Axl Rose Tells 'Kimmel' He 'Leans Obama' But Won't Vote

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Thanks for nothing, Axl

Axl Rose made a very rare TV appearance last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The Guns N' Roses frontman didn't perform, but he did chat about hitchhiking to Los Angeles when he was 19, working at Tower Video during his early days in Los Angeles, his band's upcoming Las Vegas residency and singing with Neil Young at last week's Bridge School Benefit.

Rose also took a few questions from Twitter and revealed that he "leans Democrat and leans Obama," although he has no plans to vote because California is such an overwhelmingly blue state.

Kimmel repeatedly mocked Rose for his tendency to show up hours late for concerts. "You're right on time," he said after Rose first walked in. "It's unbelievable." He later held up a photo of an Oscar Wilde quote that supposedly hangs in Rose's house: "Punctuality is the thief of time."

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/axl-rose-tells-kimmel-he-leans-obama-but-wont-vote-20121025

[JHB]

1. Fuck him. If he won't vote, his "leaning" is meaningless.

[Hollywood Hills]

2. I wouldn't be surprised......

.....if he's a felon and can't vote.

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. Nice slam but, if he is a felon

served his time and probation, in California he can vote.

[mzmolly]

3. I love it when the uneffected by political consequence, don't care enough to vote.

[City Lights]

4. Nice attitude!

[flamingdem]

6. He's "too famous" to vote!

Women might rush him if he shows up at the polls

[JohnnyRingo]

9. By the daughters of GnR groupies? LOL

I'm not saying he's become irrelevant, but my teenage grandkids have never heard of him. They'd probably give him a listen, but they don't have a cassette player.

[TTUBatfan2008]

16. They've likely heard him and don't know it

Welcome to the Jungle is the most overplayed song at sporting events. Last weekend I flipped channels between two different NFL games and heard the song being played during timeouts for both games within minutes of changing channels.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. it really does not matter

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I am a bad person for voting on election day at the voting booth.



The rest were deleted since I am a really and i mean this REALLY BAD PERSON for voting

Thanks Creek for letting me know that.

[CreekDog]

17. What? I already voted, yes, here in California and on a paper ballot

lots of your "we" vote by mail here in California.

have no idea what you're talking about.

[CreekDog]

19. No that's not true, wow

holy cow.

you don't even know which state you live in. but your are extremely confident in being wrong. wow.

what is wrong with you in discouraging a legitimate voting method based on a lie?

All votes legally cast in California are counted, regardless of whether they were cast at the polling place or submitted through the vote by mail process. It may take a little longer to incorporate all of the vote by mail votes into the final election results, but they are all counted.

[CreekDog]

23. The law is the law --all valid votes are counted --can you recite a law which says otherwise?

stop misleading people.

and your registrar wasn't lying. they were referring to what gets counted and when.

the final vote tallies include all votes.

[CreekDog]

25. Ugh. I complained that you said votes here in CA don't all get counted if they are mail-in

i didn't say there's anything wrong with voting on election day.

[nadinbrzezinski]

26. Whatever dude

[CreekDog]

27. got a quote where I say it's bad to vote on election day?

right, you don't.

[SomethingFishy]

5. His personal psychic told him

that the planets were not aligned right for him to vote.

[JohnnyRingo]

7. At least he's consistent.

Consistent in that he's so predictably unpredictable.

Certainly, according to everyone who knows him, he's difficult in his nature. Personally, I'm not surprised that his unwarranted ego forbids him from voting someone else into office.

Maybe he'll be busy working on "Chinese Democracy" that day. Or washing his hair.

[tarheelsunc]

20. Chinese Democracy was released 4 years ago.

It completely bombed, so it's understandable if you didn't know about it.

[Initech]

8. Guess we can add him to the growing list of "low information voters".

[Risen Demon]

12. Axl Rose needs help

Even after all his success he still can't come to terms with his past and takes it out on others. The man needs help, and the first step is admitting that.

[msongs]

13. washed up has been, suitable only for washing neil young's car lol nt

[doc03]

14. Axl Rose isn't dead yet! n/t

[sadbear]

15. What did you expect?

Really, we ought not give a shit what celebrities do. At least he's not pimping Romney like that human shit stain Nugent.

[LittlestStar]

21. Actually given some of GNR's lyrics I would have thought he was a Con

He does come from the land of rednecks and hillbillies. I'm not complaining about anybody saying they are for Obama.