Video: Mellencamp says U.S. should have negotiated with Osama after 9/11
posted at 1:03 pm on February 14, 2007 by Allahpundit
Low-hanging fruit here, admittedly, but still tasty. He’s not a pacifist, just an appeaser with an ad contract from Chevrolet who doesn’t believe in going to war until we’ve exhausted all of our diplomatic options or skyscrapers, whichever comes first. He has the shine of enlightenment on him, too, even though he doesn’t seem to have a real firm grasp of “little brother’s” demands and is quick to disclaim knowledge sufficient to form an opinion about, um, Pearl Harbor once Charlie Rose tosses that fastball at him.
And the conspiracy theorizing at the end? Gravy. Click the image to watch.
Update: Well, give him this — at least he’s consistent.
Sounding like the knee-jerk nincompoop that he must be, Mellencamp thinks that, “Instead of worrying about somebody having a pen knife on an airplane, we should be figuring out why a brother of ours would behave so incorrectly. What have we done to make this part of the world family so hateful to us?”
That’s from one of Debbie Schlussel’s posts dated November 8, 2001.
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Why? Why do we ask celebrities about ANYTHING other than the song they sang or the movie they’re in?
WHY?
Somebody explain it to me.
What OTHER profession do we routinely quiz about things of which they have exactly zero knowledge?
Asking Mellencamp about global politics is like asking a janitor about Einstein’s theory of relativity. Or asking a physicist the best way to mop a floor.
What the @!%!%$/?
Why? Why? Why?
Professor Blather on February 14, 2007 at 1:07 PM
Shut up and Sing. Retard.
Andy in Agoura Hills on February 14, 2007 at 1:08 PM
Heh. AP really has the gift for finding just the right screen cap.
Bad Penny on February 14, 2007 at 1:08 PM
Didn’t bin laden say that if we didn’t respond after 9/11, america was done? Even that was his estimation. Mellencamp agrees with that apparently.
This is our country is Edwards theme song too, now, isn’t it? Does that mean he agrees with letting terrorists blow up our crap too and simply respond by saying “that wasn’t cool, man. Not cool at all”
“target=new” I wish we’d become familiar with it here :)
lorien1973 on February 14, 2007 at 1:08 PM
You know what – bad analogy.
A physicist just might know how to mop a floor. Maybe the janitor took a physics class once.
But these celebrities don’t know ANYTHING about what they prattle on about – or at least not ANY more than anybody else who happens to own a television.
And frankly, they almost always know much, much less than the average television-owning-schmoe.
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?
/rant off
Sorry.
Professor Blather on February 14, 2007 at 1:09 PM
Or taken care of the problem before 9/11 happened!
Pam on February 14, 2007 at 1:11 PM
It’s pretty sad when even Charlie Rose seems to be in disbelief at how stupid you are.
Dudley Smith on February 14, 2007 at 1:11 PM
I can’t watch. I understand John’s politics, but still…can’t do it!! NOOOOOOooooooo!!!
robblefarian on February 14, 2007 at 1:11 PM
Alice Cooper quote:
“If you‘re listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you‘re a bigger moron than they are. Why are we rock stars? Because we‘re morons. We sleep all day, we play music at night and very rarely do we sit around reading the Wall Street Journal.”
db on February 14, 2007 at 1:13 PM
But Professor, he’s exercising his first amendment right to free speech. You have no right to criticize him for his criticism of the war or Boooooosh.
And doggone it, don’t you dare not buy his CD if you disagree with his disagreement. That would be denying him his First Amendment rights or would be censorship or something bad.
BacaDog on February 14, 2007 at 1:15 PM
Send him over. Let him talk. We’ll be rid of him. Notice all the sentences containing the word ‘him’??? That’s what he’s all about. Himself.
Griz on February 14, 2007 at 1:15 PM
Best. Quote. Ever.
Professor Blather on February 14, 2007 at 1:16 PM
Ding Ding! We have a winner!
