Gene Simmons is an awesome guy. Along with being a founding member of Kiss, he's unabashedly patriotic and hawkish on foreign policy.

I don't think we need to worry about Kiss doing an Obama fund raising show.

Gene was recently on NBC's Today show talking about his new non-musical, non-political role as the spokesperson for the AARP. That's right, Gene Simmons is the spokesperson for the the AARP. Eat your heart out, Madonna.

He also manages to slip in a quick salute to the veterans at Walter Reed and takes a cellphone call from his mom:

By the way, Alice Cooper and Ted Nugent are also conservative, thoughtful and charming in interviews.

And I've suspected for a while now, based on the way he bashes hippies and pop culture in his lyrics, that Marilyn Manson is a little bit of a closet right-winger. And the guy is outstanding in interviews. He always seems composed, reflective and very smart. He and I would disagree with regard to the method of his critique of religion ... and yeah, his image is over the top ... but the guy is really smart and I agree with more of what he says than not.

At any rate, each of these guys is a lot more interesting and seem a great deal smarter than the typical left-wing crybaby singing monkeys you see on television.

Take that, Dixie Chicks.

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