Toby Keith Speaks Out Against Controversy

INPUT { behavior: url(http://www.countryhound.com/FCKeditor/editor/css/behaviors/hiddenfield.htc) ; }INPUT,TEXTAREA,SELECT,.FCK__Anchor,.FCK__PageBreak { behavior: url(http://www.countryhound.com/FCKeditor/editor/css/behaviors/disablehandles.htc) ; }TABLE { behavior: url(http://www.countryhound.com/FCKeditor/editor/css/behaviors/showtableborders.htc) ; }Country Music bad boy Toby Keith has found himself in the middle of another heated debate.  A Huffington Post blog, posted a few weeks ago, attacked Keith's 2003 cut, "Beer For My Horses," after he performed the song on the Comedy Central show, The Colbert Report.  Keith was promoting the opening of his movie, Beer For My Horses, which hit theaters last Friday.The Huffington Post blog cited the lyrics for Keith's song as racist and called the song an "explicitly pro-lynching anthem," filling the blog with images of lynch mob photos (with lines from Keith's song as captions).  After explosive reactions from both the conservative and liberal camps, the blogger wrote a letter to The Nation, defending his blog and throwing more insults at Keith.Last week, contactmusic.com reported Keith's defense of the song: "It's about the old west and horses and sheriffs and posses and going and getting the bad guys. It's not a racist thing or about lynching. The song was a hit and the words lynch and racism has never come up until this moron wrote this blog."Keith is no stranger to political uproar, and according to one report, he is eager to be rid of it.  The Erie Times-News reports today that the Country Music star told the online news source that he doesn't believe politics need be involved in everything.The story gets Keith talking about the hubabaloo of years past with his song, "Red, White & Blue," and claims that Keith, a lifelong Democrat, never wanted to be associated with the Iraq war."First of all, you can't go make everyone understand what you do. Most people who talk about 'Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue' never even heard the song. If you read it word for word, you know what it means: Let's go out and get the people responsible for 9/11. They attacked New York, they attacked the Pentagon. They came and killed a bunch of innocent Americans," Keith said.The Beer For My Horses soundtrack was released yesterday and fans can listen to it in its entirety at www.thatscountry.com/am2/publish/albums/004562.shtml.