KelliD on February 14, 2007 at 1:17 PM
Good one Chevy. First you piss me off by incessantly playing this tool’s crappy music throughout EVERY stinkin’ football game-with thinly veiled anti-American vibes in the imagery attached to the ads. Now you can’t muzzle this HAS BEEN and he’s basically a spokesman for your company. Although I’m in the market for a truck, I’d already ruled out Chevy just because of the “this is our country” crud. Now I’m concrete in my boycott of the brand.
NTWR on February 14, 2007 at 1:19 PM
Hey, he’s entitled to his opinion; I’ll defend his right to publicly share his opinion.
But what I do *NOT FREAKIN’ UNDERSTAND* is why we always ASK the opinion? If celebrities want to march and protest and buy full page ads in the New Yorker, fine. Stupid, laughable, but fine.
But why do we ASK THEM about this stuff?
Nobody has ever asked ME what I thought of “Jack and Diane.” I personally thought it sucked. Hard. Worst video of all time.
But since I have no basis for that opinion – other than, you know, my completely uniformed and uneducated opinion – nobody has ever shown up and asked me about it.
So what in the name of all this Holy do we ROUTINELY ask someone like Britney Spears how she feels about global warming?
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Sorry. This @$%@$#^ annoys the @#!%$ out of me. I literally saw some interview on “E” and they were asking Hugh Hefner about the situation in Darfur.
Are you kidding?
I need a drink.
Professor Blather on February 14, 2007 at 1:21 PM
9/11, Pearl Harbor, Kennedy……Once upon a time…..
John….Shrek is a CARTOON!
Waisting my breath on this moron.
Limerick on February 14, 2007 at 1:21 PM
Where do moonbats send their kids in the summer?
John Cougar MellenCamp.
JammieWearingFool on February 14, 2007 at 1:22 PM
John Cougar Mellonhead logic defies reality at all levels.
He want’s to talk to people. News flash Johnboy, they don’t want to talk to you. They want to kill you.
His Ted “I haven’t made up my mind yet” Turner moment is truly a result of Foot-n-Mouth disease.
I wonder if beating his wife is OK, but swatting a fly is bad.
Kini on February 14, 2007 at 1:27 PM
At one point, Rose said “Okay, let me make this easy for you.” That should have told John that he just wasn’t getting it. I think Rose WAS in disbelief, and even more than a little disturbed that this nimrod was actually saying all this. Pearl Harbor — John would have negotiated! Besides, it might not have really happened that way. History might not be true. What a maroon. Seriously.
Glynn on February 14, 2007 at 1:28 PM
Wow Allah, mucho thanks to you and inthebullpen.com for that video. Everyone – make sure you watch the entire clip. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a celebrity with a more insane take on world events, past or present.
That aside, the day has yet to come when I’m going to take anything seriously from a dope who took years to figure out what his real name was.
And don’t forget, JCM is a favorite guest on Imus. That’s a tell.
fogw on February 14, 2007 at 1:28 PM
*Groan* Oh, man…
Slublog on February 14, 2007 at 1:30 PM
This one time, at JohnCougarMellencamp, I stuck a …
Professor Blather on February 14, 2007 at 1:31 PM
If/when I deploy again, I’ll invite him to come with and chat with the Talib, HIG, AQ, whomever…
major john on February 14, 2007 at 1:32 PM
Let’s get it straight John….Pearl Harbor, Singapore, Manila, Wake, Guam, Hong Kong, Shanghai and a hundred other places MADE IT ALL UP.
Limerick on February 14, 2007 at 1:32 PM
I like the confirmation of all my stereotypes about leftist celebrity intelligence levels.
Other than that, I can’t think of a good reason to ask these retards about the weather, let alone geopolitical strategy or policy
Fred on February 14, 2007 at 1:33 PM
John Cougar MenstrualCramp, typical moonbat pain.
joeswampy on February 14, 2007 at 1:33 PM
NOOOOOOooooooo!!!
