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Dave Matthews "We are in the very worst position that the U.S. has been in the eyes of the world in its entire history. And we have to actively take control of it and turn it around, or the consequences are unimaginable in the end. It's so important that we have someone who can begin to help us heal the damage that has been done — and I think that's Obama."
Artists Lend Voices to Obama Campaign The Democratic
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BRIAN HIATTPosted Jul 10, 2008 1:48 PM
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/21472095/artists_lend_voices_to_obama_campaign
On February 4th, the day before Super Tuesday, Dave Matthews sent out a brief but passionate email to 1 million of his fans endorsing Barack Obama for president. Born in South Africa under apartheid, Matthews witnessed first-hand how racial politics can devastate an entire nation — and how a single, eloquent leader can transcend decades of brutal divisiveness. We caught up with Matthews the day after Obama gave his landmark speech on the role of race in American politics.
What did you think of the big speech Obama gave yesterday on race?
I was almost moved to tears listening to him take something that could have derailed anyone and turn it into such an opportunity to talk about real issues that face America, things that have been here forever — forever as far as the length our little history. He put it so beautifully. And he wrote the speech himself. Now there's a novel idea. Why does he sound so honest when he speaks? Maybe because he writes what he says, because what he's saying are his own words.
You spent much of 2004 working to get George Bush out of the White House. What did that experience teach you about politics?
Back then, the motivation was getting rid of Bush, of being against everything that he stood for. This time, I'm truly for something. Electing Obama will so radically change how the world views us, in a positive way. The rest of the world was stunned when the Bush administration was re-elected. The emperor has no clothes, but damn if thirty-odd percent of us still believe that he's not naked. It's evidence of what an incredible machine they have created of fear.
Dave Matthews Speaks Out for Barack Obama ERIC BATESPosted
Apr 17, 2008 2:46 PM
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The Dave Matthews Band will make its only New York City appearance of the summer to play "A Change Is Going to Come," a benefit concert for presidential candidate John Kerry, on July 8th at New York's Radio City Music Hall. Mary J. Blige, Jon Bon Jovi, Wyclef Jean, John Mellencamp will be among the other performers.
"Whether one is talking about the economy or the environment, jobs, workers' rights or education, national security or the war on terror, John Kerry is the only choice," says Matthews. "A vote for John Kerry is a vote for a stronger, safer, better America."
Matthews to Rock for Kerry Mary J. Blige also joins
rescheduled "Change" concert ROLLING STONEPosted Jun 23, 2004 12:00 AM
http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/davematthewsband/articles/story/6199317/matthews_to_rock_for_kerry
A question, a reflection, and an endorsement. That's what musician Dave Matthews had to say on his official Web site, about a nation divided that needs a change, when he offered his endorsement for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama for president.
And when Matthews played at Indiana University in Bloomington Sunday, he offered more than his endorsement as he had the chance to take that message to young voters preparing to participate in the state's May 6 primary.
There, fans of Dave Matthews could watch him perform "Ants Marching" during a show designed to inspire voters to support Obama's candidacy for president.
Dave Matthews' IU concert promotes Obama vote SBT24/7
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Story Created: Apr 7, 2008 at 7:42 AM EDT Story Updated: Apr 7, 2008 at
8:39 AM EDT
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Also on the bill were rockers Jon Bon Jovi, the Dave Matthews Band and John Fogerty, singer John Mellencamp, hip hop artist Mary J Blige, comic John Leguizamo, and actresses Meryl Streep and Sarah Jessica Parker.
July 09 2004 at 09:06A
Whoopi raises hackles at Kerry fundraiser
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=22&art_id=qw1089356762832B226
"Surely, it is more likely that an attack on Iraq would only strengthen Al Qaeda by feeding Anti-American sentiment. Putting out the fire with gasoline, so to speak. It is certainly not to liberate the people of Iraq who suffer under Hussein's rule, unless we call killing hundreds of thousands of Iraqis liberation."
"The U.N. weapons inspectors must be allowed to do their job thoroughly and any military action should be internationally agreed upon."
"I fear that our true motivation is about oil and our own flailing economy; about the failure to destroy Al Qaeda and about revenge. It is criminal to put our servicemen and women in harm's way and to put the lives of so many civilians on the line for the misguided frustrations of the Bush administration. Bottom line: this war is wrong and this war is un-American."
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