Petty to Tour with Clinton

Petty to Tour with Clinton

Just two weeks after Hilary Clinton officially announced her bid to become the first female president in the United States, she is seeking to break down a barrier of different sorts. Clinton decided yesterday to employ Tom Petty as a campaign manager and opening act to promote her firm stance regarding the vote she cast to support the Iraq war in 2002. Despite the current consensus that 70% of Americans disagree with the war, Hilary has recently proclaimed she would rather lose potential voters than repudiate her original position. During the primaries, Petty will open for Clinton in each city with the same song but Clinton is confident that ‘I Won’t Back Down’ will accurately portray her tough attitude to the American people. Clinton was quoted as saying, “Tom is a great friend of mine because we share a lot of the same ideals, namely toughness. His lyrics truly reflect my resolute nature. I am strong like bull.” This will mark the first time in history that a Presidential candidate will unite forces with a musician on a campaign trail. Almost four years after the invasion of Iraq, the hard line that Clinton has taken could reshape the climate of the presidential race. But as Petty said, “one thing is for sure--those gates of hell have nothing on Hilary!”