James Taylor sings with his wife Caroline Smedvig during an event about the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington DC
Posted on 09/20/2022 9:13:38 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
What is it with singer James Taylor and the Democrats? In 2015, secretary of state John Kerry brought Taylor to France to sing "You've Got a Friend" in response to a major terrorist attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris. The Guardian called this a "tone-deaf performance" and a "hokey" idea. Foreign Policy called the Kerry-Taylor musical hug "awkward." Vox called the performance an apology by the Obama administration for failing to send a high-level U.S. official to a large anti-terrorism rally. National Review noted that Kerry was "roundly mocked" as an "international laughing-stock" for bringing Taylor to Paris to sing the song. New York's Daily News opined that Kerry gave "a new meaning to the term 'tone deaf.'" The Hill ridiculed Kerry's stunt as "You've got a friend diplomacy."
Last Wednesday, the Biden administration had Taylor sing "Fire and Rain," a song about suicide, on the day that the president heralded the Inflation Reduction Act, and the Dow Jones average fell by more than 1,200 points due in part to Biden's terrible economic policies. Talk about tone-deaf. You can't make this stuff up.
These are not serious people. They live in an elite bubble, seemingly unaware of the economic pain and turmoil suffered by working Americans as a result of the administration's "green" energy policies (Taylor also made some remarks about climate change) and massive spending bills — just as seven years ago, the Obama-Biden administration thought that singing "You've Got a Friend" to the French people was an adequate substitute for resolute action against terrorists.
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The wall is undefeated
Wait, whut?
Jimmy Downer is married to a blonde viking babe?
Thot ya had to hook up with a Creole Caribe woman to be cool in Carolina.
Maybe Jimmy be like his budz in Mahtha’s Vineyard.
Bring back Steven Stills and the guy in the dress.
He never really had a ‘voice” That’s why he would always “sing” in that slow monotone sound
Plus, just plain creepy guy Remember “Mockingbird” with then wife Carly Simon, also a far leftist? Many great songs from the 70s but that wasn’t one of them
Whoever scheduled this clown to “sing” Fire and Rain should be fired But then again, incompetence is a badge of honor with this bunch
The way the Democrats keep calling James Taylor to preach-sing at these events leads me to believe that he’s the braintrust for these idiots.
Too bad, I liked this guy growing up. Never again.... she looks like the hag from Grownups....
Singing a song about suicide. I guess that’s appropriate.
She KEPT the last name SMEDVIG instead of TAYLOR?? LOL!!
RE: Remember “Mockingbird” with then wife Carly Simon, also a far leftist?
Hey, Carly lives in Martha’s Vineyard ( she actually has a business there ). I wonder how she welcomed the illegals flown in from Florida...
“ Wait, whut?
Jimmy Downer is married to a blonde viking babe?
Thot ya had to hook up with a Creole Caribe woman to be cool in Carolina.
Maybe Jimmy be like his budz in Mahtha’s Vineyard.”
If a lib really wants to be cool, he should marry a tranny, the new lib trophy “wife.”
That right there is the problem. THEY ARE SERIOUS PEOPLE! IT'S US, THE WRITER, THAT BELIEVES THEY ARE NOT SERIOUS!..............
Hey, don’t be a Smedvig, ya putz!
I’ll just remember his wonderfulness from back in the day. Supposedly he is absolutely hateful to his ex Carly Simon.
RE: Supposedly he is absolutely hateful to his ex Carly Simon.
I wonder if Carly was singing about him in her hit song “YOU’RE SO VAIN”
remember...Biden..Kerry, Clinton etc were “hippees” back in the day...they are reliving their glory days from the late 60’s- early 70’s. Like ahh...far out man...
she was singing about Warren Beatty in that song...
JT should’ve a more appropriate song for the event. “Steamroller” immediately comes to mind.
James Taylor is what is wrong with North Carolina and other southern states. He is a Masshole but his dad took a position as head of UNC Medical. He claims to be a North Carolinian but he is just a dirt bag carpet bagging liberal douche bag.
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