/vader
Slublog on February 14, 2007 at 1:34 PM
F-ing moron…
“I don’t have all the information about Pearl Harbor” – Cougar
Really?!, Cougar? Really? I’d love for Cougar to explain this one… Don’t start Cougar let me move to the edge of my seat.
x95b10 on February 14, 2007 at 1:35 PM
He just witnessed the Dixie Chicks winning several Grammy awards, and he figured, hell, I’m just as stupid as they are. Why not open my mouth and prove it. He must have a new CD coming out soon.
liberty on February 14, 2007 at 1:37 PM
A lot of you here get it;never listen to political advice from a celebrity. Personally, I never do. But as to someone such as Mellencamp, don’t know why anybody would be surprised. This guy has been packaging himself as an “shucks, I’m just a good old American country boy” for years, but his political affiliations and quotes have given lie to that image for years. Always nice to see jackasses make jackasses out of themselves, though.
tomk59 on February 14, 2007 at 1:37 PM
Charlie Rose might be the greatest interviewers in the past 50 years. He is so good at getting down to the red meat without being confrontational. Bravo, Charlie Rose. He, in a very nice way, made Johnny Cougar examine his own worldview. In the end, I think even Johnny Cougar realized that he was in over his head.
“I don’t know about Pearl Harbor, I wasn’t there.” -Johnny Cougar
Well, do you know about the holocaust? Do you know if that was accurately reported? What about slavery, Johnny? Do you know if that was accurately reported?
Well,
Matticus Finch on February 14, 2007 at 1:37 PM
Why did I just watch that video? Why? Give me those minutes back.
I do love his last line: “it just seems far-fetched.”
Amazing how this cheeseball defines “far-fetched.”
Also fascinating that he said about Pearl Harbor: “I don’t have enough information.” Oh, REALLY? And you do about 9/11?
Oh, the stupidity.
Bonus question: how much would have paid for Rose to ask him a couple specific questions about Pearl Harbor? Like – where did it happen? Who attacked? What decade?
I guarantee he’d miss at least 2 out of 3. Guar-an-frickin’-tee.
Professor Blather on February 14, 2007 at 1:39 PM
When do I get to question his patriotism?
I think it was really amazing to see the stars of the 1940s in uniform fighting fascism.
Clark Gable
Jimmy Stewart
Fastforward to 2007…
Dixie Chicks
John Cougar Mellencamp
Sean Penn
Susan Sarandon
mkstach on February 14, 2007 at 1:40 PM
THIS IS OUR COUNTRY
thank God its not his
Defector01 on February 14, 2007 at 1:41 PM
And the great irony is – I don’t remember seeing Clark Gable or Jimmy Stewart opining ad nauseum about MacArthur’s strategy in the the Philippines …
Professor Blather on February 14, 2007 at 1:42 PM
Last line should read,
Well?
Matticus Finch on February 14, 2007 at 1:43 PM
John Couger Smellycramp….I can’t decide wether to mock him or to wish he was monkeystomped by a trio of burqa clad hyena’s.
Mojomatrix on February 14, 2007 at 1:44 PM
Everyone knows that probably 9/10ths of all pop musicians, even the mediocre ones, are all current or former (or relapsed) druggies with some amount of organic brain damage due to their years of drug & alcohol abuse. One side effect of drug abuse brain damage is it causes them to not have the ability to fully perceive reality.
Barack Hussein Obama was a pot-head during his formative years in high school, in college, and even made a dedication to his “choom gang” (pot-pals) in his senior yearbook. He has also acknowledged hard narcotics abuse in his book of memoirs.
…get it?
SilverStar830 on February 14, 2007 at 1:44 PM
The only celebrity that was worth listening to has died. Ronald Regan, John Wayne, Audey Murphy,and I could go on and on about the people who were great Americans back during WWII. These boneheads now can’t even pick up a book and read and most likely get thier news from the liberal MSM who loves them anyways. This is what are supposedly smart people. Gimme fr***n break. Send mellonhead over to a madrasa to see how the real teachins will be if people listen to his drivel.
bones47 on February 14, 2007 at 1:45 PM
From a guy who grew up on a farm …..
Mellencamp to Rose: “That was the last draw”.
“snort”
fogw on February 14, 2007 at 1:46 PM
What kind of douche calls himself Johnny “Cougar,” anyway?
Apologies for the profanity, but frankly “douche” is the only English word that fits.
