I don't think anyone thought that Obama was first. Barack Obama, Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Alan Keyes, Carol Moseley Braun, and Lenora Fulani are African Americans who have run for U.S. president. HOWEVER, what is special is that Obama is the first with a serious chance to win.

Pamela, Stamford, USA

It remains to be seen if Obama gets elected and even then it remains to be seen if the change is for good.

nikki, Cary, US

who cares what bob dylan thinks. he is an old hippy . . . and now part of the american elite.

Barbara, London,

Sen. Obama isn't the 1st presidential candidate of African ethnicity, Rep. Shirley Chisholm had that honor in 1972. Should he receive the nomination at the Democratic Convention he'll then be the first Presidential nominee with African background, however with no descent from American slaves.

KL, Seattle, US

Obama is not changin anything. What a load of hot air. Obama flip flops more than John Kerry. Has the democratic party learnt nothing.

Jane, Singapore, Singapore

Obama is too much of a flip-flop. Too naive and inexperience. He should try again in eight years times.

Jane, Singapore, Singapore

I don't care about "change", I care about one thing. OUr troops. Mr. Obama will pull them out. He can't do a thing about anything else. The president doesn't control the economy, the markets do. He wouldn't and can't end abortion. The courts do. Neither he nor mccain will protect the border.

cm. OUrsler, colorado springs, colorado

Therefore, I say vote for Obama, to end this war. If someone could give Me ONE GOOD REASON TO STAY, I would listen. Leaving a mess isnt a good reason. Neither is "freedom and democracy", it's obvious the iraqis dont care. Not one more life or limb for some God forsaken hell pit, bring them home!

cm. OUrsler, colorado springs, colorado

In addition to what sgc, alabama, has said, there's even audio versions of his books (read by Barack Obama himself) which you can get from iTunes. These show very clearly who he is and what he stands for. The books are "The Audacity of Hope" and "Dreams from My Father". 1st hand Knowledge is best.

Jimmy C, Letchworth Garden City, UK

It doesn't look like Mr. Dylan! We still have a long way to go before seeing real change. Women represent about 50% of the US population, and we still do not have one as candidate for President.

Anne, LA, USA

Hasn't ANYONE out there read Obama's two books that illuminate who he is and what he wants??? His speaking is clear, his writing is brilliant; I am not just repeating things I have heard on the internet. Do your research. Dylan probably did.

sgc, alabama, USA

I've been a Dylan fan since the beginning, but wonder what he's thinking now. Exactly what is Obama going to change? I don't think anyone really knows. Just watch him at a news conference.

Stan, Jersey, USA

That was NOT an endorsement.

Henry Christner, Washington, NC, USA

Dylan's songs rallied the movement to end the Vietnam war. Obama graduated Harvard; went to the Chicago's Southside instead of a six figure corporate job. These two live their beliefs and no one on this message board, myself included, will ever accomplish what they have so far.

Donna, Dallas,

I was really disappointed to see that once he had the nomination sown up Obama went straight to AIPAC and told them everything they wanted to hear.

Nigel Nicholson, Havre de Grace, USA

Bob Dylan is clueless. Obama's thoughtless comments on Jerusalem show he has neither deeply held principles nor good judgement. He's a populist politician with a knack for telling people what they want to hear, but with no clear policy ideas. McCain stands head and shoulders above him.

David Pritchard, Madrid, Spain

Please pass the Kool-Aid. Let's all lose the ability to think analytically, and just worship Obama.

It's just what the world needs anyway... one more religion.

I cannot believe that this political scam is happening in a reasonably educated society. It's amazing to watch.

Mark, Denver,

You've gotta love the American fear of socialism!

aaron, manchester, Uk

To those who ask, "I haven't understood WHAT Obama intends to change. Maybe...have two first dogs instead of one?"

For starters, as of yesterday, the Dem Party will accept no lobbyist/PAC money -- an unprecended move, courtesy of Obama. For more answers, how about visiting his website?

Laura from SC, Springfield, USA

Obama requires something of a leap of faith. What the hell, let's go for it.

Michael, Glenrothes,

Notice how every right-wing comment in thread is a variation of the same theme - something about how supposedly Dylan is telling them who to vote for; they're all very offended.
Well: DYLAN DIDN'T TELL YOU TO VOTE FOR!!! He was asked a question and he gave an answer. The rightists are so sensitive

Tim, Livinston, USA

If you know anything about Dylan and his role in the sixties you know this is a big deal. He's not just another entertainer with an opinion about politics.

Alana, Blacksburg,

who cares what entertainers say about politics. i love obama but seriously i couldnt care less about dylans opinion. and who can really even stand this guys voice lol

matthew, allentown, usa

Obama didn't change the south side of chicago, what makes people think he will change America.. ??????

Brenda, Tampa, united states

Barack is a breathe of fresh air after almost eight years of the Bush regime. McShame on anyone who is praying for more McWar.

Ron , Chicago,

"As far as B. Hussein Obama goes, "times are a changin into the good Rev's Wrights view of Amerika"..."
Great to see good ol' fashioned fearmongering and racism is still alive and well in the blogs of the world's newspapers. Way to go, buddy.

Brad, Chicago,

I used to think Dylan was a thinker....now I think he is senile. Obama has zero substance??!!

Will, Hartford , United States

Two big time liberal losers who are great speakers,
Does not mean they know anything at all.

mike morgan, Belvidere Illinois, USA

I have to echo Robert W. Dalton from GA. If you go for style over substance, don't come crying to me. Use your head. Only America's fate hangs in the balance.

