Ain't that America

Did Dan Quayle not realize that John Mellencamp was a raging liberal?

According to MercuryNews.com, ex-VP Dan Quayle attended rocker John Mellencamp's concert, only to hear Mellencamp slag Bush policies during a song break.

Quayle walked out during Mellencamp's rendition of the song "Walk Tall."

Mellencamp told the casino crowd that the song was “dedicated to everyone hurt by policies of the current Bush administration.”

And do we really take artistic criticism seriously from the man (or his proxy, in this instance) who famously criticized the choices of a fictional character?

"Well, I think Mellencamp's performance was not very good to begin with, and the comment put it over the top" said a publicist for Quayle.