"We Are The Champions" Ain't About Being Born Lucky

The Blaze had a sit down with John Ondrasik, the singer-songwriter for the band Five for Fighting (and the hit song "Superman") about what it's like to be conservative in the music business ("Career suicide"). But the most interesting things he had to say were about the current situation and the Right's obliviousness to those working in art:

I think they made a calculated error with the shutdown over Obamacare, I think it’s really foolish. I think they should’ve just said, “We don’t like it, we’ll repeal it if we get control of the White House, until then everybody has to live under it, no delays, no postponements,” but they didn’t do that.

And I’ve been very frustrated with the outreach from the RNC, I’ve said this before. I mean, I could tell you horror stories about how they try to use the few of us – and you know, there are a few of us in Hollywood, some actors, some musicians, who would support the cause – but our side, or the RNC, has no clue about the culture war. It’s frankly embarrassing, and there’s a reason a lot of us don’t put ourselves out there because we end up getting burned. 

"Lambs to the slaughter" and all that. I admit I want a shot at it, but partially because I know politicians can't control me, which means we'd probably get somewhere because I know what would work and - once it did - they'd have to change. Oh well. Give it time: 

A king, living at the bottom, has never been a bad thing for leadership,...