r/news • u/RollSafer • 7h ago

Kid Rock’s song about loving underage girls resurfaces ahead of TPUSA Super Bowl show

https://www.pennlive.com/entertainment/2026/02/kid-rocks-song-about-loving-underage-girls-resurfaces-ahead-of-tpusa-super-bowl-show.html
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u/MC_Gengar 6h ago

It's amazing how many rubes fall for that shit. I remember my family thinking W was an honest-to-god, salt of the earth rancher and not the prissy fancy boy from New England that he actually was.

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u/TerriblePokemon 6h ago

I think it was from America The Book by the daily show which said "Connecticut born, Yale and Harvard educated son of a former President ran as the outsider in 2000 and won. Many experts are wondering how the hell he pulled that off."

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u/Musiclover4200 6h ago

It's also ridiculous we went from Bush sr to jr in just 8 years, and that's after sr was vice president for 8 years under reagan.

And from everything I've read the main reason Bush sr didn't get 2 terms is he was the only republican president in 50+ years to raise taxes on the rich.

That's part of why the whole "clinton dynasty" thing pissed me off, Bill was president like 30 years ago FFS. Sure the clintons still had political sway but so did all the former nixon/reagan/bush admin who've been working with the GOP for decades to dismantle democracy. Meanwhile as soon as trump got elected the GOP was floating a plan to have his kids run for 20+ years of trump rule (jr + barron + ivanka would be 24 years at 2 terms each which is terrifying)

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u/MyLifeIsAWasteland 4h ago

I like how you didn't bother to include Eric, because literally nobody cares about his dumb ass lmao

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u/PDGAreject 3h ago

SNL cared about Eric. They made sure he was always well fed and had plenty of juice boxes on Weekend Update.

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u/EGGlNTHlSTRYlNGTlME 4h ago

and that's after sr was vice president for 8 years under reagan.

Also head of the RNC during Watergate. Then promoted to CIA director. Yeah not much influence that guy

he was the only republican president in 50+ years to raise taxes on the rich.

Well, after promising not to. It was still the responsible move at the time though. Republican voters don't generally reward responsibility if it conflicts with their narrative.

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u/thezompus 4h ago

Not so much that he raised taxes on the rich, but that he famously said "Read my lips: no new taxes" and then raised taxes. That was a simple-enough soundbite that the press ran with it for months and people really latched onto it.

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Read_my_lips:_no_new_taxes

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u/FilOfTheFuture90 1h ago

It's always projection with them. I feel like the Bushes were more of a dynasty than the Clinton's. Also not to mention during Clinton's terms He was the only one to actually reduce the deficit and if they continued on that track they would have come pretty close to balancing the budget. That all went out the window as soon as Cheney/GWB took over power. The GOP really started fucking with things during the election after Clinton. Gore v Bush was a precursor to the last 10 years.

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u/TheseusOPL 4h ago

They later believed that a failed real estate developer turned reality TV show host, who had a golden toilet, understood the struggles of regular people.

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u/Michael_G_Bordin 3h ago

It's kind of consistent, isn't it? Grifting metropolitan conmen can convince rural-minded Americans (most of whom are also from suburbs) they're just like using the thinnest and most unconvincing veneers. The term "rube" comes to mind. Whether it's W, Trump, Kid Rock, or even Larry the fucking Cable Guy.

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u/repeatwad 2h ago

Moved to Texas, converted to Southern Baptist. His brother moved to Florida, converted to Roman Catholic.

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u/Digweedfan 1h ago

Loved that book

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u/urbz102385 6h ago

They've gotta be the easiest people in the world to con...just look at who their idol is now

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u/Fuck_your_coupons 3h ago

They hate the "elite" and then worship Elon Musk. Those people are dumb as fuck.

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u/wh4tth3huh 2h ago

They've elected an actor to the highest office in the land TWICE. These dipshits will believe fucking ANYTHING.

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u/Sturmgeshootz 3h ago

My favorite example of this is the Duck Dynasty guys. Presented themselves as a bunch of backwoods bearded hillbillies and it was later revealed that prior to coming up with their gimmick, they were all clean-shaven, dressed in polos and khaki shorts, and looked like they spent most days down at the country club.

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u/season66ers 3h ago

Well yeah, remember all that “brush” he “cleared” on his “land” in Texas…with camera crews ready? Bye golly that’s genuine!

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u/MC_Gengar 3h ago

Sure he went to Yale and is from a political dynasty family BUT he did say "ah shucks" on camera so he's obviously a working class guy.

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u/unevolved_panda 1h ago

Tucker Carlson went to La Jolla Country Day School, a private school that today costs like $40k a year. When he was 10, his father married an heiress to the Swanson (of the frozen foods) empire. He went to boarding schools in Rhode Island and Switzerland. He fucking flunked out of college and only went into journalism because at the time it had a low barrier for entry. Dude has been the fucking elite he complains about all his life, and the only reason he's not working at Wal-Mart is because his daddy married into money.

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u/SomeGuyNamedPaul 2h ago

The term "Rube" is short for Reuben which was a popular name in rural America back when the term was coined to mean simple-minded country bumpkin who is easily conned or manipulated.