Joan Baez endorses Obama

[ProSense]

Leader on a new journey

Editor - I have attempted throughout my life to give a voice to the voiceless, hope to the hopeless, encouragement to the discouraged, and options to the cynical and complacent. From Northern Ireland to Sarajevo to Latin America, I have sung and marched, engaged in civil disobedience, visited war zones, and broken bread with those who had little bread to break.

Through all those years, I chose not to engage in party politics. Though I was asked many times to endorse candidates at every level, I was never comfortable doing so. At this time, however, changing that posture feels like the responsible thing to do. If anyone can navigate the contaminated waters of Washington, lift up the poor, and appeal to the rich to share their wealth, it is Sen. Barack Obama. If anyone can bring light to the darkened corners of this nation and restore our positive influence in world affairs, it is Barack Obama. If anyone can begin the process of healing and bring unity to a country that has been divided for too long, it is Barack Obama. It is time to begin a new journey.

JOAN BAEZ

h/t

[ursi]

1. so ....not all women over 50 are in the other camp ...interesting ...

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[still_one]

52. does it increase your testosterone when you make personal attacks?

[Tom Joad]

58. See, not all the sexist pigs are attacking Hillary.

[taddyd]

72. I'M FOR HILLARY TOO, BUT JOAN BAEZ IS PERFECT!

[elizm]

2. Can Bob be far behind? :) nt

[polichick]

6. It's just Tweedle dee and Tweedle dum to him. :)

[madrchsod]

12. no --bob is`t political

that`s the one of the reasons they went their separate ways. so all the old commies are aligning with obama...interesting to say the least

[neutron]

Bob wouldn't get bamboozled to go along with the Cult Dorks

[neutron]

28. Spielberg endorsed HRC

[burgundy floppy hat]

74. Did he really?

I have more respect for him.

There is so much GAS around Obama, it is very hard to see through the fog, just the little tin soldiers falling one by one.

It's always heartening to see someone whom you think would follow the hot Hollywood trend stand on his own two feet, show he has a mind of his own.

[Inuca]

80. You are the non-sequitur MASTER n/t

Very funny.

[bigbrother05]

90. There you go, and the Patriot Act

will make the McCarthy hearings look like a church social.

Really hope you're being hyperbolic for comic effect. At least that's what I'm attempting.

[David Zephyr]

95. Dylan's son produced the "Yes We Can" video.

:thumbsup:

[WHAT]

103. no right or left...just up or down

according to Bob.

I kinda agree with that (the emphasis) but see all four vectors in play...over time with dings coming from some kind of god outside the universe a la bouncy helmets and strong hands...gripping the ball ;)

[featherman]

3. Cool

[Barack_America]

4. Spectacular. Thanks for posting...n/t

[SoFlaJet]

5. Clinton-ites all over America

are melting down their JB albums

[Neecy]

9. I'm waiting for the "I don't trust Joan Baez" threads

[City Lights]

15. LOL...no kidding. eom

[burgundy floppy hat]

75. Joan Baez is cool. But she's wrong, here

The corporate candidate obama offers nothing new, he's Bush.

Tell me about Obama's efforts to privatize social security.

Or maybe you think it's OK, or he wont really do that, he's just saying that to get elected.

Oh.

[madrchsod]

16. no it`s "she`s not relevant anymore"

i think hillary never had any of joan`s albums

[tigereye]

19. she went to Wellesley in the 60s, sure she did....

[taddyd]

69. BAEZ

BILL MENTIONED GOING TO SEE BAEZ WITH HILLARY IN HIS LATEST
BOOK

[thunder rising]

7. FARM OUT!!!

[Bread and Circus]

8. 4....3....2....1.....

I'm just counting down until the Hillary supporters come in here with their jack boots in lockstep and trash Baez. It seems everytime anyone endorse Obama and sticks their neck out just a little, the hatchet is not too far away and not quite dry from the last hack.

[GoldieAZ49]

26. I am waiting for the Hillary supporters to come in here and say they have seen

the light, and are now supporting Obama

We can welcome them to the future of America

[neutron]

30. they have seen the light. It's called Hillary Clinton

This is the biggest BS Youth Hype since Hitler.
No. I am not comparing Obama to Hitler, but it is
frightening how easy it is for people to lose their
brains, roll their eyes in the back of their head and
froth at the mouth.

For what, they don't know.

but if Teddy and Oprah say it's right, it must be so.

Damned. I'm coming up with a song

and Joan. Baez could strum along.

