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JULY 31, 2008

Country star wants voters 'Raisin' McCain'

Step off, Ludacris.

John McCain's got his own theme song. Country singer John Rich has written "Raisin' McCain" and plans to debut it Friday evening at a Panama City concert attended by the GOP presidential candidate.

"Well he got shot down in a Vietnam town / Fighting for the red, white and blue / And they locked him up in the Hanoi Hilton / Thinking they could break him in two / He stayed strong, stayed extra long 'til they let all the other boys
out / Now we've got a real man with an American plan, we're going to put
him in the big White House. We're all
just raising McCain / Everywhere across the USA / You can get on the train or get out of the way / We're all just raisin' McCain
." Listen here.

It's hard to imagine the song offending anyone's sensibilities (unless you detest country pop) which is something you cannot say about Ludacris' "Politics." The Obama campaign has distanced itself from the song, which trashes Hillary Clinton, President Bush and, of course, McCain.

Speaking of political songs, remember this classic?

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