Another freeper country song...or not?

[Horse with no Name]

Chely Wright

I've got a bright red sticker on the back of my car
Says United States Marines
And yesterday a lady in a mini-van held up a middle finger at me
Does she think she knows what I stand for
Or the things that I believe
Just by looking at a sticker for the US Marines
On The Bumper Of My SUV

See, my brother Chris, he's been in for more than 14 years now
Our dad was in the Navy during Vietnam
Did his duty then he got out
And my grandpa earned his purple heart
On the beach of Normandy
That's why I've got a sticker for the US Marines
On The Bumper Of SUV

But that doesn't mean that I want war
I'm not Republican or Democrat
But I've gone all around this crazy world
Just to try and better understand

Yes I do have questions
I get to ask them because I'm free
That's why I've got a sticker for the US Marines
On the Bumper Of My SUV

Cause I've been to Hiroshima
And I've been to the DMZ
I've walked on the sand in Baghdad
Still don't have all of the answers I need
But I guess I wanna know where she's been
Before she judges and gestures to me
Cause she don't like my sticker
For the US Marines
On the bumper of my SUV

So I hope that lady in her mini-van
Turns on her radio and hears this from me
As she picks up her kids from their private school
And drives home safely on our city streets
Or to the building where her church group meets

Yeah, that's why I've got a sticker for the US Marines
On the bumper of my SUV

[Wickerman]

1. author of the song is straddling both sides of the fence.

Gets is both ways. Freedom isn't free, but it does come with an SUV.

[bahrbearian]

2. She must hate him for his freedom,,,, I mean SUV

[patrioticliberal]

3. Yes...and fans pretended to have family in military

fans pretended to have family in military to get the song on stations..to get Chely a hit. It backfired big tmie and the song plummeted.

[wishlist]

4. I doubt just a Marine sticker would get finger from a soccer mom in van

I object to whole premise of song as if it is widespread for middle-class soccer moms driving mini-vans to give the finger to a someone in a SUV simply for having a Marine sticker. Now if that SUV SOB had cut me off endangering me and my kids by nearly running us off the road as some of those asses are prone to do, that's different.

[SammyWinstonJack]

7. I was thinking the same thing.

I haven't flipped anyone off for their political/support the troops stickers/flags. Muttered to myself or maybe said a curse word that wasn't audible, that's it. This seems really contrived to me.

[LSK]

5. yes and the song is hypocritical

because she is making the case that the woman in the minivan shouldn't prejudge him, but in the last verse she prejudges that she takes her kids to private school.

Also, lots of the things the freeps do pretend to be on the fence on the surface, but you know they are still freeps. I cant count the # of times people claim to be democrats but then go and argue the freep point of view.

And to think I used to like country music. They are making me hate it good lately.

[jody]

6. Yes but thinly veiled. The author ignores the reason why we are in Iraq.

No thinking liberal says we need to abolish our military forces in this troubled world.

We liberals, many of whom have also fought in other wars, know that people in leadership positions are no more intelligent than we.

It is our right and duty under our Constitution to demand that our representatives use our blood and resources for good, not harm.

[Cocoa]

8. there's a Straw Man

waiting in this song.
She'd like for us to fight him...

[lectrobyte]

9. If you don't want to get flipped off by women in mini-vans, then

for God sakes quit pulling out in front of them with your SUV like you own the damn road.

[LeftyMom]

10. It's just awful

The syrupy arangement and warbling vocals make the lyrics seem really great by comparison.

[YOY]

11. How does he know the Marine Corps. sticker is the reason for the bird ?

Mebbe she thinks SUVs are huge wastes of money and gas.

She'd be 95% right...I suppose some people need a SUV (5% of those who own them.)

Nice of him to make that assumption.

Then again I've had some people shoot me dirty look while wearing my "Peace Corps" hat. Maybe they just don't like fat little Italians...