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Boston’s Tom Scholz Blasts Huckabee | ||||||||||||
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| Wendy Aron, 02.16.2008, 03:15 AM | ||||||||||||
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| (EZ-Tracks) - Tom Scholz, former mastermind of the hit 80s band Boston, has had about as much as he can take of Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. Seems Huckabee, an amateur bass guitarist, has been playing the Scholz-penned tune “More Than a Feeling” at his campaign stops, leading the public to believe the band supports Huckabee. Scholz was so pissed off that he wrote a letter to Huckabee expressing his displeasure. Here are some excerpts: While I’m flattered that you are fond of my song, I’m shocked that you would use it and the name BOSTON to promote yourself without my consent. Your campaign’s use of More Than a Feeling, coupled with the representation of one of your supporters as a member “of BOSTON” clearly implies that the band BOSTON, and specifically one of its members, has endorsed your candidacy, neither of which is true. BOSTON has never endorsed a political candidate, and with all due respect, would not start by endorsing a candidate who is the polar opposite of most everything BOSTON stands for. In fact, although I’m impressed you learned my bass guitar part on More Than a Feeling, I am an Obama supporter The unfortunate misconceptions caused by your campaign now live indefinitely on Internet news sites and blog archives. As the “straight talk candidate,” I hope you will help undo the damage still being caused by this misleading use of BOSTON and More Than a Feeling. | ||||||||||||
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