News : Rosanne Cash Issues Statement on Use of Johnny Cash's Name

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Rosanne Cash Defends Father Against John Rich
Published 8/18/2008 by Beville Darden at Spinner.com
... , has issued a statement in response to Rich's political assumption, which he made onstage at a Florida concert earlier this month. "It is appalling to me that people still want to invoke my father's name, five years after his death, to ascribe beliefs, ideals, values and loyalties to him that cannot possibly be determined and to try to further their own agendas by doing so," Rosanne writes ...

Johnny Cash's Ghost Will Not Be Endorsing A Presidential Candidate [At Least You Still Have Heidi Montag]
Published 8/19/2008 by Dan Gibson at Idolator
... ideals, values and loyalties to him that cannot possibly be determined and to try to further their own agendas by doing so. I knew my father pretty well, at least better than some of those who entitle themselves to his legacy and his supposed ideals, and even I would not presume to say publicly what I 'know' he thought or felt." Tough break, John Rich, but I hear Cowboy Troy is still on the fence. Maybe he'll put a McCain sign on his lawn or something. Roseanne Cash Issues Statement On Use Of Johnny Cash's Name [CMT] ...

Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash: Johnny Cash's estate says McCain's a pain
Published 8/19/2008 at Prefix
... you could find were in Big & Rich, and even then, only one of them would go to bat for you. At the end of your rope, in a political panic, you decided to sign a dead guy on as endorser. "What could go wrong?" you probably asked yourself. Sorry, Charlie Brown. Turns out Rosanne Cash, daughter of said dead guy, Johnny Cash, took exception to McCain's recent statement that "Johnny Cash would have been a John McCain supporter if he was still around." Johnny's dutiful offspring issued a statement to CMT denying McCain's claim and excoriating those who wrongly attach their causes ...

Rosanne Cash Tells John Rich Johnny Cash Would Not Necessarily Have Supported John McCain
Published 8/19/2008 by Daniel Kreps at Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
... to the Republican presidential candidate entitled “Raising McCain.” Rich recently lumped Johnny Cash into the fan club, saying “I’m sure Johnny Cash would have been a John McCain supporter if he was still around” in an article than ran on CMT.com. Unfortunately for Rich, Rosanne Cash disagreed with Rich’s assumption, saying in a statement, “It is appalling to me that people still want to invoke my father’s name, five years after his death, to ascribe beliefs, ideals, values and loyalties to him that cannot possibly ...