Musicians for Dennis Kucinich!

[G_j]

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Musicians for Dennis Kucinich

By John Nichols, The Nation
January 5, 2004

Dennis Kucinich still faces an uphill climb in his campaign to win the Democratic presidential nomination. But his anti-Iraq war candidacy has already inspired better music than those of contenders who are garnering far more attention and campaign money. The New Year's weekend benefit for Kucinich at the Austin Music Hall was one of the finest campaign concerts in recent memory, and the sentiments of the stellar cast of performers were well summed up by singer Bonnie Raitt, who introduced a bluesy version of the Buffalo Springfield hit "For What It's Worth," by declaring, "Here's to free speech. Here's to fair elections. Here's to the possibility that Dennis Kucinich could win."

The Texas concert, which drew a crowd of 4,000 and was expected to raise more than $80,000 for the Kucinich campaign, showcased the success the Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair has had in appealing to some of the country's most inspired and independent-minded musicians. The candidate who has been endorsed by artists ranging from Pete Seeger to Ani DiFranco brought some of his best-known backers together for a sold-out concert in Austin. Along with Raitt, a pair of younger artists with Texas roots and national reputations, Michelle Shocked and Tish Hinojosa turned in musically and politically charged performances. Tim Reynolds, guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band, played. So too did Pat Simmons and Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers, who performed some of that group's greatest hits before being joined by Raitt for a raucous rendition of "Taking It To The Streets." The highlight of the Saturday night show came when Kucinich's most high-profile musician backer, Willie Nelson, took the stage.
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[LWolf]

1. Definitely the best music!

He also has attracted support from some other impressive sources:

http://kucinich.us/endorsements/

Among them:

Howard Zinn, Studs Terkel, Alice Walker, Steve Bhaerman, Barbara Ehrenreich, Mike Malloy, Winona LaDuke, Patch Adams, Ben Cohan, Granny D., Danny Glover...the list goes on.

[G_j]

2. no doubt about it,

DK has the most 'top shelf' supporters.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

3. Barbara Ehrenreich rules

for those who haven't read Nickel and Dimed: ON Getting By in America, it's a must.

[REP]

7. Ehrenreich Voted for Nader in Florida in 2000

"...{P}olitical analyst (and NAM veteran) Ruy Teixeira {said} "She's fundamentally a class-oriented populist, who doesn't really focus on what's feasible or effective in politics. That's why she supported Nader."" (emphasis added)

"These days, Ehrenreich, who cast her vote for Nader in Florida, offers what amounts to a half apology. "Bush did campaign as somebody quite different from what he is now," she says, a bit defensively. If she knew then what she knows now, she admits, "Then I'd have voted for Gore.""

both quotes: Columbia Journalism Review, Nov/Dec 2003 issue
http://www.cjr.org/issues/2003/6/ehren-sherman.asp

While I admire much of her writing, I don't think I'll be looking to her for political insight.

[Mairead]

4. Yep, he doesn't get the self-serving future-quid-pro-quo endorsements

he gets the ones that have no other motivation that that he deserves them because he's standing up for the right principles.

It's a huge difference -- politicians vs people. As usual!

[G_j]

5. speaking of people

I keep meeting people who think DK is the best choice. Is it just that I live in a liberal area or am I missing something?

[info being]

10. I get the same thing

I guess its up to those living in the first few primary states. If the Democratic Party started with Primaries on the West Coast, the election would look very different.

[Clark Campaigner]

6. But Clark has the biggest musician of them all, Madonna

I'd take her over the tax evading trailorpark hippie Willie Nelson any day.

[LWolf]

8. LOL

To each her/his own candidate, to each his/her own music.

Not a Madonna fan. Never have been. But still appreciate her involvement in the efforts to oust *.

[ThirdWheelLegend]

9. Nelson: Musician ....Madonna:Entertainer

Madonna is a music industry creation...she is as Britney Spears, an entertainer.

Willie Nelson is an amazingly talented singer/songwriter.

Don't get me wrong I don't 'hate' Madonna, I just don't put weight on her viewpoints, just like I don't put any weight into what Britney or Justin Timberlake have to say.

Just my two cents :)

TWL

[Desertrose]

11. Man.... Willie's lived it all

I admire(d) Madonna but I agree...there really isn't a way to compare the two.

Willie just goes on being Willie...
and Madonna keeps reinventing herself..as though she is searching....nothing wrong with either one....

I just admire Wille for all the causes he hass worked on over a LOOONG career...and to write the song he did...took guts in todays world...

maybe I see that Wille wants to change the whole world and Madonna just wants to change her world...
:shrug:

dunno...but I do know

Dennis & Willie
:yourock:

Peace
DR

[Terwilliger]

12. that's right...fake entertainment over real music

sounds like Clark's faux candidacy in spades

[Zomby Woof]

13. nice classist, unifying liberal acceptance there!

I would hope your narrow, classist, hateful spew isn't typical of Clark supporters. If you ever hope to convince the undecideds to support your candidate, hateful rhetoric like yours will make them think twice.

[corporatewhore]

14. IMO willie nelson and ani difranco trump madonna

[redqueen]

16. "tax evading trailorpark hippie Willie Nelson"

Nice.

:eyes:

[corporatewhore]

15. Jello Biafra supports DK and thinks hes god

see sig line.altough he hasnt officially endorsed him he sang praises of Kucinich when they were both addressing the National Campus Greens Convention and said Kucinich was the right kind of democrat

[Zomby Woof]

17. you can't go wrong with Jello Biafra!

A former DK supporting the present DK! :-)

[ThirdWheelLegend]

18. haha a DK for DK!

Excellent. Besides the whole court battle with the other members of DKs thing. I always have admired Jello B.

TWL