Cougar? Heh.
Professor Blather on February 14, 2007 at 1:47 PM
I used to date his cousin from years back. She used to tell me “family” stories about him. He was loony from the start.
Guardian on February 14, 2007 at 1:48 PM
I don’t even like the real Woody Guthrie.
mymanpotsandpans on February 14, 2007 at 1:50 PM
Once upon a time Hollywood was in America
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Neville Brand – U.S. Army … Wounded in action
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James Daly – U.S. Army and U.S. Navy
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Henry Fonda – U.S. Navy … Served aboard a destroyer in the Pacific. Earned a Bronze Star for Valor.
Glenn Ford – U.S. Marine Corps … Earned a number of citations and awards for combat action. After the war, he transferred his commission to the U.S. Naval Reserve.
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William Holden – U.S. Army Air Corps … Served 1942-1945. His brother, a U.S. Navy pilot, was killed in the Pacific in 1944.
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Werner Klemperer – U.S. Army … Stationed in Hawaii as a Military Policeman, he auditioned for and was accepted into Maurice Evans’ Special Services unit.
Nancy Kulp – U.S. Navy … Served as a Navy WAVE
Bert Lancaster – U.S. Army … Served in Tunisia and Italy
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Lewis Stone – Served in the Spanish-American War, World War I and World War II
Limerick on February 14, 2007 at 1:51 PM
John, I don’t give flying fick what your opinion is ok?
I don’t negotiate with mass murderers. I do not surrender to mass murderers. I do not apologize to them and I do not ‘sympathize’ with them. I don’t give a shait what their ‘feelings’ are or what they think justifies their deliberate targeting and murder of innocent civilians.
To me mass murderers such as OBL need to be killed – period.
STFU already.
CrazyFool on February 14, 2007 at 1:57 PM
I don’t know how much of a druggie past you other commenters have, but did you ever try to have a serious conversation with someone who’s been dropping acid?
That was that interview.
Laura on February 14, 2007 at 2:09 PM
Negotiate *WHAT*? Our surrender???
Hey Menstralcramp, your music would be outlawed and you’d be shot. Genius.
Tony737 on February 14, 2007 at 2:09 PM
We give these so called celebs too big a forum. Who the hell is John Melloncamp anyways besides a musician? Why isn’t my face on there, my opinion is just as important as his. I am just as important as him, maybe more important than him. At least I have a job, he doesn’t have a real job he plays.
People stop celebratating any of these people. We celebrate them too much by posting them here so idiots like me can comment on them. When they post Michelle Malkin, on a blog, they are posting an educated intelligent woman who gets paid to say what she thinks and she would not be getting paid for her thinking if we did not give a damn what she had to say.
Mellancamp, who the hell is he, who the hell is Richard Gere, Angela Jolie, etc I don’t buy anything they do because I give a damn what they have to say, but read what other people tell them to say.
StuLongIsland on February 14, 2007 at 2:10 PM
Limerick,
Thanks for posting that list. Sadly I’m too young to have even heard of about half of them, but…
Patriots. All.
y2church on February 14, 2007 at 2:10 PM
John Cougar Moroncamp. What a clown.
Jonesy on February 14, 2007 at 2:15 PM
Currently residing in the “Where are they now?” files.
Shut up and sing???
Nah. Just STFU!
Talon on February 14, 2007 at 2:19 PM
At least Guthrie had the excuse that he hadn’t seen how Communism and the like turned out in the end.
F@#! off, Mellencamp, you foppish twit. For a guy that sings so much about America, I don’t think you understand it very well.
Citizen Duck on February 14, 2007 at 2:20 PM
I hate this turd as much as the next guy but I have some info on the Couger name.
Back in the early 80′s, his first record company FORCED him to use a different name. They told him noone would listen to someone named Mellencamp. So the record company came up with the name Couger because it was “catchy”. He absolutely despised this and dropped it as fast as he could.
Although he is a complete twit, don;t hold the name thing against him.
RobG on February 14, 2007 at 2:22 PM
Does Cougar realize that he contracted to do the ad music for Chevy trucks? Big environmental killing, gas guzzling, global warming trucks? That’s a big celebrity no-no. Where is Al Gore when you need him?