Rockford, Beverly Hills,

"I'm not a scientist, but I play one on the small screen..." "...could someone please tell them- that we don't give a damn...Who cares what they say?"

They're great lines by an underrated band, PARAFFIN in a song called "Them." I think it's about celebrity politics and their idiocracy.

Mike, Philly, US of A

The responses doesn't surprise me. It's mostly paid Republcan operatives who fill the response sheets in swathes of internet sites like this. The meaness, the spite, the loathing. It's all Bush/Rove tactics. Look at the economy and what Republican have done.

Sharon Wilkes, Wilmington, DE, USA

Bob Dylan copied alot from other people Singing and accoustic guitar playing,was taken from Woody
Guthrie.He released,Song to Woody, Masters of War,Talkin New York Blues, my fav, Talkin John Birch Society Blues.Sounds just like Woody .His name is Robert A Zimmerman not Dylan,taken from Dylan Thomas

Louis, Washington DC,

Barack Hussein Obama is a big question mark... still. How can someone who's a mystery define America. I love Dylan's work. I can say the same for a man who is all over the place in search of himself.

Haggerty, Hong Kong,

"Obama has just promised another 30 billion for Israel.

Meet the new boss same as the old boss. It is all hype, unfortunately."

German, seal your mouth and seal yourself in deep hole!

Sandrine Mace, toulouse, France

I wouldn't say clarity purpose and will to act so much as least (or perhaps "most electable") of several available evils

oota, burton, illinois

I am an American who will be voting for Barack Obama in November. Obama represents change in light of the past 8 years of Bush and Cheney's ruinous policies.

will kimbrough, nashville, tennessee, usa

US. It's not dark yet but it's getting there! An opportunity for change come November perhaps?

Jim Syddall, Clitheroe, England

Wow! Robert W. Dalton: You are so cynical. Obama is going to take GA.

jy, Cary, NC, USA

It amazes me that a lot of Obama followers appearently has a firm, religion-like understanding of where he is leading them.
Where they see clarity , purpose and will to act, some of us see only fog and hot air.

K. Erik, Bergen, Norway

Obama has just promised another 30 billion for Israel.

Meet the new boss same as the old boss. It is all hype, unfortunately.

Alan Heaton, Frankfurt, Germany

I have never been able to listen to Dylan's whining music and his politics leave me similarly cold.

Mikko Takala, Drumnadrochit, Scotland

There should be a line on the ballot paper "Tick this box if you are voting/not voting for Obama because he is black". All ticked papers should be disqualified. Let the man be judged on his policies, not the colour of his skin.

Kevin, Leicester,

Dylan's been rich too long. Let's see if there are enough PC Yuppies who all love Obama but would never live in a black neighborhood to get him in. It's pathetic to see what's happened to all those so called rebels. Nothing like big bucks to turn your brain to pulp.

Jessie Dewitt, Brooklyn, US

It is great that those who think Obama is a 'black' muslim who has no understanding of economics are in such a state.

1. He had a 'white' mother - so how can he be 'black'?

2. He DOES to a christian church so how come he is now a muslim?

3. Is McCain an expert on economics?

OBAMA 4 PRESIDENT!

Heidi Hog, birmingham, UK

"You can't expect people to have the virtue of purity when they are poor." Oh, dear God. Such a Dylan-like comment and yet, oddly, apropos of nothing (and incomprehensible, to boot).

The day Barack Obama leads the poor out of poverty into the virtue of purity, I'll grow wings and fly.

Laura G., Denver,

Fats Waller said it best, years ago, "SHUT UP AND PLAY."

BUTCH, Bloom, USA

Obama has indeed expanded the base of the party by bringing in millions of young people who had given up on the system and did not bother to vote at all. He will win in November and we will have major change in the way we deal with each other and our government. Gotta start somewhere.

connie, Boulder, USA

I love the fact the people are ignorant enough to think Obama is "racist" and anti-America. HA! He's American, and believe me, if you encountered the racism his race have, you would know, as the Christian he is, not to encite that hatered onto anyone else.
Anyone is better than Bush at this stage.

Nicola, Carlisle,

If Bob Dylan says vote for Obama, then I'll vote for Obama. Dylan and the Beatles ARE GOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JEFF GORDON, NYC, USA

"Dylan's endorsement contains much symbolic significance."

Yeah, if you're 67 years old, maybe. Could these reporters be any more clueless?

Jack Archer, Olympia, USA

Of course Dylan would support Obama. The two are cut from the same cloth, spewing abstract, banal rhetoric masquerading as insight and deluding half-witted sheep into following faux prophets whose words are bereft of any significant substance. A relic of the past endorsing a sham of the present.

Robert W, Dalton, GA, USA

In Australia on our political forum ppl do not mind having USA a democratic country as a watch dog (better USA then China or Russia any day!). Obama is brilliant, with good educational background and from humble beginnings. the baby boomers have changed the world - they had vision!

Nitka, Adelaide, Australia

Secondly and moe importantly, from the earliest days of the campaign, this Obama has been highly deceptive, giving me great pause as to his true motives. Example, the reason he quit the church, by his own words-was so he could continue to run for President, nothing to do with honor or disclosure.

vincenzo, DC, US

And ever since these words the great liberalization has dismantled the family unit: "Come mothers and fathers throughout the land, and don't criticise what you can't understand. Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command. Your old road is rapidly agin'.

vincenzo, DC, US

i don't see where dylan acttualy endorses obama in this interview...he simply says he changing things...how is that an endorsement???

