McCain runnin' on empty

Remember that Jackson Browne song "Runnin' On Empty"?

Browne has now filed a lawsuit against John McCain and the Republican Party for using this song without permission in a campaign commersh.

The fact that the ad continues McAin't's idiotic meme of blaming Obama for oil companies' price gouging is laughable enough. But what makes it even more astounding is that McCain has already gotten in trouble at least twice already for misusing other songs.

Hasn't McCain learned his lesson yet? You'd think after the first time, he'd stop, but he keeps making the same mistakes over and over.

John Hall (formerly of the band Orleans) already blasted McCain for abusing "Still The One", and John Mellencamp had already forced McCain to stop using his songs. Hall is now a Democratic congressman, and Mellencamp was a John Edwards supporter. Jackson Browne was also an Edwards backer - which makes McCain 3 for 3 in misappropriating songs that were written by people who oppose his politics.

What's worse is that McCain used Browne's tune in a commercial - not just at a campaign rally.

Just a few days ago, Mike Myers requested that McCain remove an Internet ad that misappropriated a scene from 'Wayne's World'. Also recently, a McCain speech about the Georgia conflict ripped off Wikipedia almost verbatim.

As long as McAin't surrounds himself with speechwriters and ad makers who don't respect intellectual property, it's going to keep becoming even more obvious that the GOP has no respect for the law in general. Lately, it's seemed like the Republicans only respect criminals like those in the Bush regime.

(Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/14/jackson-browne-sues-mccai_n_118977.html)