Commentary: Jason Aldean's 'Try This in a Small Town' is shameful. Naturally, it's the right's song of the summer

For Jason Aldean, the only thing better than having CMT play his new music video is having the country-music cable network refuse to play it.

That's what happened this week when CMT said it had pulled the clip for "Try That in a Small Town," Aldean's latest single, in which the country star lays out a vision of urban chaos — an old lady getting carjacked, a holdup at a liquor store, a cop being spat on — before more or less threatening to kill anyone who might attempt to bring such behavior to a place "full of good old boys raised up right."

"Try that in a small town/ See how far you make it down the road," he sings over slashing guitars and booming drums, "Around here we take care of our own/ You cross that line, it