Pat , Venice, CA, USA

I would think that if conservatives understood anything about race and Obama it's the unleashing of all that human potential that would result once all black Americans come to feel that they actually have a stake in America.

Mark Sutherland, Seattle, Seattle

NOTE TO EDITORS/PROOFREADERS:

Um, Obama is not "the first-ever black presidential candidate." There have been several others. I guess it's understandable if your writers are ignorant of the candidacies of Alan Keyes and Carol Moesley-Braun . . . but have you really never heard of Jesse Jackson?

Matt, Austin, TX, USA

name One white guy that says the the same things as Obama. I honest can't think of one. But if there was one, I bet we'd hear him.

Percy Boyd, Staunton, VA,

To say that Obama doesn't have real world experience shows how much you are paying attention. Not paying attention got us into this mess in the first place.

brian, louisville, ky

4 numbers: 1997. Remember back then? When everyone wet themselves with joy at the young and charismatic Tony Blair? Remember the outpourings of joy? 11 years later, derision, rock bottom approval ratings, Blair and his successor despised and so on. Obama is just Blair for the Americans.

David, Newark, USA

It;s interesting to note the tone of his entire campaign, nothing specific or offered as what he might or is committed to do. The entire television experience with this guy reminds me of a 190ish movie you see on television at 3:00am "Change We Can Believe In".

vincenzo, DC, US

Bob Dylan knew what he was talking about in the 60's and he's right again! Obama is the only candidate who is going to bring about real change, only just today he's said that he will open up all of his campaign finance information and will not accept money from lobbyists. Don't be afraid of change!

Sarah, Astoria, USA

I can't believe some of the commenters are still spewing that "Obama's all talk and no action" line. The guy's been the democratic nominee for TWO DAYS and already he's gotten the Democratic National Committee to stop accepting lobbyist money.

Imagine what this guy will accomplish as president.

Chris Loos, Washington DC, USA

to Henry, "New" York

You say - GDP of the UK was US$2.8 trillion,United States = US$13.8 trillion
I say - UK - population 60m, US pop. 300m.

Go figure, as you say in the USA

Paul, London,

It's amazing to me that people who like Bob Dylan's music in this comments section, who claim to have actually listened to it, rather than just in a superficial way can be republicans or be surprised that Bob Dylan would be impressed with the guy. Go to Obama's website and educate yourself.

Peter, New York, USA

What is the "Change" everyone is talking about? Thought we voted for "change" in 2006. Look what we got with a democratic congress; the lowest ever rating for a sitting congress, highest gas prices ever, increasing unemployment, housing debacle, higher prices: if that's "Change" Ieave me out!

Diane, Lovell, United States

Bob had Obama nailed much better long ago:

They're spoonfeeding casanova
To get him to feel more assured
Then theyll kill him with self-confidence
After poisoning him with words

Of course, this would-be King Canute who will turn back the sea may already be dead from self-confidence.

Jon Burack, Stoughton, WI, USA

This is the most painful news I've heard. Someone as brilliant, perceptive and insightful as Bob Dylan can say this.
I guess. He's right: "don't follow leaders, watch your parking meters."
This makes me so sad.

Jared Feldschreiber, Los Angeles, USA

It says a lot for the power of an English newspaper that so many Americans respond to this article. Incredibly, most reactions are knee jerk. I know a different America.
Look at your current president, he has single handedly ruined your credibility in the world. Be glad for a choice, really !

Dave Evans, zuerich, Switzerland land

Dylan is a very wise and intelligent man. Dylan was mostly before my time but I have read some of his detailed interviews and he is amazingly aware of the world in which we live. He needs to be listened to and respected. We need to listen and think before we discount one's words as some are.

Meister, Scottsdale, usa

Bob Dylan is my favorite American singer and songwriter. I will continue to love his music but am surprised that someone as smart as he is can also be duped by B. Hussein Obama.

Rick Martinez, Miami, USA

George Bush had lots of experience before he got elected.

Joshua, Barbados, U. S. A. !

The very first thing Obama did as the presumptive nominee was throw out lobbyists as a source of money -- and thus influence. Pay attention: THAT is redefining politics from the ground up. (But only if he actually does it. I want to him try, I want that done!)

Stephen, Petaluma, USA

Bob Dylan-Knockin' On Heaven's Door
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2feoIM9baI
Obama '08

Yeil Raven , Juneau Alaska, USA

Republicans have ruined the US. The middle class which was the backbone of the entire country is gone; US jobs gone; homelessness is an epidemic and health care gets worse every year while the rest of the Western world has universal health care. Families hold several jobs to subsist. Vote Obama.

Lou, Rochester, NY, US

First of all, Barack Obama is NOT the first black presidential candidate! Shirley Chisholm ran as a Democrat in 1972 and she was the first major-party black candidate.

Second, Bob Dylan is 68!?!?!?!?!?!

Marian Cole, Brooklyn, NY,

I love people who say Obama says nothing about how he is going to change things. Maybe if you spent less time playing clueless ("I don't get it, who is he?") and more time listening you could stop using ignorance as an excuse.

Brett W. , Orlando, United States

It is not surprising that rock stars support Obama. They just love socialism and populism!

Pawel, Dynow, Poland

Stick to music & song writing. State of upheaval? What is he talking about. We face challenges, yes, but most people who look for opportunity and find none in their own country would pick this country, "in such a state of upheaval", as the place to go. Things are so horrible here, so terrible.

