I couldn't believe he got to play this song on NBC. I'm waiting for the right wingers to mount a protest against Jay Leno and NBC now. Brent Bozell w
May 3, 2005

I couldn't believe he got to play this song on NBC.

I'm waiting for the right wingers to mount a protest against Jay Leno and NBC now. Brent Bozell will proclaim "liberal bias" high atop the rafters of the MRC.

Click here for the performance

Daily Kos: Last night, folk-rocker Conor Oberst (aka Bright Eyes) performed on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. If you've heard any of his albums, you know Bright Eyes is clearly political (he participated in last year's Vote for Change tour, as noted in the Rolling Stone excerpt I posted below the fold).

But last night's performance was just incredible -- in fact, I'm legitimately surprised NBC even allowed it to air

Some lyrics: When the President Talks to God" When the president talks to God, Are the conversations brief or long? Does he ask to rape our women's' rights And send poor farm kids off to die? Does God suggest an oil hike When the president talks to God?...

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