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was also nice to meet Obama and find him very different from the media
makeout. It’s really almost criminal what they [the media] do with our
President,”
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being honored at the White House for his lifetime achievements in the
performing arts and outstanding contributions to American culture,
Merle...
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Tim Vandehey Yes it is. The man has done more in the White House with more hardened, insane, hateful, irrational, paranoid opposition than I think anyone could have imagined he would face. He hasn't been perfect, but I'm damned proud to have voted for Obama.- Tim Vandehey What's shocking to me is how race hatred and the fear of the Other—which Fox and the right wing media machine have stoked so well since 2008—triumphed over reason in the midterms. I mean, the Republicans have done nothing but harm this country. Meanwhile, hiring is accelerating, the economy is improving, and incomes are growing for the middle class, albeit slowly. Yet Democrats didn't turn out and millions of idiots voted for the people who created the economic disaster in the first place. I live in Kansas City, MO, and we've got a ringside seat for the Brownback-led GOP experiment in Kansas. Odds are by 2016, after Impeachmentpalooza and two more years of Republicans doing nothing but hammering on ISIS and Benghazi(TM), the GOP is going to wish it had never won back the Senate. It's on us in the meantime to pressure progressive pols to grow spines, state their principles, stand by them and campaign with courage and passion.
Evelyn Earle Shoup He's one of the few I'd tune in to watch on an awards show. This man is real, not a pretend, egotistical wanna be talent.
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Dan Brent I saw him years ago when he was touring with Bob Dylan, the third time I had went to one of his concerts. As a country music performer myself, he's always been one of my go-tos. When he sang that line in Okie about, "we don't let our hair grow long and shaggy...," he took off his hat, revealing his long hair, and the crowd went wild! Everyone, even the hippies, were all saying in the smoking area by the Birmingham Civic Center, "Man, I've never listened to Merle Haggard, but he was way better than Dylan." Didn't expect that one.
After being honored at the White House for his lifetime achievements in the performing arts and outstanding contributions to American culture, Merle Haggard is forming an opinion about President Barack Obama based on character, not political agenda. The 73-year-old country legend, who has actually visited the White House as a guest of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan in years past, made an appearance in Washington D.C. for the 33rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors. While there, he mingled with the President, the President’s wife and several other notable honorees.After being honored at the White House for his lifetime achievements in the performing arts and outstanding contributions to American culture, Merle Haggard is forming an opinion about President Barack Obama based on character, not political agenda. The 73-year-old country legend, who has actually visited the White House as a guest of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan in years past, made an appearance in Washington D.C. for the 33rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors. While there, he mingled with the President, the President’s wife and several other notable honorees.
“It was also nice to meet Obama and find him very different from the media makeout. It’s really almost criminal what they [the media] do with our President,” Haggard tells Rolling Stone. “There seems to be no shame or anything. They call him all kinds of names all day long, saying he’s doing certain things that he’s not. It’s just a big old political game that I don’t want to be part of. There are people spending their lives putting him down.”
“I’m sure some of it’s true and some of it’s not,” he continues. “I was very surprised to find the man very humble and he had a nice handshake. His wife was very cordial to the guests and especially me. They made a special effort to make me feel welcome. It was not at all the way the media described him to be.”
“He’s not conceited,” he adds. “He’s very humble about being the President of the United States, especially in comparison to some presidents we’ve had who come across like they don’t need anybody’s help. I think he knows he’s in over his head. Anybody with any sense who takes that job and thinks they can handle it must be an idiot.”
While his post-event conversation was deep and thoughtful, the actual evening wasn’t all so grave. Haggard enjoyed chatting with fellow honorees Paul McCartney, Oprah Winfrey and more, and he had the chance to kid around — and bond — with the President for a moment, too.
“I told him, ‘You and I have something in common: Our wives are both taller than we are,’” Haggard jokes. “And he said, ‘No! She’s got on three-inch heels! And she is not that tall!’ He was like me. He grabbed that real quick.”
Haggard’s most recent album release is 2010′s ‘I Am What I Am,’ but he’s also revealed an inkling of an upcoming musical project: a “Musketeers” supergroup of sorts with Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson. “I’m sure if we’re healthy and live to do it, we’ll do it,” he says.
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“It was also nice to meet Obama and find him very different from the media makeout. It’s really almost criminal what they [the media] do with our President,” Haggard tells Rolling Stone. “There seems to be no shame or anything. They call him all kinds of names all day long, saying he’s doing certain things that he’s not. It’s just a big old political game that I don’t want to be part of. There are people spending their lives putting him down.”
“I’m sure some of it’s true and some of it’s not,” he continues. “I was very surprised to find the man very humble and he had a nice handshake. His wife was very cordial to the guests and especially me. They made a special effort to make me feel welcome. It was not at all the way the media described him to be.”
“He’s not conceited,” he adds. “He’s very humble about being the President of the United States, especially in comparison to some presidents we’ve had who come across like they don’t need anybody’s help. I think he knows he’s in over his head. Anybody with any sense who takes that job and thinks they can handle it must be an idiot.”
While his post-event conversation was deep and thoughtful, the actual evening wasn’t all so grave. Haggard enjoyed chatting with fellow honorees Paul McCartney, Oprah Winfrey and more, and he had the chance to kid around — and bond — with the President for a moment, too.
“I told him, ‘You and I have something in common: Our wives are both taller than we are,’” Haggard jokes. “And he said, ‘No! She’s got on three-inch heels! And she is not that tall!’ He was like me. He grabbed that real quick.”