Dan, Justin, USA

thank you bobby for doing your part in promoting a disaster for america...now we know what you meant when you said "it's a hard rain a-gonna fall", and, "it's not dark yet, but it's gettin' there." still love ya...always will. your the best.

tom harrison, austin,

dylan has stolen some nice melodies in his career and can come up with a catchy phrase--however he seems to fallen for the "change" bumpersticker just like the rest of the sheep. obama is just another politician and probably the one who will be the head guy when the whole thing comes tumbling down

rey, portland,

...and Bob Dylan's opinion matters because...

DEH, O'Fallon Illinois, USA

As always...people show more about themselves than what is revealed about Bob Dylan. If you read what he said real closely you will see that he didn't endorse anybody. Dylan speaks through his prism and we reveal our own.

Tim , Cumberland, USA

Masters of War

How much do I know, to talk out of turn, you might say that I'm young, you might say I'm unlearned. But there's one thing I know, though I'm younger than you, even Jesus would never forgive what you do.

Kristian, Saint Paul, MN, USA

I am a Dylan fan but the irony is not lost on me. He wrote, "How many years can some people exist
before they're allowed to be free?" Liberals love to contemplate questions they are not willing to answer. The much hated W answered for many millions: not one more day. Always vote Republican.

Matt, Fort Collins, CO, USA

Obama says nothing---but says it well. If you can get past his fabulous oratory skills, you realize that the man is clueless when it comes to even basic economics and foreign policy. Dylan is a product of where he came from, a reflection of those times...I love the guy, but reality is reality.

David, New York, USA

"You can't expect people to have the virtue of purity when they are poor"
It appears that Bob doesn't know nearly as much about the Bible as he thinks he does.
He surely knows nothing about poverty. I wonder if he has ever read My Grandfathers Son by Clarence Thomas.

Bill Sheets, Little Rock,

Bob didn't have to look at a weather vane to know which way the wind was blowing. He got on the Obama bandwagon!! Alas, being a musician doesn't mean you're an expert on politics.

Shawn, Pittsburgh,

Bob Dylan is right to back Senator Obama. He’s the best candidate out there, and would make the best president. “Come gather 'round people, Wherever you roam, And admit that the waters around you have grown. And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone."

John Umana, Washington, DC, USA

In Obama we have the possibility of transforming the nature of government and politics in the United States. Tough job, but that real possibility is good enough for me, especially when the alternative is more of the same 'ol. Bob's right. Let the winds of change blow.

Steve Weiss, Santa Rosa, CA, USA

A. Skywatcher, your nightmare must be hell. Try being in Zimbabwe. or Sudan, or any one of a number of places untouched by US involvement. The US is a bad world policeman, but better than none at all. And I don't notice Bush arresting Obama for trying to hold political meetings. Stop whingeing!

David Ashton, Bathurst, Australia

My mouth drops in astonishment at those who have dismissed Dylan's comments on this thread. What an assortment of cynics and jackals.

Anyone still raising the Republican banner after eight years of Bush/Cheney is certifiably insane. There is no middle ground.

And the hour is getting late.

Jack, Los Angeles,

How can a guy who wrote all the great songs/lyrics dealing with the realities of our times be so brain dead about a guy who's realties change with the politcal winds.

John, San Carlos, USA

To Eric? another politician seeling an empty bill of goods? Give the guy a chance before you judge him, he hasn't even secured the Democratic nomination 'officially' let alone even spent one night in the White House as president.

Simon, London , UK

wait a minute....wasn't Jesse Jackson on the Presidential ballot not too long ago?...oh is he not Black?.....I guess if you get 1% of the vote you aren't considered to be a "candidate for President"
As far as B. Hussein Obama goes, "times are a changin into the good Rev's Wrights view of Amerika"...

joel paige, SFO, uSA

John, have you been to America lately? I'm assuming you haven't because things aren't nearly as bad as you try to make them seem. By the way, isn't your economy facing the same ills as this one? Gladly, I don't live in the most expensive city in the world during these times.

Steven, Saddle River, USA

I'm a used to be 60's hippie. I love Dylan and always will. I'm still on the fence about Obama. Could he be the Anti-christ?
He sounds lie a preacher! He talks change...but never says what he will do to change things. He has no experience and a junior senator. A woman would have been better!

Susan, Navarre, US

Bob Dylan,

You are still my hero.

Joy, Seattle,

I don't care if Obama is green, he has no experience and he says stupid things without considering the reaction it will have, such as the Israeli / Palestinian situation. He has also been proven to be associated with racists and America haters. This guy scares me.

Darrell, Dallas, USA

The racists are in their final death throes. Racists can not stand the fact a black man won and they will do their damndest to throw dirt on Obama.

Charles, CapeCod, US of A

I am a huge Dylan fan, love his music and his art. His politics, however, don't qualify as art or good advice. To borrow a phrase "don't follow leaders....."

Obama has accomplished little not related to style and his choice of friends and mentors is less than commendable.

Jim Belvin, Durham, USA

see what happens when a story gets linked from the Drudge Report? You get a lot of comments from right-wing wackos who never understood Dylan's music anyway.

Dylan's right. Go Obama.

sp, austin, U.S.

Dylan's comments are not a specific endorsement but it wouldn't surprise me if he did support Obama. Dylan has always glommed onto black culture in a way that is frankly patronizing, so here for him race probably is the issue. Politics have never been his specialty. His opinion here is really iffy.

Maire, Los Angeles, USA

Mr. Bob Dylan, the diagnosis is good but the medication is not. It can be dangerous. VERY dangerous.

