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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I like the video but it is a fake. From a different angle, here is the original.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obaErd-jUl0
....says the heroin addict.
James Taylor, aside from being a has-been, is an insipid socialist tool who writes elevator music.
Come on, Baby James Taylor!
Just love your voice and songs, but your judgment is so warped, I would say it is high time that you decide to JUST SAY NO (to mind-ruining drugs)!!
And in other news, James Taylor also admitted that he just came to the realization that he is a washed-up, drug-addled, irrelevant old hippie and his opinion hasn’t mattered to anybody since 1972.
Thanks for sharing, Jimmy. Now go back to eating your food through a straw and have your nurse check your diaper before you get a rash.
This dufus was on heroin for 10-15 years http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/8564289/James-Taylor-tales-of-a-troubled-troubadour.html
People under 40 are reading this and wondering “Who is James Taylor?”
His stuff ain’t that bad. Some of it is actually pretty good, IMO. If we gave up listening to music by people with idiotic political views, we would eliminate something like 60-70% of the best music of the past 50 years. Libs and lefties dominate the entertainment industry, unfortunately.
who suffers from depression:
Note to self: do not attend any taylor concerts or listen to his music.
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.
He must have asleep during the Regan years his support for Obama is proof that stupid stoners cling.
Ha ha ha!!! ...I forgot all about that! Thanks for posting.
Once a junkie, always a junkie.
2 Questions:
When did he relapse?
Is there any artist more overrated than James Taylor?
Uh... you must be thinking of James Brown, not James Taylor.
That would actually be a good idea, ETL! It might raise every radio listener's IQ ten points right off the bat! Make more room for golden oldies, classical, upbeat, positive, and/or inspiring music...
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