Eminem has every right to use his rap songs to protest. Having grown up in the 60s when there were many peace and anti-war songs, some I even listen to this day like The Beatles - Just Give Peace a Chance and Imagine, and Edwin Starr - War, What is it Good For, just to name a few.
My only critisizm is that this song seems to be trying to demonize Bush as much as it is to protest war. When the blame for the war (if you dissagree with it) is in the hands of the professional polititians including Kerry who voted for it. Rarely in the 60s did the songs put the blame on Kennedy, Johnson, or Nixon. One of the biggest protest rallys was at the Democratic national convention in Chicago. The protest was against the establishment more than any one of them.
I do remember the Smothers Brothers getting kicked off the air because of a song about Johnson being stuck in the big muddy, or something like that, LOL.
Also this protest song seems insincere to me and almost like a campaign jingle. Maybe I'll listen to it some more but I doubt it will be inspiring enough to encourage me to vote for either one of the major parties.
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