Nicolas Petrie, Paris, France

What's Obama's experience? What has he ever changed other than his racist Church after it became a political liability? And for you non-Americans, you're being mislead by the media's Obamamania. He won't win, and not because he's black but because he's a leftist with no experience.

Sean Smith, Austin, USA

Obama comes out of the Illinois political machine. Yet people think he wll be different.

Dave, Eastlake,

At the very least, friends, Obama has not lied to your cherub faces. You pseudo democrats have nothing to worry about anyways unless you're threatened by a leader that recognizes that even homeless Americans are as important as you. Lotsa people wanna live happy. We were all little children once.

Joshua, Barbados, U. S. A. !

I'm a lifelong Dylan fan who for the past 20 years has tended toward conservatism. Yet since his speech at the last Democrat convention I have been fascinated by Obama's charisma and passion. He draws you in. But, most of what he says so wonderfully fails to register on any intellectual level. Sad.

Mark, North Carolina, USA

Obama is popular because he makes Americans feel good about themselves, unlike the sociopaths and paranoids now squandering our military and our economy. Bush never won without fraud, and the past 8 years have been a nightmare with nothing good to wake up to.

Mike, Pittsburgh,

For all those who doubt Obama competency. Contemplate the fact that he orchestrated a powerful, efficient and flawlessly disciplined campaign that kept to its vision and purpose that was set from the very beginning. Then, contemplate that he overthrew the powerful Clinton machine in the process.

Bryant, Indianapolis, United States

If Obama told me it is raining outside, I would have to look out the window

Louis, Washington DC,

I believe Dylan to be the greatest writer/musician (I even like his vocals) of our generation, but I don't care who he endorses. I will vote for Obama. Much needs to change in America, and it won't if we put another Bush clone in the White House. Hey, "Jack," JM will get you killed quicker than BO.

Burford Montgomery, kansas city, usa

How is Obama redefining anything? Seems as up for sale as any politician. Some people who like him don't want him to win. They figure if they killed a Catholic they'll take Obama out as well.
The choices are truly abysmal. If he could get Volcker to somehow replace Bernanke I would be more hopeful.

Steve, Newark, NJ,

Panic attacks? I dont know anyone who has panic attacks thinking about the poor..I love how the press takes on to Dylans comments about the poor and their "virtue of purity" as he waits for his art show to open in a luxury hotel somewhere Im sure, being driven by a gaz-guzzling limo. Hypocrites...

Olliander, Short HIlls, USA

No wonder Mr. Dylan dosen't grant many interviews. On one side, you have the media claiming that Dylan's quote is an endorsement (which it is not) and on the other side you have narrow-minded blowhards who are attacking Bob in these messages because he does not see the world the way they do.

Jyrone Denny, Jr., Roanoke, Virginia, USA

To: John, London - The 2007 GDP of the UK was US$2.8 trillion, Germany = US$3.2 trillion, Japan = US$4.4 trillion, United States = US$13.8 trillion. Thank you for your concern, but you needn't worry about us.

Henry, "New" York, USA

People have been misinterpreting Bob's records and his comments for years.
Why should you all stop now?

Cosmo Topper, Venice , US

Oh, wow! A Celebrity decides he's going to back a candidate! Allow me to remove all process of intelligent thought and vote Democratic solely because I love the song "Blowin' in the Wind." That's all fine and wonderful for Bob Dylan, but it will have no effect on the way I see each candidate.

Justin, Stockholm, USA

To Luis in London -

Since when did one president change the world? Try George W. Bush for starters. I'm not saying he changed the world for the better, but he did, in fact, change it.

Tom, Orlando, USA

"You can't expect people to have the virtue of purity when they are poor." A sad view of human nature. I'd say there always have been and will be very pure poor people. Money ain't everything Bob.

Bill Scott, Arlington, USA

It's really pitiful to see all the hate mongering going on here. Forces of change are always criticized. They are assasinated (2 Kennedys, Malcolm X and MLK, jr. come to mind) and called commies (socialists these days) but it cannot be refuted that the winds of change will prevail

Manny , Newark, USA

I agree with Jon of Oslo, Norway; Obama hasn't said WHAT he will change. All I hear is "change this, and change that." Therefore, I change the channel...

Bernard Shakey, Fergus County, USA

At the start of the race nobody gave Obama a chance most people assumed (wrongly) that H Clinton was going to win it. The fact that Obama got the Democratic Party nomination shows just how hungry Americans are for change. Nothing anybody says here can change that.

Patrick , London, UK

I didn't read an Obama endorsement, I read that some things are going to change. But, I disagree with his statement " You can't expect the virtue of purity from the poor." I couldn't disagree more. The virtue of purity comes from within. It is not something that changes with ecomonic status.

Mike Dorr, Atlanta, GA, USA

Dylan started drifting rightward politically in the late 70's. This is great news.

Steve, Atlanta, GA,

Man, I think the world of Dylan. A fine poet. I've read everything he's ever written. Listen to his show weekly on XM. He is great.

Obama has not one significant accomplishment to his credit. You cannot elect a man like that as president. It makes no sense.

Michael Still, Little Rock, AR, USA

Anyone who thinks America is alive and well, is seriously deluded. America is lost right now. Maybe in your whitebread town in middle America things are ok, but try opening your eyes and looking at the big picture. Things have to change, and they will. Get out of the way if you can't lend a hand.

Bruce L., New York, USA

He hasn't accomplished anything? He's changed the tone of politics, become the first African-American nominnee of a major party, beaten the Clinton machine, and sharply reduced lobbyist influence in his campaign and the party. And he's just warming up. Bob, you're still a genius!

