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James Taylor thinks Obama is greatest President of all-time
fox ^ | 5-2015

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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: idiotmusician; jamestaylor; nofoollikeanoldfool; obama; taylor
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1 posted on 05/15/2015 7:40:58 AM PDT by doug from upland
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To: doug from upland

Yes, I always respect the political opinions of drug-addled entertainers.


2 posted on 05/15/2015 7:42:05 AM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: doug from upland

Hmmm. Do he and john f’n kohn-heinz-kerry agree on that?


3 posted on 05/15/2015 7:42:40 AM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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To: doug from upland

There’s one born every minute.


4 posted on 05/15/2015 7:42:52 AM PDT by CMailBag
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To: mrsmel

Ain’t it good to know you’ve got a friend!


5 posted on 05/15/2015 7:42:54 AM PDT by urbanpovertylawcenter (the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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To: doug from upland

James Taylor has psychiatric problems dating to 1965.


6 posted on 05/15/2015 7:43:02 AM PDT by OwenKellogg (CRUZ to Victory! Donate at tedcruz.org)
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To: urbanpovertylawcenter

the boy has fire and rain..on the brain


7 posted on 05/15/2015 7:43:25 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: doug from upland

This from a mental midget and former heroin junkie who made a career producing crappy covers of other people’s music.


8 posted on 05/15/2015 7:43:43 AM PDT by Baynative (We are experiencing the type of government the founders warned us about.)
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To: doug from upland

The word “stupid” seems so inadequate....


9 posted on 05/15/2015 7:44:29 AM PDT by Cincinatus (Omnia relinquit servare Rempublicam)
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To: mrsmel

To be fair, he ain’t been thinking straight since he jumped off that white pony..


10 posted on 05/15/2015 7:44:44 AM PDT by CharleysPride (non chiedere cio che non si puo prendere -- Charlie Daniels)
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To: doug from upland

Go steal another rhythm & blues song and drain the soul out of it, Taylor. That’s what you’re good at, not politics.


11 posted on 05/15/2015 7:45:26 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: doug from upland

The headline says he “thinks”? Naaa....don’t believe he can.


12 posted on 05/15/2015 7:45:53 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: doug from upland

Tribal loyalty is strong in this one.


13 posted on 05/15/2015 7:46:00 AM PDT by Blennos
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To: mrsmel

To be fair, he may have only been sober for about 6 years and Obama is the only President he is familiar with.


14 posted on 05/15/2015 7:46:07 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: urbanpovertylawcenter

I could only wish that his opinion would carry as much weight here as Russell Brand’s did in the UK.


15 posted on 05/15/2015 7:46:27 AM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: Jonty30

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.


16 posted on 05/15/2015 7:47:54 AM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: doug from upland

“... 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?


17 posted on 05/15/2015 7:48:04 AM PDT by Lake Living
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To: mrsmel

Let’s ask him to name the US Presidents since Washington.


18 posted on 05/15/2015 7:48:43 AM PDT by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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To: OwenKellogg

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.


19 posted on 05/15/2015 7:49:17 AM PDT by OwenKellogg (CRUZ to Victory! Donate at tedcruz.org)
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To: doug from upland

These artistic types live in an imaginary universe.


20 posted on 05/15/2015 7:49:20 AM PDT by oldbrowser (We have a rogue government in Washington.)
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