Now It’s Serious: Bob Dylan Endorses Barack Obama

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Bob Dylan has come out in favor of Barack Obama. In an interview with the London Times , Dylan described the Democratic presidential nominee in Kennedyesque terms when asked by an interviewer for his take on the US election. “Right now America is in a state of upheaval,” Dylan said. “Poverty is demoralising. You can’t expect people to have the virtue of purity when they are poor. But ... [link]

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In what I see as a pretty unsurprising development ... [Endorsements]
Published 6/6/2008 by Maura Johnston at Idolator
... know right now America is in a state of upheaval," he told the Times. "Poverty is demoralizing. You can't expect people to have the virtue of purity when they are poor. But we've got this guy out there now who is redefining the nature of politics from the ground up...Barack Obama. He's redefining what a politician is, so we'll have to see how things play out. Am I hopeful? Yes, I'm hopeful that things might change. Some things are going to have to." [Times Online via RS] ...

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Published 6/9/2008 by Whitney Matheson at USATODAY.com - Pop Candy
... and The Big Lebowski with Don't Mess with the Zohan ? - Bob Dylan spoke about Barack Obama in a recent interview . - Here's ...

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