United We Stand, Divided We Vote
The second presidential debate took place here in Nashville last night at Belmont University’s Curb Center. I thought there were some good points made by both candidates. John McCain was his jovial-yet-stoic self and Barack Obama seemed calculated and cool with his token stare. I thought Tom Brokaw was going to lose his cool there for a little while- due to some time constraint issues. But, he held himself together.
I wouldn’t be discussing politics unless it directly involved the country music community. Since the debate was in Nashville and it was at Belmont -which has seen its share of famous faces come and go like Vince Gill, Brad Paisley, Julie Roberts, Pam Tillis, Josh Turner, Lee Ann Womack, Trisha Yearwood, Minnie Pearl and many others. Country recording artist Josh Turner (“Long Black Train”, “Your Man”) was noted in the audience of the town hall style debate. Dolly Parton was not in attendance but she did show how it’s done in the south by performing during a pre-debate celebration dinner Monday at the Tennessee Governor’s Mansion. Too bad the GovBunker is under construction at this time it could have served a purpose. John Rich was doing something again with his stupid “Raising McCain” song. Who cares, right? Nothing like a coked-up asshole for a McCain supporter. Thanks again John.
It has been good to see the widespread coverage on Nashville, TN and Belmont University for the last few days leading up to the debate. Hopefully, some of the people involved were able to take a break and see other great sites in Nashville. Nashville has more to offer than just country music and we can only hope it was noticed despite the rain.