Rick on February 14, 2007 at 2:39 PM
balls
E L Frederick (Sniper One) on February 14, 2007 at 2:42 PM
Yeah, I remember reading something about that years ago. If I recall correctly, he started out John Cougar; changed it to John Cougar Mellencamp; and finally ended up with just plain John Mellencamp. It’s those evil record producing corporations that made him do it – they aren’t as nice as those big TRUCK manufacturing corporations, like Chevy.
Rick on February 14, 2007 at 2:44 PM
Thank you Professor Blather – couldn’t agree more. I have never understood why we think celebrites know more about anything than any one else and why anyone listens to them.
Ann on February 14, 2007 at 2:45 PM
Without using the internet, think of the following.
1. Name three anti-war entertainers.
2. Name three pro-war entertainers.
3. Quote or paraphrase something some celebrity has said that’s bashed Bush or praised Bush.
4. Now, repeat steps 1-3, and instead of a Hollywood celebrity, insert the name of a leader of the fields of mathematics, physical science, or economics.
That should pretty much boil down who the media thinks is important and who’s opinions should really be heard.
And then understand why people have lost faith in the Fourth Estate.
Nethicus on February 14, 2007 at 2:49 PM
Ted Nugent/Alice Cooper ’08
infidel4life on February 14, 2007 at 2:53 PM
Great post.
Once upon a time our actors/celebrities/sports stars were proud to be Americans. How far we’ve fallen in 65 years.
infidel4life on February 14, 2007 at 2:57 PM
Oh. Right. Like those people know anything.
If I want to know about economics, I’ll just ask Susan Sarandon. Hey, she was in Witches of Eastwick, right? So she must know economics.
Professor Blather on February 14, 2007 at 3:05 PM
Like other celebs before him, he was willing to
lie aboutalter his name for the almighty dollar. He didn’t stand his ground with his promoters early on, he caved in. Then he changed his mind and went with his real name.A flip-flopper in the Kerry mold.
fogw on February 14, 2007 at 3:14 PM
Mellencamp = Clueless
Does he have any rational inkling of what it is that Osama wants us to give up?
Lawrence on February 14, 2007 at 3:19 PM
Shaddup and play yer guitar, John.
mojo on February 14, 2007 at 3:32 PM
I don’t know if john m actually wrote his songs or actually sing. I just don’t know. I was not there when the songs were actually penned. I don’t have the information about it. I just don’t know. I was not there for the recording sessions.
allie on February 14, 2007 at 3:37 PM
Exactly! They want to KILL us. The only thing we can offer them is our suicide. That way they can save their homicide bombers to kill their coreligionists.
cmay on February 14, 2007 at 3:39 PM
i remember one appeal to Farm Aid audience members to write their Congressmen. Never let it be said that Toronto concertgoers aren’t good sports.
mymanpotsandpans on February 14, 2007 at 3:53 PM
Two things: How does he get his hair to stay like that?
Why does he wear his hair like that?
Is he missing a molar on the bottom right?
Actually you think that was three things, but how do you know for sure?
bloggless on February 14, 2007 at 4:14 PM
“Limerick,
Thanks for posting that list. Sadly I’m too young to have even heard of about half of them, but…
Patriots. All.
y2church on February 14, 2007 at 2:10 PM”
Also Lee Marvin, PVT U.S.M.C. WWII saw combat, took a bullet
in the rear. Buried at Arlington.
bernzright777 on February 14, 2007 at 4:15 PM
I could only make it half way through before I gave up.
Another poster child for “Shut Up and Sing.”
asc85 on February 14, 2007 at 4:19 PM
Idiots on stage….why do these people get air time other then their music, film or art…..”stupid is as stupid does…”
jimwesty on February 14, 2007 at 4:24 PM
I interviewed Billy Bob Thornton, last week, when he was in town (Detroit), and he specifically said that he will paraphrase Elvis, by saying
That was refreshing. Mellencamp has made a series of comments since right after 9/11, that were anti-American and pan-Islamist, so this is nothing new from him.