Haggard’s most recent album release is 2010′s ‘I Am What I Am,’ but he’s also revealed an inkling of an upcoming musical project: a “Musketeers” supergroup of sorts with Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson. “I’m sure if we’re healthy and live to do it, we’ll do it,” he says.
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Bruce Bartlett Interesting, considering how right wing Haggard is. Listen to the lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYFD2-_Xng8
I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THIS.youtube.com- Charles Brown George Wallace was getting most of the Black votes in Alabama by his last terms. My father went to Alabama to have a business meeting with him in that period. People can change , I guess.
- Charles Brown The most important example is Lyndon Baines Johnson. He was a segregationist Senate Majority leader , and ended up leading the Civil Rights charge of the Yankee federal gov'ment.
Bob Wells · Friends with Bruce Bartlett and 1 other
Johnson ran the Senate with an eye to the presidency. He didn't sign the Southern Manifesto. He got two, albeit weak, Civil Rights Acts, passed. It's fairer to say he overcame his personal racism. Robert Caro, no fan of Johnson, paints a very fair picture of Johnson.- Bruce Bartlett Johnson had almost nothing to do with passage of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960 and he worked mightily to water them down. The only reason he didn't sign the Manifesto is because Richard B. Russell gave him a pass because he was majority leader.
Fred Sachs · 5 mutual friends
A parochial senator, LBJ became the best president for Blacks since Lincoln, and he was never the racist Lincoln was.
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Bruce, you raise an interesting question. My reading indicates Lincoln always abhorred slavery but thought Blacks were inferior. Can you suggest a source that says he did not judge Blacks harshly? 
Kevin Ray · Friends with John Pietaro and 2 others
Haggard is not a right-winger. He's a New Dealer who felt the hippies were indulged children. The song was somewhat tongue in cheek.
In 2008, he campaigned for Clinton. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php...
Merle Haggard will vote for Hillary and he's singing about it (lyrics)democraticunderground.com- Bob Wells · Friends with Steve Ellman and 1 other
Charles clearly hates LBJ so to discuss the man with him further is a waste of time. To say the most powerful Senate Majority Leader of all time had nothing to do with passage of the first Civil Rights Acts in nearly 100 years is ludicrous. Why don't you read some Caro, since you clearly have not. Caro cannot stand LBJ but he paints a complete picture of the man. 
David Brunori · 6 mutual friends
Bruce, I do not think Merle Haggard was a right winger. In fact, I think supported Dems politically. The song you referenced was reportedly written while he and his band mates were getting high on a tour bus!
Richard Lavin · 3 mutual friends
The last time I saw him on TV, he couldn't sing anymore. But I guess he wants to soldier on.
Blaine Sullivan · 2 mutual friends
Johnny Cash couldn't sing either by the time he recorded his last few albums, yet they were regarded as some of the best he ever made. Listen to his cover of "Hurt" www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go His vocals are pretty ragged, but there's no denying the emotional intensity of his performance.
Johnny Cash hurt video. Yes Trent Reznor wrote the original. Yes its a cover song. But J.R. made it his...youtube.com- Charles Brown Someone said of Haggaard: "He is such an interesting figure though. He claims that this song was written to express his father's point of view. It became a call to arms for reactionaries in the 60s:"
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHAFmFsb9XM
1968youtube.com - Charles Brown http://take10charles.blogspot.com/.../johnny-cash-sings...
take10charles.blogspot.com|By cb - Charles Brown Bob Wells ·
Charles clearly hates LBJ so to discuss the man with him further is a waste of time. ////////// Actually, LBJ is one of my greatest political heroes; and I'm serious. So, I'm not sure where you got that thought. I'd even say I'm a Johnson Democrat.
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Merle u telling it like it is even though many will never understand!After being honored at the White House for his lifetime achievements in the performing arts and outstanding contributions to American culture, Merle Haggard is forming an opinion about President Barack Obama based on character, not political agenda. The 73-year-old country legend, who has actually visited the White House as a guest of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan in years past, made an appearance in Washington D.C. for the 33rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors. While there, he mingled with the President, the President’s wife and several other notable honorees.
“It was also nice to meet Obama and find him very different from the media makeout. It’s really almost criminal what they [the media] do with our President,” Haggard tells Rolling Stone. “There seems to be no shame or anything. They call him all kinds of names all day long, saying he’s doing certain things that he’s not. It’s just a big old political game that I don’t want to be part of. There are people spending their lives putting him down.”
“I’m sure some of it’s true and some of it’s not,” he continues. “I was very surprised to find the man very humble and he had a nice handshake. His wife was very cordial to the guests and especially me. They made a special effort to make me feel welcome. It was not at all the way the media described him to be.”
“He’s not conceited,” he adds. “He’s very humble about being the President of the United States, especially in comparison to some presidents we’ve had who come across like they don’t need anybody’s help. I think he knows he’s in over his head. Anybody with any sense who takes that job and thinks they can handle it must be an idiot.”
While his post-event conversation was deep and thoughtful, the actual evening wasn’t all so grave. Haggard enjoyed chatting with fellow honorees Paul McCartney, Oprah Winfrey and more, and he had the chance to kid around — and bond — with the President for a moment, too.
“I told him, ‘You and I have something in common: Our wives are both taller than we are,’” Haggard jokes. “And he said, ‘No! She’s got on three-inch heels! And she is not that tall!’ He was like me. He grabbed that real quick.”
Haggard’s most recent album release is 2010′s ‘I Am What I Am,’ but he’s also revealed an inkling of an upcoming musical project: a “Musketeers” supergroup of sorts with Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson. “I’m sure if we’re healthy and live to do it, we’ll do it,” he says.
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