Bob Dylan says Barack Obama is 'changin' America

Times Online ^ | June 5, 2008 | Alan Jackson and David Byers

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

He's no vagabond. He stole that persona from Woodie Guthrie and worked with the Manhattan music execs to turn it into piles o’dough, all the while “singin bout the poor” and all that $hit. He's just another boomer using what he can to grab his share while he can.

[sinanju]

The maestro must be going senile.

He has never, EVER, endorsed a political candidate before in his life.

That’s how his songs stay so timeless. With the exception of his early folkies, he never pinned them to anything or anyone specific. It was up to the listener to fill in the blanks for themselves.

[blam]

Hurricane
(Bob Dylan - YouTube)

[PGalt]

You don’t need a Bill Ayers to know which way his wind blows! WAKE UP, Bob!

[MtnClimber]

Bob Dylan is a “Have” compared to most US citizens. Is he endorsing the Alinsky goal that the “Have Nots” should be able to take from the “Haves” like BO has been community agitating? Can I come take a look so I know where the “good stuff’ is located before election results are in?

[Rocko]

As Greil Marcus wrote in his review of Self Portrait:

"What is this sh*t?"

Sad, indeed.

[KevinB]

I don’t believe in Zimmerman.

[KevinB]

Rock and roll ping.

[SouthDixie]

I think Bob may have had one too many chili peppers in the blistering sun.

[The Wizard]

who give a damn what he says....this is just what you’d expect from a burnt out has been. Great songs and all that, but please....

[wendy1946]

Can you imagine what sort of a job Kelly Pavlik would do on the “hurricane”??

[D-fendr]

Huh?

This is an endorsement?

Pretty weak one IMHO.

[television is just wrong]

wonder if old dylan knows about obama’s anti israel beliefs? dylan is after all jewish.

[Clemenza]

Bobby Zimmerman is also a gun enthusiast. His politics have always been all over the place.

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

this doesn’t seem to be a ringing endorsement. all he is saying that nobama is changing poltics as we know it. That’s like saying the sun’s yellow.

actually the sun’s not yellow, it’s chicken.

[Cinnamon Girl]

Wow. I thought he was known for keeping his mouth shut with regard to politics. What happened to that?

[cruise_missile]

He has written some pretty good little ditties.
But, he still can’t sing.

Shut up and just write little ditties.

[uglybiker]

conservatives that don’t vote for McCane are voting for some of that change.

Conwrvativew who do vote mor McCain are gonna get some of that change, whether they like it or not!

[Renderofveils]

"I hope Neil Young Bob Dylan will remember, a southern man don't need him around, anyhow."

[SupplySider]

Great post. I’d add that, as Thomas Sowell points out, the rate of progress for blacks was higher before the Great Society programs of the sixties.