Charlie Daniels: Give Me a Redneck as President

Charlie Daniels is dumb because he doesn't follow AP Style. It's Ala., dipshit, not Alabama.

Also, his line about rednecks making sure they take care of their children is ridiculous. That's about as racist and untrue thing I've ever read. I live in the south and there are plenty of deadbeat rednecks. What a jackoff.

 

Personally, I like rednecks. I grew up in a town full of them, and they're good people.

I know, I know, there's always the exception, but generally rednecks are how Charlie described them, plus many more good qualities. Most "city" people are too busy avoiding rednecks like the plague, because they are too ignorant for them to tolerate. What they don't realize is that they could learn a few things from them about trust, respect, family, friendship and honor (and many more things not mentioned).

 

Having come from a long line of hillbillies myself, I can say, yes, that's just what America needs, a truculent, anti-intellectual dumbass as president ... oh, wait -- we tried that.
I think I brought this up before, but Charlie was smart before he was dumb.
When I hear him jawing now, I can't help but wonder whether he just tailors his schtick to the times. Here are the lyrics to "Uneasy Rider":

was takin a trip out to L.A.
Toolin along in my cheverolet
Tokin on a number and diggin on the radio

Just as I crossed the Mississippi line
I heard that highway start to whine
And I knew that left rear tire was about to blow

Well the spare was flat and I got uptight
Cause there wasn't a filling station in sight
So I just limped on down the shoulder on the rim

I went as far as I could and when I stopped the car
It was right in front of this little bar
Kind of a red-neck lookin joint called the Dew Drop Inn

I stuffed my hair up under my hat
And told the bartender that I had a flat
And ywould he be kind enough to give me change for a one

There was one thing I was sure proud to see
There wasn't a soul in the place except for him and me
He just looked disgusted and pointed toward the telephone

I called up the station down the road a ways
He said he wasn't very busy today
And he could have somone out there in just about 10 minutes or so

He said," Now, you just stay right where yer at!"
And I didn't bother to tell the darn fool
That I sure as hell didn't have anyplace else to go

So I ordered up a beer and sat down at the bar
When some guy walked in and said, "Who owns this car
With the peace sign, the mag wheels and the four on the floor?"

He looked at me and I damn near died
And I decided that I'd just wait outside
So I laid a dollar on the bar and headed for the door

Just when I wthought I'd get outta there with my skin
These 3 big dudes come strollin in
With one old drunk chick and some fella with green teeth

Now the last thing I wanted was to get into a fight
In Jackson Mississippi on a Saturday night
Especially when there was three of them and only one of me

I was almost to the door when the biggest one
Said, "You tip your hat to this lady, son!"
And when I did, all that hair fell out from underneath

They all started laughin and I felt kinda sick
And I knew I better think of something pretty quick
So I just reached out and kicked old green teeth right in the knee

Now he let out a yell that'd curl yer hair
But before he could move I grabbed me a chair
And said "Now watch him Folks cause he's a fairly dangerous man!"

"You may not know it but this man is a spy.
He's a undercover agent for the FBI
And he's been sent down here to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan!"

He was still bent over holdin on to his knee
But everybody else was looking and listening to me
And I laid it on thicker hand heavier as I went

"He's a friend of them long haired, hippy-type, pinko fags!
I betchya he's even got a commie flag
tacked up on the wall inside of his garage."

"He's a snake in the grass, I tell ya guys.
He may look dumb but that's just a disguise,
He's a mastermind in the ways of espionage"

"Would you believe this man has gone as far
As tearing Wallace stickers off the bumpers of cars.
And he voted for George McGovern for President."

They started lookin real suspicious at him
He jumped up and said "Now just wait a minute Jim!
You know he's lying I been living here all of my life!"

"I'm a faithful follower of Brother John Birch
And I belong to the Antioch Baptist Church.
And I aint even got a garage, you can call home and ask my wife!"

Then he started saying somethin bout the way I was dressed
But I didn't wait around to hear the rest
I was too busy moving and hoping I didn't run outta luck

When I hit the door I was making tracks
And they were just taking my car down off the jacks
So I threw the man a twenty and jumped in and fired that mother up

Mario Andretti wouldda sure been proud
Of the way I was movin when I passed that crowd
Coming out the door and headed toward me at a trott

Now I guess I should of gone ahead and run
But somehow I just couldn't resist the fun
Of chasing them all just once around the parking lot

I had them all out there steppin and fetchin
Like their heads was on fire and their asses was catchin
then I figgered I had better go ahead and split before the cops got there

When I hit the road I was really wheelin
Had gravel flyin and rubber squeelin
And I didn't slow down till I was almost to Arkansas

I think I'm gonna reroute my trip
I wonder if anybody'd think I'd flipped
If I went to L.A., via Omaha

 

Great post, KG.

 

I agree with some of your post, KG, however, I've never met so many adulterers and divorcees in my life as I have during two years in the South.

 

Daniels was a huge Jimmy Carter supporter. He's not a partisan hack, as many of those who condemn him are.

 

No, he's a Southern hack. That's much better.

 

If none of you have ever heard the original version of Uneasy Rider, I think you should give a listen.

One of my favorite songs ever.

It seems old Charlie has changed his tune over the years.

 

Now is it "Dew Drop" or "Do Drop" for the name of the "Inn."

 

Charlie Daniels is why the founding fathers invented the electoral college.

 

I'd put it at 1 for everyone in this forum and take the under there too. I'm sure everyone has glanced at it and seen specific parts, but I doubt very many people in here have read it.

 

They must not have had my U.S. History prof then. That lady practically made us memorize the entire thing.