Marc, US

Marc, Sleepy Hollow, US

"There has been little statistical change in poverty rates between 1999 and 2008" -- actually poverty rates have gone up each and every year Bush was in office, after going down each and every year Clinton was in office. At least our CEOs aren't going hungry under Bush.

Eric, San Francisco, USA

I grew up in the 60's, and memorized every line from every Dylan song. I didn't realize until this moment that one can be an excellent poet, and still say perfectly idiotic things.
"You can't expect people to have the virtue of purity when they are poor." I suppose virtue is only for the wealthy.

Hollis Brown, Hibbing, MN, USA

Mr Dylan has his folk phase, his hippie phase, his Thamudic and born-again Christian phases. Now he's having his Obama phase. No change.

Cat, New York,

Every great artist needs to make regrettable endorsements.
Beethoven endorsed Napoleon, even wrote a symphony about it. Within a few years he regreted it. Helps to keep a man humble as he prepares to meet Yeshua.

Patrick, Decatur, AL, USA

A campaign based on hope and change is empty and time-worn as it gets. Obama has only refined it to an art--and conned millions of clueless Americans. Prediction: GWB will be looking a lot better in four years if there is an Obama Administration.

Chuck Tapio, Eugene, USA

Fourty five years of being a pop star dosn't a wise man make, stick to your "art work" Bob.

Curtis Bedwell, Media, U.S.

Listen to Bob. He's a genius.

OBAMA O8

Michael, NJ, USA

You're a man of the mountains, you can walk on the clouds,
Manipulator of crowds, you're a dream twister.
You're going to Sodom and Gomorrah
But what do you care? Ain't nobody there would want to marry your sister.
Friend to the martyr, a friend to the woman of shame,

JP, NC,

Jesus will never run for President of the United States, no point in waiting on that announcement. Bod Dylan is just as knowledgeable as any other talking head on Fox, CNN, or MSNBC what adverse agenda could he have as opposed to Bush the Oil-Man, or McCain the lobby-magnet.

doolie, Nantucket, KY

Perhaps Dylan could write a new song, "Change for the Sake of Change". I have zero regard for celebrity endorsements. The only group in society that is more out of touch with reality than celebrities is the group that runs Washington. Where is the intellectual argument in support of Obama?

PRStein, Saint Paul, US

Wow, a flower child who can't sing and who changed his name endorses a Marxist.

I'm impressed.

Davy Buck, Charlottesville, USA

what america suffers from is a media that pushes agenda ridden opinions constantly. Watching the "news" networks is comparable to watching WW2 era propaganda films. I can't believe the amount of right leaning slant in most of these comments. turn off your tv and make up your own ideas.

Jillian, Beloit, WI, USA

"The drunken politician leaps upon the street where mothers weep, and the saviors who are fast asleep, they wait for you.
And I wait for them to interrupt me drinkin' from my broken cup and ask me to open up the gate for you."
Sorry, but give me back my broken cup, it's better than no cup at all.

davwick, Monroe, Mi, USA

again mister dylan are right; the man is a great person and a legand live,survivor the age of darknes and got the chance to see like his song say ¨the times are change ¨

Hilson M.Breckenfeld Filho, recife, brasil/pernambuco

There has been little statistical change in poverty rates between 1999 and 2008. Considering the massive number of illegal, UNSKILLED immigrants, things look pretty good statistically.

Jan, Austin, USA

If this man , Obama, truly vibrates with the power of a born leader all the way down to the guts and bone,has the skills and experience to lead this tribe called America like a seasoned combat commander when we are under attack,I wish him the best in the campaign.

Emma Howard, Kailua, USA

I have been a fan since 1965. In the program American Masters he said he just wrote songs about his time. He was not political at all. I have never heard him endorse anyone or anything political. I think for him to support Obama is a really really big deal. Dylan is a true poet.

Bart Kreutzer, Leavenworth, USA

People all across the political spectrum seek to find within Bob Dylan's work and comments evidence that will support their side, and because he says a great many (often contradictory) things, people inevitably do find it. In truth, Dylan doesn't follow politics closely, or care much for it.

David Burke, New York, USA

Look at the electoral map logically and there is no way Obama wins. He will not win a Southern state, even though that is where most of his support will come from, and he will not win white working class states. That leaves him with the Northeast.

Micheal, Atlanta, USA

The reason America is in trouble is not Bush or McCain's fault. It is people like Bob Dylan and Hollywood Liberials who rush to judge others but do not want to be judged themselves. People like Dylan are a small segment of the population. Morals and values are alive and well in middle America!!!

Scott, Louisville, USA

The party that's been in charge over the last fiasco-filled eight years will do their best to scare us all over again this time around. We bought it '04. But I don't think anyone's buying this time around--sorry, Jack. Right on, Mr. Dylan. Go Obama.

Nick, Annandale, USA

I liked the comment from Jack Ryan about America's 'loss of prestige!!' That made me smile...bit late to worry about that one mate...

Paul Brooks , Manchester, England

So what! Dylan wants to take it back to what? The oppressive times when he was popular? Are you kidding me? This childish, me first attitude is what has put us Americans in trouble. Where does this originate? Dylan's me generation.
We don't have it that bad. BOO HOO DYLAN

Shelly, Long Beach, Proud USA

I'm really sick of people call Obama naive and inexperienced. For all the experience the Bush Administration had that made a COMPLETE and UTTER mess of things. We tried experience, not let's try someone with LEADERSHIP SKILLS and COMMON SENSE. Stop masking your RACISM with inept excuses.

