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Leave it that Hibbing mystic, Bob Dylan, to see another side of Barack Obama. Dylan’s rambling appreciation for the president, already apparent before the election, only grows weirder and more mythical:
He’s like a fictional character, but he’s real. First off, his mother was a Kansas girl. Never lived in Kansas though, but with deep roots. You know, like Kansas bloody Kansas. John Brown the insurrectionist. Jesse James and Quantrill. Bushwhackers, Guerillas. Wizard of Oz Kansas. I think Barack has Jefferson Davis back there in his ancestry someplace. And then his father. An African intellectual. Bantu, Masai, Griot type heritage — cattle raiders, lion killers.
Dylan’s recent interview with Bill Flanagan appeared in parts at the Times of London Web site and BobDylan.com. A few more bits that touch on Obama and politics:
What else did you find compelling about him?
Well, mainly his take on things. His writing style hits you on more than one level. It makes you feel and think at the same time and that is hard to do. …What in his book would make you think he’d be a good politician?
Well, nothing really. In some sense you would think being in the business of politics would be the last thing that this man would want to do. …
What’s your take on politics?
Politics is entertainment. It’s a sport. It’s for the well groomed and well heeled. The impeccably dressed. Party animals. Politicians are interchangeable.Don’t you believe in the democratic process?
Yeah, but what’s that got to do with politics? Politics creates more problems than it solves. It can be counter-productive. The real power is in the hands of small groups of people and I don’t think they have titles.
TimesOnline also has a new song, “Feel a Change Comin’ On.”
(h/t benpolitico tweet)
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Comment posted April 6, 2009 @ 5:52 pm
GOV PLENTY to People of Minnesota: Screw-YOU; I intend to LET FEDERAL courts DECIDE!
Never thought I’d LIVE to see the day when this Sovereign State’s Elected LEADER would BACK his OWN (corrupt) political party OVER THE PEOPLE OF this STATE who elected him. IF Minnesota’s own GOVERNOR PLENTY does NOT support our STATE’S JUDICIARY … WHY is HE still IN OFFICE? The People of the Sovereign state of Minnesota cast their ballots in a FAIR & HONEST election. Like ALL ELECTIONS, none is perfect; there are flaws –just as there are FLAWS in human beings. BUT for the past TWO HUNDRED-PLUS years, THOSE FLAWS have always been considered to BALANCE OUT each other. THAT IS, until recent elections SHOWED THE PEOPLE voting AGAINST the Republican Party.
NOW, the People get ROYALLY (republicanly) SCREWED by having their votes SET ASIDE and LITIGATED until hell FREEZES OVER! BY WHAT RIGHT do these party HACKS interfere with the elective process –AND cast aspersions on this state’s elected/appointed/hired officials who fairly DETERMINED our results? NOT one instance of fraud or deception has been found! NOT ONE.
THIS was a righteous election whose outcome SHOULD BE DETERMINED by Minnesotans -NOT GOP party hacks!
RECALL THE GOVERNOR if he refuses to honor the MINNESOTA COURTS’ decisions
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