Toby Keith talks politics, plays Boise tonight  Way back in
August of 2004, we popped up this little post about country
superstar Toby Keith:  Right-wing country music fans: "He's a
registered WHAT?"  There's an interesting article in The
Tennessean headlined "Should singers strike a political note?"
But here's the quote that surprised the hell out of me:   Keith
is in Boise tonight playing at the Idaho Center. The Idaho
Statesman is running an interview today about him, his
controversial hit "The Angry American" and his politics:  Q:
With this new album, is it a relief not to have to deal with the
controversy from the "Angry American" song?  A: Yeah, well, you
know, my song was more for the police action that took place in
Afghanistan — chasing a bad guy down that had killed a bunch of
Americans. That bled over into the Iraq war, and a lot of people
want to paint me with that (conservative) brush. But I'm a
lifetime Democrat, and that really pisses them off. They want me
to be this big right-wing nut. I'm ju