Vanessa, Boston, United States

Is Obama - Tony Blair in '97 and Bob Dylan - Noel Gallagher?
There seems to be the same whiff of popular revolutionary change around. I only hope that Obama lives up to the expectations people have of him.

christian gale, Kingston, uk

I'd like to have some inkling of what he plans to change it to before I make up mind mind where to put my vote.

Chris Nelson, Pottsboro, USA

Oh brother! To suggest that there is something wrong with Obama because he got some money from a guy who LATER ON was convicted of a felony for something that had NOTHING to do with Obama, wow, that is reaching!

Andy, Bismarck, United States

...bob , like most celebs , has enough money , that it doesn't really matter who's in the White House , his lifestyle wouldn't change .
...gifted poet /songwriter , but unattached to the common man at this point in his life .

tduck, louisville,

Dylan is probably the greatest songwriter to have. I am a huge fan and, as a musician, am incredibly greatful to the man. But, I don't think he understands Obama. I originaly liked him more than the other Democrats but he's shown that he's just another politician selling an empty bill of goods

Eric, New York, NY, USA

Bob's endless experience in government, politics and world affairs is enough reason for me to support Obama with his vast experience in government, politics and world affairs. It's like the blind leading the blind. Or is it the wolf leading the sheep?

John Russell, Houston, USA

Obama's redefining what a politician is?--Obama took $250,000 from a guy who got convicted of a felony--and they guy got lots of government money with Obama's help. Same old politician.

Mike, Jiblip,

Oh, well... that's all I need to make my decision on who to vote for in this election. If Bob Dylan thinks Obama's the right choice, then he must be the right choice, what with all Dylan knows about what the nation needs. (sarcasm off)

DrPWesley, Atlanta, USA

Obama is better than Bush or McCain. Period. How hard is that to understand??

Matt, Dallas, TX USA

I'm delighted that someone could understand what Bob Dylan says.

Rodney Barker, Gainsborough, England UK

What's happening to America is indicative of what is going on in the Industrialized West in general. It's a gradual fade-out as other nations, particularly China, India, and Brazil ascend. The 21st century will be the century in which formerly Third World nations become de facto world leadrers.

Matt Rhead, St. Charles, USA

The closer society comes to real progressive change, the fright of those that cannot see the forest for the trees grows in turn.

Jessica, Alexandria, VA, US

Black Liberation Theology is a combination of Marxism and Christianity. Wright is a Marxist. The Jesus he preaches of is not the Christ. They have invented their own Jesus. This is not a Christian Faith. I am not a Roman Catholic, but a Bible thumping Pentecostal.Read Ratzinger's book. He's right.

mike, Deltona, USA

You think Bob Dylan has a clue how the average american lives? Come here to my side of the pond. Bruce Springsteen, the spokesman for the "everyman" has two mansions within 5 miles of each other here in New Jersey and recently purchased a $1,000,000 horse for his daughter. My kids get dinner.

Adam , Kendall Park, USA

How could anyone be 'frightened' of what Obama could do, given that the Republicans have spent the last 8 years hollowing the country out and waging permanent war?

Owen, London, UK

Well gee, if Bob Dylan endorses Obama why shouldn't the rest of us?!?

Wayne, Glendora,

It's funny. Many Americans have panic attacks when anyone makes remarks about how poor their nation really is now... Their dollar is broken, their economy is in ruins, their housing market is so bucket priced it's a joke. Bob Dylan knows how poor his fellow countrymen really are.

John, London, UK

SamNYC.....what is so wrong about Barack getting attention because he is black? This is a HUGE symbol for america and the world that finally we might all just be able to see eachother as equals, and that it's not just rich white guys who can not only have a say in things, but can also lead a nation

Matt, Vancouver, Canada

Dylan also wrote, "You are right by your side, I am right by mine." I love Mr. D, but we'll have to disagree on this one.

Obama hasn't even run a YMCA in his time, let alone that I'll hand him with the keys to the Office. If he's the great allah of politics, he can try again in 4 years.

Theodore J., Los Angeles,

You have to give Obama that he has style, charm and a winning smile.
But my goodness are some people going to have a way to fall from their current high if and when he is elected.
SInce when did one President change the world ? It is almost touching to see the naive credulity of Obama supporters

Luis, London,

two words, bob-ruben carter

wes daniel, savannah, united States

Dylan, whom I admire enormously, might not be your best guide to politics. I haven't understood WHAT Obama intends to change. Maybe president Obama will have two first dogs instead of one? Or paint the presidental helicopter red? Or have lobster rather than bread for breakfast?

Jon, Oslo, Norway

When I see his face and hear his words my heart still stirs and quickens. His voice and words have inspired three generations of protest in America, his music fresher and gaining in poignancy and power every day! If he can see this in Obama, it must be true! America's 45 year nightmare is at an end!

A. Skywatcher, Portland, OR

Zimmerman's having flashbacks. He needs his meds.

I'd say Obama is an empty suit, but I'd have to go to Brooks Brothers and apologize to every suit on a hanger.

Obama an get us all killed. Our enemies are lining up to see whi can make him the dear in the headlights around day 14. he is a fraud

Jack Ryan, NYC,

Pulling of of Vietnam:

1.5 million slaughtered
1 million boat people
Iran Hostages
Soviets in Central America
Soviets in Afghanistan
Embassy bombings
Beirut baracks bombing
Cole bomb
Gulf War 1
Iraq war

total loss of prestige and our word cause that. Pulling out of Iraq will be worse!

