Dave
Nathan Newman wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> > [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of kelley
> >
> > yeah, damn it, the right should be most afraid of steely dan!
>
> Yeah, too bad Steely Dan is already part of the Right.
>
> >From The Washington Post
> Friday, May 21, 1999
>
> Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, a guitar legend from his days with the
> Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan, is weighing a race against Rep. Brad
> Sherman (D-Calif.). The GOP is looking for "nontraditional" candidates
> to energize some races. The ponytailed Baxter, an ardent proponent of
> missile defenses, fits the bill.
> And he's rich enough to foot the bill.
> "He's going to throw his beret in the ring," said Rep. Dana
> Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), a close friend of the rocker. If he runs,
> Baxter's favorite headgear is likely to become the most famous beret
> since Monica Lewinsky's.
> Baxter has been an adviser to Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) on
> ballistic missile defense. There was a bit of a stink raised three
> years ago after Baxter claimed on his resume to have counseled NASA
> and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which he had not
> done--at least not in any formal way.
> Bono was a Republican, too. Who knew that the longhairs in
> their hip-huggers and vests would wind up in the party of Reagan and
> Nixon?