Pat Boone

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Pat Boone is a legendarily embarrassing pop singer (post-lounge style) and fourth-rate wannabe conservative pundit writing for WorldNetDaily. Rock pioneer "Little Richard" Penniman has held a lifelong grudge against Boone for stealing (and butchering) most of Penniman's material; essentially, if Elvis Presley was the Eminem of old-time rock and roll, Boone is the Vanilla Ice. He is a descendent of American frontiersman Daniel Boone,

Pat Boone is a square. We know this because he claimed to be a square in a column once, thereby becoming the last person on earth to use the term in that sense unironically. At one point, he got some ironic credit for this metal cover album "No More Mister Nice Guy," and for showing up on MTV in leather and flexing his pecs. It didn't hurt that he was good friends with Ozzy Osbourne and Alice Cooper. Since then, however, he's decided to blow all that goodwill by being a bat-shit crazy conservative.

[edit] 2007 Kentucky Gubernatorial Election

During the year 2007 the Republican governor of Kentucky Ernie Fletcher was seeking re-election to that office. The only problem was that he and members of his administration were facing several felony charges for corruption, and were subsequently taking a beating at the polls to their Democratic challenger Steve Beshear. The following is a transcript of an automated call that Boone sent to Kentucky voters trying to change the outcome. Enjoy.

Hello friends this is Pat Boone a fellow Kentuckian [despite the fact that he was born in Florida and lives in California] by descent from grandaddy Dan’l. I’ve always been proud of Kentucky’s stance on patriotic, military and moral issues; a great heritage. Now, as an American and a Christian I am very concerned about the upcoming governor’s election. Ernie Fletcher is a typical Kentuckian, he’s worked long and hard for the state, its people, and its traditions. And, of course, he has come under attack by political opponents and now he faces a man who wants his job who has consistently supported every homosexual cause: same sex marriage, gay adoption, special rights, to gay, lesbian, bisexual, even transgender individuals. The prominent gay advocacy group CFAIR just enthusiastically endorse Beshear, knowing he’s their guy. Kentuckians have already voted to amend the state constitution to prohibit same sex marriage. Now, do you want governor who’d like Kentucky to be like another San Francisco [again, this is despite the fact that he lives in California and at one point owning the Golden State Warriors]? Please reelect Ernie Fletcher. This message paid for by the Kentucky Republican Party.

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Needless to say Fletcher took a massive beating in the polls.