I don't care if John Fogarty voted for John Kerry or GWB, or Conway Twitty. The first time I heard Deja Vu (all over again) and saw the video I nearly broke down. John Fogarty's music talked to me when I was 18 and facing the canon, and he talks to me now. Anyone who can't see parallels between Vietnam and Iraq is blind and naive. Fogarty's vision in Deja Vu is crystal clear. I just heard two Johns play together in Pittsburgh - Fogarty and Mellencamp - and I was blown away by their love of this country and its people. Fogarty writes songs about what's right and wrong about this place, and that's the way it should be.
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