http://www.minnesotaindependent.com/6499/the-cloud-over-sammy-hagar-and-the-rnc-sunday-night
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Hagar rocked this crowd about as well as anyone could, earning his laughs and cheers when introducing bass player/backup singer Mona Gnader. “I remember saying, ‘I can’t have a girl in the band, that’s like having a girl for vice president or something,’” he said. “Oddly enough we call her the First Lady.”
The Red Rocker then signed off after a mellow “Dreams”: “I’ll see you in Cabo! I’ll see you in San Francisco! I’ll see you in office!” As the remaining crowd began to dance, a visibly drunk and frustrated young reporter from the London Guardian recognized me and pulled me aside. “Republicans are cunts, man,” he said. “End of story.”
But that wasn’t the end of the story. Because before anyone could auction off the shiny guitar signed by Hagar to raise money for Katrina-related charity, Louisiana musician Tab Benoit took the stage to address the chattering RNC crowd. “We destroyed the coast of Louisiana,” he said. “And that’s why we can’t handle these storms. We had major storms before, and we were protected by thousands of miles of wetlands. We’ve lost over the size of Delaware on our coast.”
“This is your fault,” said one suit-jacketed Republican to another on the floor, apparently meaning the destroyed wetlands, though now I wonder if he was talking about Benoit being onstage and going off script. Benoit received polite applause either way.
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