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I'm not familiar with any of Beyoncé's songs except "Put a Ring On It." Are her lyrics and/or performances objectionable in some way?
Of course my musical snobbery would suggest the affirmative on both accounts (and I am holding strong on that viewpoint), him having problems with young girls listening to Beyonce is akin to him having problems with Madonna and Michael Jackson in the 1980s or Sheryl Crow or Christina Aguilera in the late 1990s. It's so ubiquitous and expected in popular culture and radio that you would have to stare at Mike with sarcastic eyes like "who in the hell would you expect these kids listen to? Lawrence Welk"?
Of course the choreography is trashy and highly sexualized. And yes, it's just really bad music. That being said, Mike can't claim some sort of superiority when most American parents (who are also voters) do exactly the same thing as the Obamas.
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