Gretchen Peters Rocks

Unless you are a follower of who writes country music, you probably have never heard of Gretchen Peters.

However, if you have even a modest portion of country-music knowledge, you've likely heard of Martina McBride.

And if you watch Fox"News" on Sunday night, you have heard the song "Independance Day". It's the song Sean Hannity uses to open his "Hannity's America" program.

The fun part of all this, is that Hannity doesn't know what that song is about. Gretchen Peters made a statement about the song she wrote and how Sean Hannity is complete fool for thinking it means something else:

They are co-opting the song, completely overlooking the context and message, and using it to promote a candidate who would set women's rights back decades

Since Hannity is a part of the party that continually tosses out the word "context", maybe they need to learn what that word means. The song is about domestic abuse.

Considering that the Republican party espouses policies thatcompletely cast women aside or are abusive in their own right, there is a juicy chunk of irony that comes into play when one realizes that Gretchen Peters is donating royalties from this track to the group that draws more ire from the Republican party than just about any other - Planned Parenthood. And, she's doing it in the name of Sarah Palin. Fucking incredible.

But, it's not just Hannity that is using the song, Sarah Palin is even using it at rallys where she is speaking.

Much in the same way that Reagan used "Born In The USA" as a rallying song, Palin and Hannity are just two more in a long line of ignorant Republicans who can't process the obvious.

So, is this going to stop Hannity from using the song?

Only time will tell.