Debbie Schlussel on February 14, 2007 at 4:26 PM
Read more absurd post-9/11 (as in, right after 9/11) comments by John Mellencamp, in “Rock Stars, Shut Up!”
Debbie Schlussel on February 14, 2007 at 4:29 PM
It is very refreshing to see that some (very few) entertainers at least know when to keep their mouths shut when it comes to politics.
This truly baffles me because it’s just not good business sense on their part to go off spewing nonsense, and consequently insulting a very large part of their fan base.
Rick on February 14, 2007 at 5:13 PM
Mellencamp, another 80′s has-been that wants to generate controversy to increase his name recognition. That’s an old trick of self-promotion. But then again, he’s an old singer.
RedinBlueCounty on February 14, 2007 at 5:21 PM
This guy gave the commencement speech at my college graduation. Laura Ingraham’s words apply to him quite well.
With that rather memorable fiacso for context, I’m not surprised by anything that Mellencamp says. These words are no exception.
flutejpl on February 14, 2007 at 5:38 PM
That must have been a very bittersweet moment for you.
Rick on February 14, 2007 at 5:41 PM
John Cougar Mellencamp-I haven’t had respect for him since he was blaming President Reagan for the “plight of the farmer” back in the mid-80′s. Did he even graduate from high school? Poor fluejpl, it must have been a difficult commencenment. Has anyone ever been to Seymour, IN? I had a roomie from there in college. She was/is a really nice person and told me that he the was trouble maker in town before he got famous & while they’re somewhat proud that a small time boy made it big, most think he’s still a trouble maker.
Catie96706 on February 14, 2007 at 5:58 PM
This is hysterical. John McCain sings Streisand:
Now can we get Giuliani to sing Mellencamp?
Laura on February 14, 2007 at 6:46 PM
The effects of drug use.
EnochCain on February 14, 2007 at 7:21 PM
Nice bouffant, toolbag. Elvis went to war. Stick with writing schlocky pseudo-rock, and leave reality to those living in it.
spmat on February 14, 2007 at 7:29 PM
I am just amazed he made it through the interview without saying “sports fans” one time.
Glynn on February 14, 2007 at 7:38 PM
As a working musician, I’ve had a chance to meet some of the people that impressed me as a kid. Here is a really good example of how a musician that you related to turns out to really be a huge twit, and you stop listening to them.
Kind of like your son beating up his older brother and you drop a daisy cutter on him and stop listening to his CDs and then go to jail.
Yeah, it’s like that.
Hening on February 14, 2007 at 8:33 PM
This is a brilliant plan, but I think we need to field test it… just to make sure it’s feasible. I mean, if it works it’d be great; but we’d be stupid to try it if it wouldn’t.
Hear me out, please.
Let me hit John Melloncamp in the face, while he uses nothing but diplomacy and negotiation to get me to stop.
If this small scale field test works, then I’ll credit that the larger scale plan could work as well. Reasonable test on a small scale with little of importance on the line.
If it doesn’t work… at least we’ll know it’s not really a viable strategy. And that information alone would be worthwhile to have now, wouldn’t it?
So, my proposal is that Melloncamp could be onto something, but we need to run a couple tests to verify that it has real-world potential. Certainly a valid scientific query into the viability of the “negotiation and diplomacy with 0 force or defense” strategy, right?
So lets see if he can run a single person out of their supply of the word “no” with a massive surge of diplomacy to force usage of the (presumed limited) supply… it might be do-able; and it would be a shame not to know for sure.
gekkobear on February 14, 2007 at 8:43 PM
John has Kim Jong Il Hair. That is scary.
Montana on February 14, 2007 at 10:29 PM
OH MY FRIGGIN Goodness!!!!
“I don’t know if it’s true, it was before my time”.
Dear Mr. Mellancamp,
In YOUR time, several children were beheaded in the Philipines.
In YOUR time, over 350 people were killed in Belan, MANY of them were children. Please ask the children, those that survived, what THEY did to cause these Muslim extremists to hate them so much!!
