Taylor Swift - "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (spotlight)

Earlier this week Taylor Swift came off the sidelines and endorsed a political candidate, something that she has not done in the past.  Given that a large percentage of her country music fan base is surely conservative, this is a significant act for her.  And she did not mince words either:

As much as I have in the past and would like to continue voting for women in office, I cannot support Marsha Blackburn. Her voting record in Congress appalls and terrifies me. She voted against equal pay for women. She voted against the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which attempts to protect women from domestic violence, stalking, and date rape. She believes businesses have a right to refuse service to gay couples. She also believes they should not have the right to marry. These are not MY Tennessee values. I will be voting for Phil Bredesen for Senate and Jim Cooper for House of Representatives. 

 In other words, Taylor Swift just said to Marsha Blackburn and the GOP:

You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me
But we are never ever, ever, ever getting back together

Good for her; apparently she's had an impact.  I don't know if it will be enough, but the time to be coy about who and what you support is over.  Predictably, she's been added to the list of things the GOP doesn't like: LeBron James, the NFL, Ford Motor Company, Harley Davidson, Nike, Levi's, Willie Nelson, and now Taylor Swift.  And while America is more than the sum of various companies and celebrities, as the list grows longer one can't help but think that what the GOP really dislikes is, in fact, America. 

"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" is a single from her 2012 LP, "Red".

Taylor Swift - "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"