More like Grace Slick, actually. She's probably
still puking over all the Love at the Hollywood Bowl.

If Obama is actually elected, how long before these
idiots realize they've got themselves little better than
a George Bush of whom it is taboo to criticize.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/us/politics/03exelon.html?em&ex=1202101200&en=f2853a7f59384438&ei=5087%0A

[Bread and Circus]

31. Wow...garbage like yours took a lot longer than I thought....

but garbage nonetheless.

[neutron]

34. took longer?

My poetry, you mean?

[Hardrada]

59. LOL!

[taddyd]

73. Baez did a Biafra benefit Jimi

She mentions him in her song "children of the 80s" and was THE headliner along with Jimi and the Experience at Woodstock.

[GoldieAZ49]

48. I was for Obama before Teddy or Oprah

tsk tsk tsk

[neutron]

49. and you still haven't figured out he's a mediocrity?

[GoldieAZ49]

55. I have figured out that he is brilliant and will and should be the next POTUS

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[burgundy floppy hat]

78. the, and unthinking, and oh, the stench! sorry.

unthinking, sorry,

oh, the stench!

[Cha]

10. I can feel that!

Joan Baez endorsing my candidate in the Dem primary who is also capable of working with republicans..how about that?

[Bluerthanblue]

11. wow- this means a lot to me.

I'm glad to share her hope.

peace~

[madrchsod]

13. you know tom hayden endorsed obama last week?

that`s two commie geezers backing the kid....

[Bluerthanblue]

40. cool-

I must have missed that.

good company-

thanks

peace~

[neutron]

51. Spielberg endorsed Hillary

[Tom Joad]

65. you seem to be repeating yourself.

[burgundy floppy hat]

79. he's mirroring Obama supporters.

again, I'm glad to see Spielberg endorsed Hillary.

[Laurab]

53. "commie geezers"?

Are you on the right website?

[City Lights]

14. Nice! eom

[Yuugal]

17. guess she doesn't want her wages garnished either nt

[burgundy floppy hat]

81. Instead, you'll just take my tax money to pay for YOUR health care?

kinda simplistic reasoning, isn't it?

[FiveGoodMen]

104. With that attitude, I just hope that if you get sick, NOTHING I ever did helps you.

Fair is fair, fucker.

[jefferson_dem]

18. Joan is a personal hero of mine...

and a nightingale voice for the ages.

I'm thrilled to hear she's joined the ObamaWagon.

[Hardrada]

25. Mine too!

[jefferson_dem]

29. I was just listening to her Live in Japan (1967) performance the other day.

She pays tribute to the civil rights movement throughout and makes special mention of MLK before doing "Pilgrim Of Sorrow." To think he was yet to be tragically snatched away from us, a year later.

[Hardrada]

60. I was her admirer when she was just an apolitical performer

of those eerie Scots Border ballads. Around 1962 was when I first started buying her albums. I am going to have to start writing my memoirs anyday now since I am referring to an era getting more and more shrouded by time!

[rucognizant]

91. That's a great idea!

And very necessary too. The conservative think tanks have totally obliterated ANY sense of how it really was.............

We went to hear Baez at the Camden Music Circus around '58,'60. It was a sticky hot humid day. ( see we didn't have much air conditioning back in those days, unimaginable now! Today's audience would just get up & leave!) SHe ran out of songs, asked for audience requests........ nobody had any ideas......SO she pushed forward this curly haired "kid" and let him song! He electrified, because of course it was Dylan! And he finished out the concert with great energy, and talent.
First time I had ever heard of him. He hadn't got started yet with his career!

[Hardrada]

64. O, I forgot to say we heard her in concert about 9 or 10 years ago.

A great and moving experience and she is quite witty too. Only fault of that program was that she should have mentioned that one of the songs was by Phil Ochs.

[saskatoon]

89. thrilled to hear

I am also. I'm 90 and have seen a lot of contests and politicos and I LIKE OBAMA. Wake up and smell the fresh air!

[K Gardner]

20. No big surprise, that.. coming from my favorite singer/activist in the world ! Yay Joan :-)

[ralbertson]

21. The most significant part of that particular endorsement is that...

...it wasn't delivered at a press conference or in a photo-op or on a rally stage or even in a guest op-ed column -- Ms. Baez wrote it in a plain old ordinary letter to the editor she sent to the SF Chronicle, just like anyone else.

I think that says a hell of a lot about Ms. Baez and Mr. Obama both. And what it says about them both is all good, compared to the relentless torrents of big-news, loud-noise stuff being poured out at the national media level this past week or two...

