found Ed Schultz on his radio show Tuesday mocked country star Lee Greenwood and his patriotic song "God Bless the USA," which he suggested was an anthem for American imperialism.
Remember when every time we invaded an oil-rich country or any time there was any kind of confrontation, we were subjected to -- ad nauseam, I might add -- [mock sings, really badly] "God bless the USA." That Lee Greenwood song...I mean, Every single event! Every time we were marching to the flowers put at our feet in Iraq, it was more Lee Greenwood! [mock singing again] "God bless the USA!"
Man, we need an oil spill song is what we need! We need to get somebody -- [laughs at himself] Some idea, somewhere, some songwriter out there's gotta come up with something, to remind us, just like Lee Greenwood reminded us that it was the right thing to do to love America and invade everybody. We need some song out there to remind us that, [sings] "It's BP!"
Greenwood's song, written in 1983, expresses a love for our flag standing for freedom and for American soldiers: "I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free / And I won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me." Ed Schultz finds that too sickening to sit through.
That's not the worst attack on Greenwood. Snopes dismissed the smear that Greenwood was a Vietnam-era draft dodger. He was deferred because he was a father at 17.
