Once again, the White House is musically dumber than a box of rocks
In September 1969, Creedence Clearwater Revival released a powerful anti-war song entitled “Fortunate Son.” John Fogerty was inspired to write the song at the height of the Vietnam War after he heard that David Eisenhower, the grandson of President Dwight Eisenhower and President’s Nixon’s son-in-law. While thousands of young men were being drafted to fight a highly unpopular war, David Eisenhower managed to avoid serious duty. Here’s a quote from Fogerty’s autobiography:
“‘Fortunate Son'” wasn’t really inspired by any one event. Julie Nixon was dating David Eisenhower. You’d hear about the son of this senator or that congressman who was given a deferment from the military or a choice position in the military. They seemed privileged and whether they liked it or not, these people were symbolic in the sense that they weren’t being touched by what their parents were doing. They weren’t being affected like the rest of us.”
Gee, sounds a lot like the current President Bonespurs who managed to get FIVE deferments when it came to serving in Vietnam thanks to his rich daddy.
Fast-forward to the illegal kidnapping of Venezuelan Maduro. (Very bad guy, yes, but this was a violation of all kinds of international law and the Geneva Convention, all in the name of Big Oil and big GOP donors.) Drump posted this video of the attack set to–wait for it–“Fortunate Son.”
Idiocy. Pure idiocy on every level. If you were to write this in a novel or movie script, it would be rejected for being too unbelievable. John Fogerty must be alternating between screaming and laughing.
