SupahStahs

Try to curb your excitement, folks. The RNC has announced its list of performers and celebrities:

WASHINGTON (AP) – Contemporary Christian musician Michael W. Smith and country music performers the Gatlin Brothers will entertain delegates at the Republican National Convention in New York City that starts Aug. 30, party officials said.

More than a half-dozen musical acts announced by the party range from country to classical to blues.

Bill Harris, chief executive of the Republican National Convention, described the group as the first to join the convention. Republicans say they will announce more performers in the coming days.

The performers to be officially announced Thursday include:

-Michael W. Smith, one of the top stars in contemporary Christian music who has occasionally crossed over to the pop charts.

-The Gatlin Brothers, who have been performing for four decades in country music and had a string of hits in the 1970s and 1980s. They cut back on nationwide touring in 1992.

-Daniel Rodriguez, a former New York City policeman and tenor who became well known singing a capella versions of “God Bless America” and the national anthem after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

-Sara Evans, one of the promising young performers in country music who has had a number of hits on the country charts. In 1998, she had a hit album “No Place That Far” and the title song on the album became her first No. 1 hit.

Other entertainers at the convention include Dana Glover, a young performer, who sang on the soundtrack for the movie “Shrek,” veteran actor Ron Silver, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, co-host of daytime talk show “The View” and surfer-turned-singer Daize Shayne.

Man, just think of the electricity in Madison Square Garden when that much star power comes together in one place. Wow.

If you’d like to read something really funny, check out this cached freeper thread (since removed) of all the “DNC” celebrities they should boycot. By the time you get to the end of a very, very long list, this is what they are left with:

“I’m thinking about doing a GOP list of Celebs that we should support pretty soon.”

Gonna be a short list:

Mel Gibson

Charlton Heston

and maybe:

Bruce Willis (though I heard he was at the People for the American Way dinner the other night – but he was also recently in Iraq)

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Tom Selleck (did ads for National Review, but was lib on some public policies)

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Kelsey Grammer (gave $$ to republicans or something, but not overt)

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Dixie Carter (old chick from Designing Woman – she has made some favorible comments)

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Kevin Costner (campaigned with Bush 1 – but went nuts for the environment)

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ARNOLD – of course!

And now they have Ron Silver (on foreign policy, but he doesn’t agree with their social agenda)

The good news for them is that popular culture is way out of fashion in this country, expecially among the young. Nobody’s watching TV or going to movies or listening to music. The hip new thing is continuous prayer and barbershop quartets, so it’s sure to be a very exciting show.