.

[mountain grammy]

44. I thought I remembered that he supported Carter..

but now, he's over the cliff.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

9. Expect to see him on FOX "News" soon.

[Jake Stern]

11. Folks on here have just found the lunacy that are the rants of Charlie Daniels "Soapbox"?

Known about it for years. Stumbled on it while searching his site for the lyrics to "Uneasy Rider".

As if it's not bad enough that Charlie Daniels goes full Teabircher, his son posts stuff too.

[Motown_Johnny]

12. Uneasy Rider was/is a good song

Other than that I have no comment

[7962]

20. Darn near lived that song one time many years ago!! nt

[Motown_Johnny]

27. you got out of there with your skin?

[7962]

31. And my hair! A few differences; it was up north instead of down south

I miss the younger days

[MurrayDelph]

13. What do you expect from someone dumb-enough

to think The Devil lost that fiddle contest in Georgia.

[cactusfractal]

49. It's ok. The Devil gets...

...Johnny in the end.

Johnny went on to live his life, with the golden fiddle tucked away and never shown to anyone. Made him a little loopy, really, having it sitting right there in his grandfather's old steamer trunk for so long. He never married, kept to himself. And at long last Johnny's heart gave out and he found himself in Hell.

"I beat you, you son of a bitch! I won!", he shouted, when that old familiar visage materialized out of the sulfurous haze. "I won!"


"You sure did, Johnny," replied Old Scratch. "You're the... what did you say? 'Best that's ever been'. But you were proud. That's one of my favorites, really. Not as fun as, say, lust, but it gets the job done." Beelzebub was silent as he let the realization sink in for Johnny.

"Pride," he continued. "With a touch of greed. Never did do anything with that fiddle, did ya? Well, let's go. You've eternity to think about it."

Johnny started screaming and never stopped.

[wolfie001]

15. Scalia, Alito and Thomas

If these are someone's hero's.......WTF.....Can't imagine a triumvirate of more rank hypocrisy, downright nastiness. He (Chuck Daniels) prob'ly remembers the Dixiecrats with fondness when he was a kid. Times have changed and this old fuck hasn't kept up. Very stupid and uninformed.

[Lobo27]

17. The saddest part.

Is how misinformed the RW followers are. FFS grow a brain or something.

[Zorra]

18. Charlie wasn't so bad until he had no choice but to become a RW extremist

in order to save his dying career. Pandering to klan types after 9/11 saved him from impending obscurity.

It's a cryin' shame how low some people will go for money and fame.

This is the kind of stuff he did when he started out...

"Uneasy Rider" 1973

I was takin a trip out to L.A.
Toolin along in my cheverolet
Tokin on a number and diggin on the radio

Just as I crossed the Mississippi line
I heard that highway start to whine
And I knew that left rear tire was about to blow

Well the spare was flat and I got uptight
Cause there wasn't a filling station in sight
So I just limped on down the shoulder on the rim

I went as far as I could and when I stopped the car
It was right in front of this little bar
Kind of a red-neck lookin joint called the Dew Drop Inn

I stuffed my hair up under my hat
And told the bartender that I had a flat
And would he be kind enough to give me change for a one

There was one thing I was sure proud to see
There wasn't a soul in the place except for him and me
He just looked disgusted and pointed toward the telephone

I called up the station down the road a ways
He said he wasn't very busy today
And he could have someone out there in just about 10 minutes or so

He said, "Now, you just stay right where yer at!"
And I didn't bother to tell the darn fool
That I sure as hell didn't have anyplace else to go

I just ordered up a beer and sat down at the bar
When some guy walked in and said, "Who owns this car
With the peace sign, the mag wheels and the four on the floor?"

He looked at me and I damn near died
And I decided that I'd just wait outside
So I laid a dollar on the bar and headed for the door

Just when I thought I'd get outta there with my skin
These 5 big dudes come strollin in
With one old drunk chick and some fella with green teeth

I was almost to the door when the biggest one
Said, "You tip your hat to this lady, son!"
And when I did, all that hair fell out from underneath

Now the last thing I wanted was to get into a fight
In Jackson Mississippi on a Saturday night
Especially when there was three of them and only one of me

They all started laughin and I felt kinda sick
And I knew I better think of something pretty quick
So I just reached out and kicked old green teeth right in the knee

Now he let out a yell that'd curl yer hair
But before he could move I grabbed me a chair
And said "Now watch him Folks cause he's a thoroughly dangerous man!"

"You may not know it but this man is a spy.
He's a undercover agent for the FBI
And he's been sent down here to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan!"

He was still bent over holdin on to his knee
But everybody else was looking and listening to me
And I laid it on thicker and heavier as I went

I said, "Would you believe this man has gone as far
As tearing Wallace stickers off the bumpers of cars.
And he voted for George McGovern for President."

"Well, he's a friend of them long haired, hippy-type, pinko fags!
I betchya he's even got a commie flag
tacked up on the wall inside of his garage."

"He's a snake in the grass, I tell ya guys.
He may look dumb but that's just a disguise,
He's a mastermind in the ways of espionage"

They all started lookin real suspicious at him
And he jumped up and said "Now just wait a minute Jim!
You know he's lying I been living here all of my life!"

"I'm a faithful follower of Brother John Birch
And I belong to the Antioch Baptist Church.
And I ain't even got a garage, you can call home and ask my wife!"

