Hank Williams Jr. sings McCain Palin Praise. YouTube.com

Country star Hank Williams Jr. has penned a tune for Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin callled "McCain-Palin Tradition."

Williams managed to get in the McCain campaign's talking points, of last week at least, that Obama has "terrorist friends." He also squeezed into the lyrics another Republican message, that the Democrats caused the financial meltdown by pressuring bankers to give loans to helpless bankers.

That's what you call some good old, down home poetic license.

(Hank Williams, Jr., sings on stage before Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain his vice presidential running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, spoke at a rally at the Virginia Beach Convention Center, Monday, Oct. 13, 2008. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Nothing in there about credit default swaps. Which is too bad since that term has some good rhyming potential: flops, mops, hops (as in beer), just to name a few.

There once was a time when working-class troubadors' songs criticized bankers who took advantage of the little people. Now we have pro-Republican country star lamenting the plight of the put-upon bankers. Only in America.

Anyway, here are the lyrics:

McCain - Palin Tradition 
By Hank Williams Jr.

The left wing liberal media have 
Always been a real close knit family 
But, most of the American People 
Don't believe em anyway ya see
Stop and think it over 
Before you make your decision
If they smell something
They're gonna come down strong 
It's a McCain - Palin tradition

Now this old Union's got problems
That is plain to see
The Democrats bankrupted Fannie Mae N Freddie Mac 
Just like 1, 2, 3 
The bankers didn't want to make all those bad loans, 
But Bill Clinton said you got to 
Now they want a bail out, what I'm talking about
Is a Democrat liberal who doo

CHORUS

John N Sarah tell ya 
Just what they think
And they're not gonna blink
They don't have terrorist friends 
To whom their careers are linked
Yes, John is his own man
And Sarah fixed Alaska's broken condition 
They're gonna go just fine
We're headed for better times
It's a McCain - Palin tradition

I am very proud of our country's name
But no society is perfect
And we have had our stains
If I'm down at the coffee shop and 
Somebody starts to give our flag friction 
We say please move on
Cause we're standing strong
That's an old John McCain tradition

CHORUS

John N Sarah tell ya 
Just what they think
And they're not gonna blink
And they're gonna fix this country
Cause they're just like you N ole Hank
Yes John is a maverick 
And Sarah fixed Alaska's broken condition 
They're gonna go just fine
We're headed for better times
It's a McCain - Palin tradition

Some are bound to tell you I'm
Preaching to the choir 
And that is very true
And we are going even higher
Like a mama bear in Idaho 
She'll protect your family's condition
If you mess with her cubs 
She's gonna take off the gloves 
It's an American female tradition

CHORUS

They all want to know Sarah
Why do you hunt
John why do you fish
How could she be so smart and savvy
Such a 'hey good-lookin'' dish
Yes John is his own man
And Sarah fixed Alaska's bad condition
They're going to get it right
We're going to see the light
It's a McCain - Palin tradition

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