Please ask them why they’re “so far apart”. Yes, they ARE so far apart!!! THEY want to kill us and nutjobs like yourself want to talk with them!!!!
I can honestly say, that watching this video has really got me believing that these nuts out there REALLY REALLY think that their plan will work!!!
HarryStar on February 14, 2007 at 10:34 PM
I think we’re going to need a larger sample to have a really valid experiment. So we should really book Barbara Streisand, Nancy Pelosi, Madonna, Al Gore and Sean Penn as well. And probably a few others, but that’s a good start.
Laura on February 14, 2007 at 10:44 PM
Screw him, screw Charlie the nitwit Rose for foisting this moron’s political ignorance on the public, but mostly screw GM for shoving his trash down my throat.
Can’t wait to give GM’s PR department a call and let them know what kind of Toyota I’ll be buying next.
Can’t help myself; stupidity has consequences.
Jaibones on February 14, 2007 at 11:55 PM
Yeah John, negotiate. With islamonazis. Uh huh. Didn’t Theo Van Gogh try to negotiate with a jihadi? Theo’s last words to him were “Can’t we talk about this?” Ya know what happened next John? The jihadi shot Theo and sliced his throat. So, who do you propose to negotiate for us, John. Wanna know who I’d like to see talk to these islamonazis John? You.
Tony737 on February 15, 2007 at 12:16 AM
So the Cougar is really a pusssy?
Negotiate with homicidal scum who cut the throats of stewardesses to keep the passengers quiet?
May his A string snap and hit him in the eyeball.
profitsbeard on February 15, 2007 at 12:34 AM
I always knew there was something vaguely unsettling about him. I know I’m going to start a firestorm here, but I’ll say it anyway. I think it was the fact that he has an ad contract with Chevy. Before I go further, I want to make one thing clear: I don’t have a truck, I don’t want a truck. Despite that, however, I do know that if you want one, you don’t buy it from Chevy.
Wolfman on February 15, 2007 at 1:15 PM
Exactly! It’s sounds a little “far-fetched” to me :-)
Oyster on February 15, 2007 at 1:31 PM
Ignore the typo.
Oyster on February 15, 2007 at 1:32 PM
Golly. Just called GM to try and understand what it’s like to be them this week. First the news of Toyota’s dominance over them – pwned I believe is the expression.
Then the Mellonhead.
They gave me a “manager” name Eric Jordan; a genuine knucklehead who took the predictable “he doesn’t speak for us, it’s just a song, free speech, etc.” route, and who can blame him. But he also said some really dumb things, like “who put you up to the protest call?” and “why would I associate Mellonhead with Chevy; we just make great trucks and wanted to create an ad that tells you that”.
Really? So, with utter market dominance in the 1950s, you are now at — what? — 20% of your previous market share, despite the inherent, overwhelming advantages that you have? If your trucks are so great, why are you spending $billions on advertising every year?
And if everyone is subject to the horrors of hiring a nutty leftist who then goes out and says stupid things, why doesn’t this happen to Toyota? Or Honda?
Answer: GM is just stupid.
Jaibones on February 15, 2007 at 1:40 PM
One thing that always made me wonder about singers like Bruce Springsteen and John Cougar Mellencamp is how oblivious they are to who they owe their success. They both experienced their greatest stardom during the “Morning in America” days of Ronald Reagan. Mellencamp sang songs that reminded people of the Heartland and the greatness of American values outside of Hollywood and Madison Avenue. Springsteen’s stuff was patriotic on its face, but anti-American underneath (at least mildly so). People liked “Little Pink Houses” and “Born in the USA” because those songs made them feel like we were still in the American experience.
Unfortunately, these “artists” actually despise the people who made them rich, famous and successful. Let’s face it, they have more in common with Al Franken and Howard Dean than they do with the farmers and servicemen they sang about.
cmay on February 15, 2007 at 1:47 PM
John Mellenhead, kiss my ass.
mcgilvra on February 15, 2007 at 3:25 PM
I want to see Rich Ward kick John Cougar Mellonhead’s teeth in….
Stuck Mojo
TBinSTL on February 15, 2007 at 4:21 PM
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