[GoldieAZ49]

22. The politics of pile on ~ BRING IT ON!!!

nice

[ErnestoG]

23. Waiting to see how the jerks slime Baez now....

"Virgil Cane is your name, but you'll never see my money for your albums again! NYAAAAAA!!"

good christ...

[f the letter]

27. rgggggh...

i wish she had endorsed a more progressive candidate back before they were all silenced and moneyed out of the race

[1corona4u]

32. LOL...Joan Baez...

this is just getting fucking ridicuolous....LOL...who's next, Barny Fife, LOL...

[scheming daemons]

35. ....and there it is..... Clintonista's ridiculing yet ANOTHER WOMAN who supports Obama....

... are you sure that Hillary wants the women vote?

[ErnestoG]

45. Did I call it, or what?

[ProSense]

38. Stunning

idiocy!

[jefferson_dem]

44. That's really fucked up.

Learn a little history.

[burgundy floppy hat]

85. you're just picking your nose

When Obama supporters can do more than fart for their candidate, I'll listen.

I have yet to see one cogent arguement as to WHY Obama is better qualified to be President, I see a bunch of orange Obama "knack" groupies doing karaoke to "My Sharona."


Get it?

[stillrockin]

57. STFU; comparing Joan Baez to Barny Fife is ignorant.

[loveangelc]

33. Is she the woman that sings "blue bayou?"

[sandnsea]

37. no

That is Linda Rondstadt.

Joan Baez is the saint of the peace movement.

http://womenshistory.about.com/library/pic/bl_p_baez1.htm

http://www.globalexchange.org/update/publications/3432.html

[Didereaux]

92. no, that's Ronstadt....Baez sounds like fingernails on chalkboard

[sidwill]

36. So what?

Who cares what a washed up old hippy freak thinks.

Sure she helped lead the anti-war movement back in the 60's and has been a vocal critic of the current Bush war but what has she done lately?

[Maat]

39. I saw her when she appeared with Michael Moore.

She was unbelievably great - they are both my heroes. They are both so articulate, and spoke eloquently for peace and justice; the crowd went wild. I care what she thinks.

Do you research; I'm sure your post sounds more ill-informed than you suspect; and, I'm sure that you deserve better. Like I said, do your research; she still has a great deal of credibility with many, many people.

[Whisp]

41. . ! .

:rofl:

funny how some Clinton supporters are just as witless as the * supporters. I notice that.

[Voice for Peace]

54. that's sarcasm, right? nt

[Tom Joad]

62. Well, unlike some, she has been "a vocal critic of the current Bush war"

unlike another woman who comes to mind in this situation.

[taddyd]

70. JOAN BAEZ HAS BEEN NON-STOP INVOLVED IN HUMAN RIGHTS FOR 50 YEARS ,FOOL

[shangralee]

86. She gave great support to Cindy Sheehan

and camped out at Camp Casey close to Bush's ranch and was part of the anti-war protest in DC shortly after that. She is very devoted to helping to bring peace to the world. Which is what we should all be doing lately.

[paulk]

94. that should help Obama get the Sheehan voters!

[rucognizant]

93. Yeh! sidwill

This is why we elders have to write our memoirs to educate ignorant young ones like you who apparently have been laid out and had koolade poured into your lungs by
the MSM lizard ones!
Tell us what valuable things you have been doing! Your rudeness takes my breath away!

[Jed Dilligan]

42. Great, now we get to see what people come up with

to attack Joan Baez.

[ErnestoG]

46. The Clintonistas will have a mass Baez CD burning party.

Maybe play the Horst Wessel Lied and dress in brown shirts while they are doing it....

[Jed Dilligan]

47. sounds like a Party nt

[Hardrada]

61. nicht "party. " Es ist ein Partie!!

[ErnestoG]

63. Jawohl!!

[thevoiceofreason]

43. And hopefully that will make a difference in a month

"On the banks of the Ohio"!!!!!!!

[zulchzulu]

50. I love me some Joanie

She is fantastic! I've met her many times when I lived in SF.

[immoderate]

56. Joan Baez is a long time dedicated peace activist.

Great voice and career.

--IMM

[ErnestoG]

66. I saw her perform at an anti-Gulf War rally in SF back in 1991

She was amazing. The whole thing was amazing. Quarter of a million people marching.

