Musician Dave Matthews Endorses Barack Obama

[propol]

Dave Matthews Endorses Obama
February 04, 2008 10:49 PM

ABC News' Sunlen Miller reports: Dave Matthews, from the Dave Matthews Band, endorses Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., which should help wth the youth (and Virginia) vote.

Here's a letter on his Web site:

Dear Friends,

I hope this finds you well. A question, a reflection, and an endorsement. Why is our country divided?Why has this division been growing?

Can we not all agree that we are a country that supports its families, that protects its citizens and respects its neighbors? A country that educates its children? Are we not a country that can lead by example, rather than by force? Is ours a government of the people, by the people, for the people?

I would like to think so. But I believe that corporate greed and its involvement in policymaking, along with political cronyism, have made it nearly impossible for the people to govern.

So, we fight amongst ourselves over the spin of political slogans and half truths. And so, we are divided. It is time for a change, and that is why I support Barack Obama for President.

Respectfully,
Dave Matthews

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/02/dave-matthews-e.html

[ursi]

1. Love Dave Matthews! Cool!

[Stuckinthebush]

2. That's great. I like Ol' Dave Matthews

I'm waiting for the supporters of other candidates to now come over here and belittle everything about Dave Matthews.

Ain't the primaries fun?

[propol]

5. YES, WE CAN!

Me and all my friends
We're all misunderstood
They say we stand for nothing and
There's no way we ever could
Now we see everything that's going wrong
With the world and those who lead it
We just feel like we don't have the means
To rise above and beat it

So we keep waiting
(waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting
(waiting)
Waiting on the world to change

It's hard to beat the system
When we're standing at a distance
So we keep waiting
(waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
Now if we had the power
To bring our neighbors home from war
They would have never missed a Christmas
No more ribbons on their door
And when you trust your television

What you get is what you got
Cause when they own the information, oh
They can bend it all they want
< Waiting On The World To Change lyrics found on http://www.completealbumlyrics.com >

That's why we're waiting
(waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting
(waiting)
Waiting on the world to change

It's not that we don't care,
We just know that the fight ain't fair
So we keep on waiting
(waiting)
Waiting on the world to change

And we're still waiting
(waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting
(waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
One day our generation
Is gonna rule the population
So we keep on waiting
(waiting)
Waiting on the world to change

Now we keep on waiting
(waiting)
Waiting on the world to change

[MadBadger]

3. Vote for Change Alum. I hope Bruce gets the gang back together for November

[SteppingRazor]

4. Great. Now I've got to switch my support to Hillary.

:silly:

[propol]

maybe DMB can pull West Virginia too while there at it...

n/t

[rayofreason]

6. Love Dave Matthews,..

...but I don't know that this will get too many more young people out to vote.

Every election there is a lot of noise about the "youth vote" that, in the end, doesn't materialize. Young people just don't vote in the numbers they should. Too bad.

[propol]

8. you just might be surprised

Hillary's advisors are already gearing up for a fight until the convention, according to the WashPo this morning

[laststeamtrain]

7. Oh no! The treacly wimp-pop voter bloc is sewed up. Oh no! n/t

[propol]

9. lol, 'American Baby' is pretty good...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0XIWeGCw18

[rufus dog]

10. I think Leroy Moore - the bands sax player

was off to the side of the stage for the victory speach in South Carolina. It was funny stood in the spot he normally stands during a show with the same expression.

One of the all time classics was the band playing "Too Much" at the Clinton inaguration in '96. Not sure how many picked up on the irony but I was rolling on the floor.

[propol]

11. awesome that DMB is supporting the O-Train!

I'm sure he still has good feelings for Hillary too.

[SoFlaJet]

12. that crackling sound you hear

is Clinton-ites all over America melting their DM CD's down...no Keith, no Rachel, no DeNiro movies,no MSNBC, no GE products, no Joan Baez albums...on and on it goes

[propol]

13. Scarlett Johnansson going door to door in the Upper Midwest for votes...

James Carville's head explodes! :)

[SoFlaJet]

14. she's ON the list propol

thanks for remindeing me

[propol]

15. I wouldn't mind a visit from Scar Jo on a cold February night...

[SoFlaJet]

24. be careful propol

there are a lot of fem-bots here who are quick to chop you down for writing something like that (she IS a hottie)

[Bluebear]

16. Oh, I don't think so. That's more GOP-style behavior

[propol]

17. retail politics is a dirty biz!

my bad...she will help with the young Lutherans though

[LSdemocrat]

18. Come on, how much appeal does DMB have today's youth?

Wasn't their heyday about 10 years ago?

[propol]

19. they still draw well on the road

and most of their shows are sold out

[usregimechange]

20. Got to love Dave and Obama

[propol]

22. maybe some live gig opportunites at rallies in Ohio maybe?

that would be awesome

[VolcanoJen]

27. Remember, Dave was one of the organizers for the AWESOME "Vote for Change" Tour...

... in 2004. In Dayton, Ohio, I went to see Dave Matthews Band, My Morning Jacket, and Ben Harper all on one stage. It was amazing. :-)

[the other one]

21. Celebrities are so smart! Is there anything they can't do?

<sound of a tire with the air escaping...>

[propol]

23. like organize fund raisers & groups of voters to go to the polls?

n/t

[VolcanoJen]

25. Sorry to have duped you, propol!

Just got the email from Dave Matthews. What awesome news!! But honestly, I knew in my heart he was gonna be an Obama guy. :-)

[propol]

26. no problemo...

YES WE CAN!