Bleed for Me (Dead Kennedys song) Bleed for Me (Dead Kennedys song) Bleed for Me (B-side "Life Sentence") was the sixth single by punk rock band Dead Kennedys. It was released in July 1982 on Alternative Tentacles. The music is cold and intimidating, and the lyrics describe kidnappings and torture carried out by a secret police (presumably the Central Intelligence Agency). There follows a bridge, then the music becomes light and almost cheerful as the lyrics describe US foreign policy as utilizing murderous dictatorships to secure economic concessions that favor American corporations. "Bleed for Me" also plays in the background of the Dead Kennedys' song "Kinky
The Kennedys (miniseries) website stopkennedysmears.com was registered by filmmaker Robert Greenwald as part of the critical response to "The Kennedys". On February 24, 2010 Dave Itzkoff of "The New York Times" reported that historian David Talbot, whose recent book had been used as source material for the miniseries, had joined those preemptively criticizing "The Kennedys". Ted Sorensen (1928-2010), former presidential aide and speech writer for 35th President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963, served 1961-1963), described the script as a "character assassination". At the time of all of this criticism, the miniseries had not yet even been cast. In an interview published in "The Los