[pathansen]

67. Lots more endorsements found here

See:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4377923

[ForRusty]

68. I love Joan Baez! I listen to her music so much and I'm only 20! lol. >_< nt

[FrenchieCat]

71. We're gonna have a hell of an Ignaguration party!

Shit. I'm going! :party:

[Inuca]

87. Can you imagine?

:toast: (and I wish there was a smiley for "fingers crossed").

[tomp]

76. and then breaks into a chorus of cumbaya.

i had all respect for baez up until now. one more has been fooled.

[sfam]

82. I love joan, but my guess is this is just dust in the wind...and I support Obama n/t

[NC_Nurse]

83. That's wonderful!

What a moving endorsement. :kick:

[Highway61]

84. Way to go Joanie

:thumbsup: Stated very eloquently, as she knows how to do.

[Apollo11]

88. She should have done this as a song on YouTube.

Or maybe I have been watching too much Obama Girl?? :eyes:

[plantwomyn]

96. Kumbaya

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3MiD_U4CHQ

[tbl92666]

97. Of course she does

She comes from the generation that was all talk and no action on moving the world towards harmony. After hanging up the love beads, they went out and manned the corporate greed machines that raped and pillaged America for the next thirty + years. But its o.k., because they were at Woodstock.

Obama is the perfect candidate for her, because he's all talk and no substance; just like her generation. Now it seems we have a new group of these losers coming up; except instead of Woodstock, they make You Tube videos out of their cult leaders platitudes.

[immoderate]

98. I'm sure you'll do better...

Can't wait for you to clean things up.

--IMM

[tbl92666]

99. That is a silly response

My point is that I don't think anyone, myself included, has the answer when it comes to changing the world. The effort to actually 'change' things will be monumental -- more so than repeating platitudes. It will require sacrifice and work -- words AND actions, not just words.

[immoderate]

101. Perhaps, but it was appropriate to your post.

I'll admit that I can remember making similar remarks to my elders during the sixties. We forced some changes in civil rights, women's rights, voter's rights, stopped the Vietnam War, and stopped the draft. Joan Baez was both vocal and instrumental to these efforts. (You like puns?) We got beat on and jailed for our efforts. But, with the war over, most went back to their lives.

Subsequent events, the backlash, was unforeseen. This was new territory. Fact is, many had to take on family responsibilities and turn to our jobs, while the enemies of progress could devote full time to revisionism. Subsequent generations have not done anything to help. Where is the anti-war movement on college campuses? I mostly hear denigration of what we "hippies" did. We actually accomplished a lot. Joan, and her sisters helped more than most:

Joan could have done very well just singing, and stayed out of jail. Note that the proceeds of the poster went to the Draft Resistance, and the draft ended. Coincidence? Maybe.

This post of yours sounds a little more enlightened. But you should realize who your friends are. Joan Baez is one of them. The problems that face us are more insidious and complex than your post would indicate. We no longer have independent mass media to help. No doubt "sacrifice and work" will be required, and there are more obstacles to that now than in the 60s.

Neither Hillary nor Barack, with their corporate supporters, appears to be the answer, but they're the best we've got for now. I understand your frustration. I lectured my parents, who thought they had the job done when they beat Hitler. But it will never be over.

--IMM

[maximusveritas]

107. No action? You clearly know nothing about her.

She's marched for civil rights and against dumb wars. She's fought for human rights on the ground all around the world. And she's inspired millions to do the same.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

[Straight Shooter]

100. Luna was a Mexica, the law calls an alien ...

... for coming across the border with a baby and a wife
Though the clothes upon his back were wet,
still he thought that he could get
Some money, and things to start a life

It hadn't been too very long when it seemed like everything went wrong
Didn't even have the time to find himself a home
When this foreigner, a brown-skinned male, was thrown inside a Texas jail
Left the wife and baby quite alone

That's all I can remember of the lyrics, except I remember something about him turning to the needle while in prison out of desperation to escape his anguish.

Just want to confirm that Baez has always, always, always been for the downtrodden. I hope her sympathies will square with whatever Barack's attitudes are on immigration.

By the way, this was my favorite song from one of her albums, of which I can't even remember the name of that album. But I damn sure remember this song, "Raze The Prisons (to the Ground)."

[rucky]

102. I'll be damned...

here comes her ghost again.

[Hardrada]

110. Very good!

Now I'll have to find my JB albums! Diamonds and Rust is among them.

[bagimin]

105. The MOST beautiful voice

and a beautiful person as well.

[AntiFascist]

106. K&RRR, a feminist supporting Obama? The nerve! n/t

[BigDDem]

108. Who?

[CorpGovActivist]

109. KICK, already rec'd