Posted on 05/15/2015 7:40:58 AM PDT by doug from upland
Barack Obama supporter James Taylor doesn't just think the U.S. president is great — he believes Obama is the greatest of all-time.
"I've been watching politics since (Dwight) Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, and Obama is my favorite, favorite president," Taylor said in an interview Wednesday. "I am just thankful for every day that he's in office. I am so proud that he represents my country and I think he represents me — I think he represents the America that I know."
Taylor, 67, is a recipient of the National Medal of Arts. The pop icon performed "America the Beautiful" at Obama's second inauguration in 2013.
"I had a really tough time during the Cheney-Bush years, I did, and I had a hard time accepting that that administration represented me because I don't think they did," Taylor said.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer also called Obama's family "precious" and said he appreciates the U.S. leader because he's "sane" and "balanced."
"He promised to give us a health care system, it's a work in progress, but he has put us on a road to that," Taylor said. "I'm so grateful for what he's done for gay rights and for the emancipation of gay people. Particularly from my point of view, I think that was so overdue and so important, and so important for America to be ahead of the curve on this."
Taylor criticized Congress in Obama's defense.
"I've never seen a Congress that has been so obstructive and so contrary and so committed to doing anything that will foul up this administration. I just think it's an absolute scandal that he has had so little cooperation," he said.
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Yes, I always respect the political opinions of drug-addled entertainers.
Hmmm. Do he and john f’n kohn-heinz-kerry agree on that?
There’s one born every minute.
Ain’t it good to know you’ve got a friend!
James Taylor has psychiatric problems dating to 1965.
the boy has fire and rain..on the brain
This from a mental midget and former heroin junkie who made a career producing crappy covers of other people’s music.
The word “stupid” seems so inadequate....
To be fair, he ain’t been thinking straight since he jumped off that white pony..
Go steal another rhythm & blues song and drain the soul out of it, Taylor. That’s what you’re good at, not politics.
The headline says he “thinks”? Naaa....don’t believe he can.
Tribal loyalty is strong in this one.
To be fair, he may have only been sober for about 6 years and Obama is the only President he is familiar with.
I could only wish that his opinion would carry as much weight here as Russell Brand’s did in the UK.
How long, if ever, does it take for the “wiring” in the brain to repair itself after prolonged drug use, I wonder? Longer than however Taylor’s been sober, apparently. Or else he’s just a natural-born moron.
“... there’s a song that they sing when they take to the highways
a song that they sing when they take to the sea
a song that they sing of their home in the sky
maybe you can believe it if it helps you to sleep
but singing works just fine for me.”
Well James, it won’t be long now until we find out if you still believe those words when it’s your turn to face death and eternity. When you reject the true Messiah is it any wonder you’d fall for a pretender to the throne like Obi?
Let’s ask him to name the US Presidents since Washington.
I passed on the cocaine,
Said bye-bye to my methadone.
Put down the bottle for one more day.
Backing off of my Tobacco Jones.
Still I feel like a hopeless junkie,
Like a man who can’t say no.
I look back and there’s that monkey;
Rascal won’t let go.
These artistic types live in an imaginary universe.
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