Then he started saying somethin bout the way I was dressed
But I didn't wait around to hear the rest
I was too busy moving and hoping I didn't run outta luck

When I hit the ground I was making tracks
And they were just taking my car down off the jacks
So I threw the man a twenty and jumped in and fired that mother up

Mario Andretti wouldda sure been proud
Of the way I was movin when I passed that crowd
Coming out the door and headed toward me at a trot

And I guess I should of gone ahead and run
But somehow I just couldn't resist the fun
Of chasing them all just once around the parking lot

Well they headed for their car, but i hit the gas
And spun around and headed them off at the pass
I was slinging gravel and putting a ton of dust in the air

I had them all out there steppin and fetchin
Like their heads was on fire and their asses was catchin
then I figgered I had better go ahead and split before the cops got there

When I hit the road I was really wheelin
Had gravel flyin and rubber squeelin
And I didn't slow down till I was almost to Arkansas

I think I'm gonna reroute my trip
I wonder if anybody'd think I'd flipped
If I went to L.A., via Omaha

[Whiskeytide]

22. Loved "Uneasy Rider" ...

... with his "long hair" tucked under his hat and his "peace sign" on his car. Sadly, he appears to have turned into one of the "Antioch Baptists Church, no garage having" assholes he was making fun of in that song.

[Orsino]

26. The Long-Haired Country Boy has become the faithful follower of Brother John Birch.

Money kills brain cells dead.

[Nac Mac Feegle]

23. I seem to remember hearing

That he had suffered a rather nasty head injury at one time. Something about mountain climbing, a fall, and a bad skull fracture . I've seen brain damage do REALLY bad things to peoples' higher cognitive functions.


Although I could be mis-remembering or have mis-heard.

[livingonearth]

33. You're thinking of Hank William Jr.

He had a bad mountain climbing accident once and nearly died.

[DirkGently]

24. Charlie got weird a few years back. Too bad. n/t

[progressoid]

25. What was the name of that song again?

[PFunk1]

36. How in the f**k did this get past the mouse?

And why I haven's seen it until now. This is GREAT!!!

As for Daniels. What can I say. I'm starting to put him in a section I put with other stars. Like their work/hate the performer. What a butthead.

[progressoid]

45. Welcome to DU PFunk1

[Unknown Beatle]

46. It's not original.

The words were edited into the video.

Welcome to DU. Set a spell.

[TimeToGo]

28. CDaniel is an idiot (or worse) politically

"And yes, the right wing singer in question is Charlie Daniels, whose songs include "The Devil Went Down to Georgia," "The Devil Went Down to Georgia," and "The Devil Went Down to Georgia." And let's not forget his rendition of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia." "

But, the OP hurts his/her case with that kind of statement.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

29. 'Twas a joke.

I'm fully aware that Charlie Daniels has had notable songs other than just "The Devil Went Down To Georgia."

But most likely 95% of people upon hearing Daniels' name, will associate it with that one particular song, if they are able to connect it with him at all.

[TimeToGo]

38. I understand

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But, I still think it is odd that people feel the need to dislike everything about people they disagree with --

[Unknown Beatle]

47. I strongly disagree with his political ideology but

I like a couple of his songs.

Kelsey Grammer is another right wing idiot, but I like his show Frasier.

Another one is Meat Loaf, a real right wing loser, but his LP 'Bat Out Of Hell' is excellent.

[douggg]

30. Saw CD at a Busch Gardens concert.

His entire interaction with the audience was: 'I'm CD. You must worship me because I'm CD.' Then he played a lot of new trash and didn't play the good stuff until the end as folks were walking out.

[joe_stampingbull]

32. maybe too much meth?

sounds like a brain damaged lunatic

[Old Crow]

34. The opening paragraph in your post is hilarious.

Very witty! You made me laugh--thanks!

[niyad]

35. who?

[Dawson Leery]

37. Your boy the unelected Bush was the "Imperial" one,

who decided that his sky fairy gave him the right to go around the world forcing the neo-con agenda onto everyone.
It was your unelected boy who suspended Habeas Corpus.

Look at his twitter page. He constantly is selling overpriced Chuckie Daniels gear. A 7 dollar white sheet from Walmart would be the same thing for alot less money.

[nightscanner59]

39. There are entire regions of the midwestern US that are sensible radio-free zones.

I was overjoyed on my recent trip on I-40 in northeastern Arizona to find out there is finally one alternative to the country-god-Obamahate-country-god-Obamahate-Navaho-country-god-Obamahate selections that were the only ones available on previous trips. But there are definitely brainwashing zones of strictly RW crazy airwaves, polluted with chain truckstops that have Fox Noise brainwashing broadcasters installed. Only on final approach to Albuquerque can NPR and other choices get picked up on the FM waves again.
This is the world Charlie lives in, as anyone who drives a big rig in the U.S. can attest. Lush Rimbaugh and other hate filled goofballs have filled millions of lesser educated souls with nonsense. And they vote.

[4lbs]

40. Regarding that song, I always felt the devil won that contest. Johnny's fiddling was too twangy.

The devil's deep bass guitar fiddle rocked it.






So, F U Johnny and F U Charlie Daniels !

[world wide wally]

42. Yeah, ol' Charlie would be chasing his old self around the parking lot these days

Dumbfuck