"it's america" is a no-brainer music choice on the 4th of july.
I guarantee that the only person that realized (or was offended by it) that the marine corpse (heh) band played a song that is sometimes also used by the romney campaign was the NYT guy.
of course, in the twisted mind of a NYT reporter/employee, this demonstrates some type of marine corp bias.
Marine Corps band plays Romney song for Obama on White House lawnA subset of the Marine Corps band struck up one of Mitt Romney's walkout songs while President Obama was greeting visitors at the White House Independence Day celebration.
A White House pool report said the band struck up Rodney Atkins's "It's America," and described it as an "awkward moment."
One awkward moment: A New York Times photographer in the pool mentioned that shortly after Obama ended his remarks and was shaking hands, the a subset of the Marine Corps band played one of Mitt Romney's main walkout songs, Rod Atkins' "It's America." More