Michelle Bachmann and the music industry..

Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) is running for President on the Republican ticket this year.  Her rallies are attended by many people who are interested in her straight-talk and her "tea-party" beliefs in minimal government, low taxes, and reduced spending.  Most politicians when they make appearances use background music to "set the tone" for her appearance and her speech.

But there is a troubling double-standard (just like others when Republicans are involved...), in two recent appearances Bachmann has used the song "American Girl" by Tom Petty and "Walking on Sunshine" by the 1980's one-hit wonder band Katrina and the Waves.  In both cases the artists involved were unhappy with Bachmann using the songs and threatened legal action unless she stopped.  Similar issues happened to John McCain in his 2008 campaign (Jackson Browne was the one in question here).  Yet Barack Obama and Bill Clinton used pop songs (Clinton's campaign theme was "Don't Stop" by Fleetwood Mac) and nothing was said. No fees were paid by either Dems or Repubs for the use of these songs, so what's the big deal?  The answer is quite simple:  Most musicians are liberals (just like most of Hollywood) and do not believe in anything conservative.  I guess Bachmann would want to use country songs (where most of them are conservative) or Ted Nugent's catalog (including "Little Miss Dangerous", which the media and the liberal left feel Bachmann is) for her campaigns in the future.

This is another example of the hypocrisy and the out-of-touch feeling most musicians and Hollywood actors/actresses are showing to the common American.  They support all the liberal policies of "tax the rich" when they themselves are in that same category and will be paying the higher taxes along with other Americans of like-income levels.  I will no longer be listening to any of these artists (exercising my right to choose) just as they have exercised their right to complain about who uses their recordings.