Merle Haggard - It's Almost 'Criminal' What They Do To President Obama

[kpete]

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Merle Haggard:
"It's really almost criminal what they do with our President. There seems to be no shame or anything. They call him all kinds of names all day long, saying he's doing certain things that he's not. It's just a big old political game that I don't want to be part of. There are people spending their lives putting him down. I'm sure some of it's true and some of it's not. I was very surprised to find the man very humble and he had a nice handshake. His wife was very cordial to the guests and especially me. They made a special effort to make me feel welcome. It was not at all the way the media described him to be."

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http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-merle-haggard-on-his-kennedy-center-honor-meeting-obama-and-oprah-and-more-20101228

[Paladin]

1. But...but...Merle's EVIL! He did "Okie From Muskogee"!!!!!

Gotta be true---there's an entire DU thread devoted to it, this morning.....

[DawgHouse]

4. You have got to be kidding. Good grief.

[hobbit709]

8. Nope. Right here.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027743573

[napkinz]

9. that's sad ... poster doesn't recognize that people evolve, grow, change ...

"I was dumb as a rock when I wrote 'Okie From Muskogee,'" Mr. Haggard told the Americana music magazine No Depression in 2003. "I sing with a different intention now.'"

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/07/arts/music/merle-haggard-country-musics-outlaw-hero-dies-at-79.html

[Stinky The Clown]

2. Thanks. Some in this forum have called him everything short of the embodiment of evil.

[TwilightGardener]

3. Still love his "Pancho and Lefty" duet with Willie Nelson. RIP.

[tabasco]

5. He was a good man.

Can't tell me different. Love his music.

[spanone]

6. K&R...

[napkinz]

7. K&R

[OldHippieChick]

10. Hey, Willy vouches for him, so

he couldn't have been all bad.

[Demonaut]

11. I don't know that people change but I do know opinions do

the biggest threat to our country is faux news...

[GOLGO 13]

12. I have already forgiven him

[napkinz]

13. kick

[dembotoz]

14. thank you for the clarification