It turns out that Country Music Television’s left turn may be

even worse than I thought. A reader says he caught the tail end of a

CMT special on the Johnny Paycheck classic, “Take This Job and Shove

It.” The show apparently featured such country luminaries as Dan Rather

and Ralph Nader. Nader reportedly said that, given what corporations

had done to America under the Bush administration, the country was ripe

for another Paycheck-style hit. I didn’t see the show myself, and even

this reader only caught the tail end. So I’ll withhold final judgement.

But it at least begins to look as though CMT is being deliberately

politicized, and in the most overtly partisan manner. I want my GAC!