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    http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_...rocker_fuming/

    Bachmann’s Petty move has rocker fuming

    By Herald wire services
    Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - Updated 3 hours ago

    Michele Bachmann played a trump card after her official presidential announcement Monday, using singer-songwriter Tom Petty’s song “American Girl” to casually point out to voters that she is the only female candidate as yet in the Republican nomination race.

    But Petty let NBC reporter Kelly O’Donnell know Monday after Bachmann’s presidential declaration in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa, that he wanted no part of Bachmann’s celebrity or her campaign.

    O’Donnell reported that Petty’s manager let her know in no uncertain terms that the megastar didn’t want Bachmann to use the song again, the Washington Post’s Sarah Anne Hughes reported.


    Bachmann isn’t the only or the first Republican to get the hook from Petty. In 2000, George Bush was advised to halt use of Petty’s song “I Won’t Back Down.”

    Republican presidential candidate John McCain was also asked in 2008 to stop use of music performed by the Foo Fighters and John Mellencamp.

    But not all candidates are created equal.

    Hillary Clinton used the same Petty standard, “American Girl,” during her own 2008 presidential campaign without the singer’s objection, Today.com

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    Which is actually pretty hilarious. I guess she never listened to the lyrics...

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    "American Woman" would have been exactly appropriate

    American woman Stay away from me
    American Woman Mama let me be
    Don’t come Hanging around my door
    I don’t want to see your face No more
    I got more important Things to do

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OR6HkGS11c

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    I can live with it JoeChalupa's Avatar
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    This is such a petty thing.

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    I was thinking maybe something like "Crazy Train"

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    This is such a petty thing.
    I'll bet she is devastated, Tom is such a heartbreaker.

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    I'll bet she is devastated, Tom is such a heartbreaker.
    We know that Petty won't back down

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    We know that Petty won't back down
    This little snafu won't stop Bachman from Runnin' down her dream.

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    Ugh. Enough with the Tom Petty puns. Don't do me like that. Better yet, don't come around here no more.

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    Ugh. Enough with the Tom Petty puns. Don't do me like that. Better yet, don't come around here no more.
    Tom Petty puns? I was just talking about Bachmans Freefallin campaign.

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    Well, that's the good thing about America. Even The Losers can run for president.

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    Well no matter what happens, she has to Listen to Her Heart and keep going until the American people tell her Don't come around here no more.

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    Well no matter what happens, she has to Listen to Her Heart and keep going until the American people tell her Don't come around here no more.
    Hopefully that happens soon. The Waiting is the hardest part.

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    Well its obvious when observing her temperament that as soon as that happens, she will have a Breakdown.

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    And to think that the trolls in the club don't think the political forum junkies have a sense of humor...

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    And to think that the trolls in the club don't think the political forum junkies have a sense of humor...
    They don't need to do us like that.

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    Obama should use "Free Falling" when talking about the economy.


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    Obama should use "Free Falling" when talking about the economy.

    In what way is it free falling now, Darrin?

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    Obama should use "Free Falling" when talking about the economy.

    Booooo! OT and already used.

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    In what way is it free falling now, Darrin?
    Boooooo more! egging on the OT and already used poster.

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    In what way is it free falling now, Darrin?
    And then Chump comes in and partypoops on the thread...

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    And then Chump comes in and partypoops on the thread...
    Booooo even more! and now the thread is gone. You three have fun.

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    She should use a John Lennon song, as he is the poster boy for republicans now.

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    nm

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    And then Chump comes in and partypoops on the thread...
    You're jamming me.

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