Posted on 10/31/2006 11:27:15 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
When John Kerry, child of the 60s, slurred the military with his comment, reported here by NewsBuster Warner Todd Huston, that people who who don't study wind up 'stuck in Iraq,' he was channeling Bob Dylan and the anti-war activist's 1967 song Subterranean Homesick Blues, which includes this line
"Get jailed, jump bail
"Join the army, if you fail."
It's the same song that contains the famous line "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows," from which the domestic terrorist group took its name.
Hey John, Don't Think Twice - it's not alright.
....and he didn't. In fact, by the mid-60s, Bob grew to despise the entire folkie/hippie/protest movement.
I agree that he is not responsible for Weathermen, but he was surely an anti-war activist.
Kerry calls our brave soldiers stupid uneducated failures and now he's realized what a hugh goof up that was so he needs now to blame the white house and especailly blame cancer survivor tony snow. Doesn't kerry respect cancer survivors?
Only in his very early ('61 - '64) days. ....which, incidentally, was before our (military) involvment in the Vietnam War.
"Mark, the song was written in 1964, not 67 and its not antiwar. Don't lump Dylan in with this cretin."
Indeed. It was common for a judge to give a young person the option of service or jail if he got in trouble. That's how I always took the song.
I've gone back and changed the original NewsBusters item to remove the word 'activist.' There's no doubt Dylan was strongly 'anti-war,' and having lived during those times myself I can say that, whatever the specifics of his personal views, he was viewed by millions as an anti-war, counter-culture icon.
I'm sure Kerry heard the song countless times, and I'm guessing he accepted its message.
thank you!
and da resta youse - don't nobody say nuthin' bad about my man, Mr. Dylan...
Kerry has no idea as to the quality and caliber of our men and women in uniform today and the leadership qualities they possess. If Kerry was in uniform today, he would be rejected as inadequate and have to go to college.
He was indeed. ....but as I mentioned it was because of the songs he wrote (and the company he kept) before our combat involvement in Vietnam. By '65 he'd had it with the whole scene broke company with the activist types.
....but unfortunately his former image lingered on. .....to this day, apparently.
The Double K guys....both have been stuck on
stupid for at least 6 years....although you can go
back much further...how about '68 (Kennedy(death) car in
the drink?)..or '70..Kerry lying about the Vietnam war
and our troops...Jake
Thanks for additional clarifications.
It was common for a judge to give a young person the option of service or jail..." Yep. That's how my cousin joined the Navy and became a Chief.
Bob never once said he was anti war. He was asked many times. He never condemned the war.
the publics perception of him was fueled by some early "protest" songs and the MSM of the time. He loathed hippies. Still does.
I actually have Sub. Homesick Blues on my iPod, and Isis from later years is another favorite of mine.
I knew you were alright.
here for dylan/cash/perkins session mp3s
http://aquariumdrunk.blogspot.com/2006/03/lost-album-series-dylancash-sessions.html
Holy Smokes, Mark! From your picture, I thought you were in youre late twenties!
Not sure quite which pic - it could be a couple years old -but I will pass your compliment along to my very youthful looking mother!
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