DEVO's Jerry Casale replies to comments regarding their new song about Mitt Romney's dog:

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Statement from the band:

Regarding Obama supposedly eating dog meat as a child: Look up "equivocation" people! Why engage in apples and oranges arguments? Even if Obama ate some dog, he didn't abuse and kill it for goddsakes! It was already dead! And, as far as Romney's claim that Seamus like being roof-racked, when is the last time your dog showed joy by convulsing and shitting mounds of diarrhea down your car windows from that fun trip on the roof in the hot summer sun? Give me a (you know what) break! This not about Democrats vs Republicans or Red vs Blue and all the rest of that trumped up pseudo WWF smack down crap the media hypnotizes you with. This is just about a man with a very questionable soul. Even though our political candidate choices are about as deep as the difference between Pepsi and Coke these days, and knowing that the president is just a figurehead bought and paid for by the Plutocracy that is America in Century 21, character still matters. A president should take the same oath as doctors i.e. "Do No Harm". We make pets dependent on us. We created all the dog breeds. We are thus responsible as stewards over all species. Case closed.
- Gerald V. Casale.

https://www.facebook.com/ClubDEVO

Of course, he added: “This story shows Romney’s fatal character flaw. Anyone who’s ever loved children or loved animals knows how insane that story is, and he didn’t even deny it… That tells me there’s something at his core that’s a little bit, you know, androidal, like emotionless and androidal? Like an angry guy is behind that smile.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/15/devo-co-founder-obama-versus-romney-is-like-coke-versus-pepsi/

Jerry's 'Remember Seamus' site:
http://www.rememberseamus.com/

[LuvNewcastle]

1. Nice tune

They should get permission from Devo to use the song at campaign rallies. It would be nice to see the press explaining the story behind the song every time it's played.

[Vidar]

4. Great idea.

[Norrin Radd]

2. kr

[xchrom]

3. Du rec. Nt

[Javaman]

5. He also said this yesterday...

But he wants listeners to remember, it’s not just about whether Romney is fit to be president. “A world-weary person knows they’re being fed false choices all the time,” Casale said. “The choice now for president, and has been for quite some time, the difference between Pepsi and Coke. There is no freedom of choice. Both candidates are completely owned by global corporations and special interests, because they would never, ever let anyone into office if they weren’t completely vetted by the real people who run things. We don ‘t have a democracy, we have a plutocracy, and [with the Citizens United decision] the Supreme Court just opened the door to complete cynicism because you can literally buy the elections. It’s grotesque.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/15/devo-co-founder-obama-versus-romney-is-like-coke-versus-pepsi/

[frylock]

7. i can't find anything in that statement that i disagree with

[tk2kewl]

6. more importantly...

the president was a child when he was fed dog meat - the responsibility for that action lies squarely with those who cooked and served the dog meat.

robme on the other hand was supposedly a mature adult male at the time he roof-racked his dog.