He really is, BTW, and has his own band (Gammons, that is). This is from his latest column:

Memo to the Democratic National Committee: Not only should Pearl Jam do “Bu$hleaguer” before the keynote address, but it should be your theme song (”drillin’ for fear makes the job easy ?”).

Though, the recording I have of that song has that line as “makes the job simple” (I think the next line is “Born on third / Thinks he got a triple”).