Toby Keith Praises Obama

Country singer Toby Keith said he’s a Democrat who thinks Barack Obama is the best candidate his party has had since Bill Clinton.

“There’s a big part of America that really believes that there is a war on terrorism, and that we need to finish up,” Keith told the Associated Press. “So I thought it was beautiful the other day when Obama went to Afghanistan and got educated about Afghanistan and Iraq. He came back and said some really nice things.”

Keith received much publicity in 2002 when he released the song, “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue.” In it, Keith sang, “We lit up your world like the Fourth of July,” referring to the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Keith, however, may have an ulterior motive for boosting Obama, writes Wired’s Scott Thill. The country star has a movie, “Beer For My Horses,” in theaters now.