So the aging hippie-chick Wilson sisters of the 1970s-80s rock band Heart object to their song “Barracuda” being played at McCain Palin events. So what?



Why not use another Wilson’s (no relation, I think) song instead? Gretchen Wilson likely would not mind loaning her wildly popular country anthem “Redneck Woman” to Sarah Palin , I’ll wager. Gretchen was a Fred Thompson supporter early on and performed at last week’s RNC convention for the McCain-Palin ticket. She might even be intersted in re-writing a variation custom-tailored for the GOP vice presidential nominee.




Just as an exercise in such speculative thought, here’s one possibility:

>Well, I ain’t never been your basic liberal harpie type
No, I can’t drink the left’s Kool Aid, I stay away from all that hype
I hunt and fish and ride a snowmmobile for fun
You can find me in the outdoors on my daily ten-mile run



Some elites they look down on me, but I don’t give a rip
I can shoot an M-16 just fine with a baby on my hip
‘Cause I’m a hockey momma
I ain’t no left-wing snob
I’m just a product of the middle-class
And my husband’s true heart throb
He helps me raise the kids so I can do my job
I’m a happy warrior princess who’s pretty as a peach
And I know all the words to every Ronald Reagan speech
So here’s to all my sisters who help to keep our country free
Let me get a big ‘Sarah’ from the hockey moms like me
Sarah!



I must admit the state’s jet plane was plush and really nice
But I can fly Alaska Airlines for less than half the price
I stood up tall to Exxon, Conoco and to BP
They own some politicians but they never will own me
You might think I’m too blue collar and a little too hardcore
But in my neck of the woods I’m just the girl next door



Hey I’m a hockey momma
I’ve been cleaning up my state
That good ol’ boy network
Has met its match and met its fate
And I cut pork spending with my trusty veto pen
And cut taxes in my state to put an end to tax-and-spend
And I know all about oil and gas and other kinds of energy
So here’s to all my sisters who help to keep this country free
Let me get a big ‘Sarah’ from the hockey moms like me
Sarah!



I’m a hockey momma
And my son is headed to Iraq
I’ll pray each day for his safe return
Until the day that he comes back
You better leave my kids alone, I say without a doubt
Or Sarah Barracuda will chew you up and spit you out
You won’t ever make me cry, you won’t ever hear me whine
I love my family, I do my job, and I keep my enemies in line
I’m gonna help The Maverick shake up Washington DC
Let me get a big ‘Sarah’ if you want me to be VP
Sarah!



Sarah!



I said Sarah!

-JP