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August 15, 2018 03:20 PM UTC

Birther Pat Boone Sings Birther Mike Coffman's Praises

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Mike Coffman.

The Charleston City Paper alerts us to a recent endorsement for Rep. Mike Coffman that we had somehow missed when it came out last month–the (highly) venerable crooner Pat Boone–though the manner in which they let us know is pretty amusing:

An entertainer who made his career singing Christian hymns, but is better known lately for stoking racial division, Pat Boone is apparently a man in high demand by Republican politicians looking to lock up support of conservative senior citizens.

And as the spokesman for the 60 Plus Association, he is apparently ready and willing to supply his endorsement to deserving Trump supporters these days. So ready, in fact, that he’s got a simple form to fill out that gives him all the English words he needs to signal his support.

“I’m still singing at concerts, but today I’m singing the praises of Katie Arrington. Seniors can depend on Katie Arrington,” an announcement read today in a Twitter post by Rep. Katie Arrington, who is running for Congress in the 1st District.

Pat Boone.

What does this have to do with Mike Coffman, you ask? Well, the City Paper directs us to a bunch of other people whom Pat Boone “sings the praises of”–

In a statement released by 60 Plus, Boone remarked, “I’m still singing at concerts, but today I’m singing the praises of Rep. Joe Wilson. Seniors can depend on Joe Wilson.” Boone and his wife, Shirley, reside in Beverly Hills, California.

In a statement released by 60 Plus, Boone remarked, “I’m still singing at concerts, but today I’m singing the praises of Larry Stutts. Seniors can depend on Larry Stutts.” Boone, 80, and his wife of 60 years, Shirley, reside in Beverly Hills, California.

“I’m still singing at concerts,” Boone remarked, “but today I’m singing the praises of Senator Richard Shelby.”

“I’m still singing at concerts, but today I am singing the praises of Charles Poindexter,” Boone said.

And yes:

In a statement released by 60 Plus, Boone remarked, “I’m still singing at concerts, but today I’m singing the praises of Rep. Coffman.” Boone and his wife, Shirley, reside in Beverly Hills, California. [Pols emphasis]

Please note that this release was posted in its entirety to Rep. Coffman’s congressional website. With that in mind, let’s count up the problems: first, the organization 60 Plus is well-documented as a right-wing “alternative” to the much better-known American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), set up to put a demographically appropriate face on standard fare conservative agenda items like privatizing Social Security and Medicare. Their endorsement actually hurts with seniors who are literate about these essential programs, and anyone younger who entertains the hope of functional Social Security and Medicare in their own retirement.

Second, there’s Pat Boone. In 2011, Boone declared that President Barack Obama’s birth certificate was “a fraud,” following the lead of now-President Donald Trump and so many others back when the imagined controversy over Obama’s citizenship was nearing its second peak ahead of his re-election. Boone continued to champion “birther” conspiracy theories for years afterward, and to our knowledge has never retracted any of them. Rep. Mike Coffman, as our longtime readers know, had his own bout of “birther” verbal diarrhea when he declared in 2012 at a Republican fundraiser that President Obama “is just not an American.”

Coffman apologized for his statements after one of the more memorable involuntary press appearances in modern Colorado political history, and has tried for years now to live down this moment of unscripted ugly. It’s safe to say that Pat Boone’s endorsement does not help him do that, and after Coffman took ownership of Boone’s endorsement by posting it to his own website he should definitely have to explain again what he meant about Obama not being “an American.”

After all of that, yes! Google makes it a really stupid idea to use the same quote over and over. But in Mike Coffman’s case, the story getting to that moral is what’s more important.

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23 thoughts on “Birther Pat Boone Sings Birther Mike Coffman’s Praises”

  1. I don't know whether Trump really means by "Make America Great Again", but I know this: in his heart, Trump is not an American.  He's just not an American."

     

     

  2. Pat Boone, pitchman for "TV Ears saved my marriage" Pat Boone?  I hope Mikey got a discount when he paid for this endorsement — they're supposed to include the candidate's first name.  

    2. He was kicked out of the Church of Christ long ago for admitting he speaks in tongues. Can you imagine the scene at the White House Prayer Breakfast if he broke into stride sitting next to TwoScoops? 

        1. My first church experience was in a Pentecostal Holiness church. From age 4 until age 11 or 12, I periodically attended with my grandparents. When not there, it was the Church of Christ. Until an evangelist tried to physically drag me to the altar at a revival. He failed…so did the churchs' plan to save  my soul. 

          I read what the dude said (in red) and it didn't match what I was looking at….so I realized, they weren't really representing him…they were representing them.

           

  4. You have to wonder what the Coffman strategy is with this "endorsement".  How many white, sucker seniors are there in his district who even remember who Pat Boone was?  Seems like a miscalculation regarding the demographics in his district or he's doing it for the donations.  Any time is a good time to take a few more dollars from the feeble and demented in his flock.

  5. Last concert dates I could find …

    Boone, who turns 79 this year, is coming to Drury Lane Dinner Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. to do two concerts just in time for Mother's Day weekend.

    His shows are at 1:30 p.m. both May 13 and 14.

    Apparently staying up late is no longer the thing to do for concerts.

    1. That booking info is a bit dated (like from 5 years ago).  His wiki page says he was born in 1934, making him 84

      Charles Eugene "Pat" Boone[1] (born June 1, 1934)

      Although his audience probably died 5 years ago too, but he just hasn’t noticed since he’s very hard of hearing without his TV Ears.

        2. Pat Boone was slightly before my time.  I think my first rock idol was Ricky Nelson singing his teenage hits at the end of an episode of Ozzie & Harriet.  Then later, my siblings and I caught a severe case of Beatlemania 😉

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