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Brooks & Dunn tore it up onstage at the Republican National Convention last night - and are all over the prestigious New York Times this morning, who celebrate "Only In America" as "a brawny fistful of electric guitar chords and lyrics that pay tribute to a country where 'we all get a chance, everybody gets to dance...'." But for all the hub-bub and all that, the 4-time Entertainers of the Year were taken by the man who introduced the charity at the World of Hope benefit after the convention proper had wrapped up.

"Bono was incredibly informed about the reality of healthcare around the world," says Ronnie Dunn. "It was impressive… and to hear him talk about Senator Frist, who he calls his hero and whom he's traveled with, just puts such a deep understanding on the Senator as a man whose humanity drives his politics. He couldn't have been nicer -- or warmer to us."

Perhaps it's because Brooks & Dunn had a bit of ringer in the form of Brooks' 16-year old daughter. "He and Molly had a big ole time talking about art," explains the rocket-fueled guitarman Kix Brooks. "He draws, so she was telling him where he can get certain things -- and they got into a whole discussion about comic books, the online comic book movement. He was genuinely interested in her and her art and the whole world that art encompasses -- and to see him talk to my little girl as an equal, well, you can only imagine how that makes you feel as a father to see her relating artist-to-artist like that."As for the cavalcade of conventionism, Dunn was quick to say it was unlike anything they'd ever experienced. "It's pretty cool. They get you in these Secret Service lines -- and the cars just moooooove! You've got your clearance, you're in that lane, and you're gone.

"For everything we've done -- the Olympics, the inauguration -- if you didn't feel safe here, I don't think you could feel safe. It was incredible -- and it really puts you in touch, too, with the pulse of the process of participating in our government. It's one of those moments when you're just so aware
of it all, and humbled by it, too."

"That's What It's All About" continues moving up the charts. A song celebrating the things that really matter, it's developing traction - and could quite possibly be a keynote song for 2008!

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