the R's in TN jack Johnny Cash postmortem...HELP DEFEND CASH

[junkie christ]

CITIZENS OF TN, HELP DEFEND THE MEMORY OF JOHNNY CASH.

http://www.defendjohnnycash.org/

Cash openly spoke out against the republican party before, so pretty much everything in these articles is total bullshit

Listen to his lyrics, argue that it may or may not be democrat, but its democrat ideals and HELLA far cry from the bush family concerns.
this is total bullshit, rich white people using his stuff for a fund rasier that will get the a higher popular opinion by the class of people in this country they rape the hardest
fucking pathetic
if your any type of cash fan at all or even heard about him, this is the type of shit HE SPOKE OUT AGAINST.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Was the man in black a Democrat or a Republican? The son of the late singer Johnny Cash, who captured the hardscrabble life of those on the margins in songs such as ``Folsom Prison Blues'' and ``One Piece at a Time,'' says his dad never hinted about his party choice.

``He wouldn't say if he had any political affiliation,'' said John Carter Cash.

Uncertainty aside, Republicans plan to pay tribute to Cash as Sotheby's auction house in New York Tuesday night, one of many convention-related celebrations. Sotheby's will be auctioning Cash memorabilia Sept. 14-16.

The party is for convention delegates from Tennessee, Cash's home state. Tennessee Republican Party Chairwoman Beth Harwell said the event is ``a way for us to honor a great Tennessean. A lot of the Tennessee delegates love Johnny Cash's music.''

But the event, sponsored by the American Gas Association and Nissan Motor Co., has a handful of folks upset and planning to protest. Cash, they argue, shared the views of a Democrat.

``A lot of his political songs really represented issues the Republicans don't really seem to care about very much,'' Erin Siegal said in an interview with The Associated Press. ``I find this really offensive, for his name or his memory to be used like this.''

The 22-year-old art student from Brooklyn, N.Y., launched a Web site dedicated to her cause and says she expects at least 500 people to protest at Tuesday's events. All have been asked to dress in black, Cash's signature color, and bring musical instruments and their singing voices.

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., also is being honored. He was a friend of Cash and his wife, the late singer June Carter Cash. Both Cash and his wife died last year.

Cash's daughter, Rosanne Cash, who has been linked to Democratic causes, released a statement saying the Cash estate did not object to the Sotheby's party. She said the party was approved based on the ``personal relationship between our family and (Sen. Alexander), NOT as a show of support for the Republican agenda.''

With a rough voice, Cash sang about the poor and the imprisoned. He said his black clothing symbolized the world's downtrodden people.

[Mercurygriffin]

The reason why this is so syupid is because he didn't even believe in a political system. He was agianst the idea that others had to be led by the use of laws and jails. This is just stupid.

[Mother Mo]

Stupid, but not surprising. He's too dead to stand up say "F*** you, buddy!" or I'm sure he would. I'm really surprised his kids aren'y making more of a stink about, though. Maybe they can chat with the democrats & work something out to balance the scales a bit?

[delphi_ote]

If we had any brains, everyone would get together in this country and burn BOTH party's conventions to the ground.

Millions of dollars. Lots of touchy feely. Hours of TV coverage. Crap like "Johnny Cash, the compassionate conservative!"

NO ANSWERS.