Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Gretchen Wilson ya raira waƙa da National Anthem (haɗe da muryar muryar rantsuwar rantsuwar) ga masu sauraro na kasa a
Taron kasa na Republican a ranar 3 ga Satumba, 2008, daga baya ya bayyana wannan a matsayin "sau ɗaya a rayuwa" kwarewa a "lokacin tarihi". Wilson da ta band kuma yi a lokacin wani gangamin ga Republican shugaban kasa dan takarar John McCain da mataimakin shugaban kasa dan takarar Sarah Palin a Lunken Airport a Cincinnati, Ohio, a kan Oktoba 22, 2008, zuwa wani taron na kimanin 12,000 magoya bayan. Palin ta fara gangamin ta hanyar cewa ba za ta iya jira don samun sa hannun Wilson ba. Wilson ya buga waƙar "Barracuda" ta Zuciya don Palin.