Jack Ryan, NYC,

Bob Dylan, in his genius, knows that Obama represents the forces of change, and without severe change, America cannot survive. The changes will include major changes in the way Americans live. The United States will soon have to face global economic superiors - the EU and China. Americans are poor

Chrissie, London, UK

It sounds more like some politician answered in a very vague way.
If that's an endorsement, not very convincing.

pocahontas, Los Angeles,

Of course it is true obama gets attention because he is black. He is from a race which a generation ago, were second class citizens made to sit in the back of the bus amongst other degrading things. Why would we celebrate a WASP male for saying that he doesn't want to play the race or gender card?

Ming, London, UK

Bob, I'm with you 100%. I always have been.

Me, I'm a 56 year old white woman born and bred in the Deep South. I've loved Dylan for a long time; I guess I don't fit the mold of a conservative Republican who voted for Bush both times.

This year I'm voting for Obama...the times are truly changing!

Deborah, Atlanta,

The genius songwriter, musician and poet of our time may have spoke to a couple fish wrappers in an elevator. I’m sorry kids and may I suggest you fast forward to music you can comprehend.
Disgraceful and “how dare you” comes to my mind.

Chris , Bozeman, USA

Why do people say he only got where he is because he's black? How patently ridiculous! It is significant that he's black, because it is HISTORICAL. But I always said that even if he had been white, I would have been behind him for what he is saying, his intelligence and character.

kathryn jones, richmond, va, usa

When Obama fans learn what Obama really stands for, they will be crushed.

Look into the Infant Born Alive Act, and the partial birth abortion ban, for starters.

They smile in your face.. the back stabbers.

Bob, Philly, US

To who wrote Obama was getting attention because he is black: "He's half-white. Perhaps if he was all black he would be getting twice as much attention.

Perhaps if his IQ was halved he wouldn't have been editor of the Harvard Law Review & instead rejected by U. of Texas Law school as Bush was.

Martin Gasman, West of Boston, USA

The mumbler probably waited to make sure Obama would support Israel before he endorsed him.

Heed the call mumbler, and give your cash to the poor rather than call on the working class to do so.

Dan Cooper, Baltimore, USA

"He appeals mostly to young college grads who don't have much real world experience, just like Obama."

Or JFK... Now please tell us he was a bad president.

Amanda, Victoria, Canada

The fact is, Mr. Obama is a former labor union thug from the mean streets of Chicago. He ran with a rough and tumble crowd of corrupt politicians and other shady characters. His cult of personality campaign is devoid of substance. He is not different. He is the same. Same as it ever was.

T. Rezko, Chicago, USA

Who is still worried about "Socialists"? That's like being afraid of Beatniks or Flappers.

Michael, Seattle, Washington

Michael, the DNC will not be taking lobby $, unlike your Rep. party. While it is true that he eaked out a win against Clinton, that doesn't diminish the strength of his message, rather, that is both a testament to how strong a candidate HRC was and also how an unknown like Obama won our hearts.

wendy, sherman oaks, usa

You see how the older generation with their bigoted perspectives can take a person who has all the qualities to be a great president and diminish him. But the older generation is dying off and the young successors are better than 75% in favor of Obama, because they recognize his potential.

Richard Bentley, Tucson, USA

I respect Dylan and all, my hero as a songwriter, but I can't believe he is willing to blindly follow someone. that goes against everything he has stood for in his songs. To think he endorses a a candidate for president goes against his denial of influence, his respect for freewill.

Mike, Fort Smith, USA

Obama is attractive to all the utopians out there who worshipped Lenin, Stalin, and Mao, and still do. Look at the propaganda posters for him, the ape the famous Che Guevara image. Gee, has the world started to heal yet?

Richard Terrell, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Sam,

Your take is that "The only reason Obama is receiving so much attention is because he is black."

I disagree. I think that the reason he's receiving so much attention is that he's got something working that moves people, and they want to be moved.

I hope you like him, he's gonna win
:)

jack , philadelphia,

Well said, Bob Dylan, once again. I am of your generation, and I feel the same.. The Times are a'changin' again, and there is an occupation or two to end. Write us a new song, please.

Dani, Fairfax, USA

OBAMA '08
OSAMA '09
Obama saw President Kennedy's 1st meeting w/ Soviet Premier Nikita as a meeting that helped win the Cold War, when in fact it encouraged Khrushchev to position Soviet missiles in Cuba.

UNCLE SAM, New York, USA

Will elderly hippies still be jet setting around the World attending arts and croissants festivals when Obama rings in the socialist utopia?
Probably. There's always plenty of bling for the ruling class..

mec, waco tx, usa

Doesn't any one recall Dylan's own "Man of Peace" from his 1983 Infidels album? In it he warns of dangerous demagogs like BHO. lines to the effect of: " sweet gift of gab, he knows every love song that's ever been sung. Sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace."

moshe barak, chicago, usa

Dylan is as ignorant of strategic affairs today as he was 40 years ago.

John L. Romjue, Yorktown, United States

Obama has my vote too...here's hoping.

Geza, New Orleans,

Bob's is the only opinion that really matters.

Obama has my vote.

Katie, New Orleans, USA

'but something is happening here but you don't know what it is do you...' do you?

Jon, silverthorne,co, usa

It's so funny how Americans are so resistant to change when it is their history that identifies the progressive nature of a culture built on class conflict. It's obvious Obama is getting attention because he's black, however many fail to realize that Obama isn't the first black guy for prez...

David Vida, Los Angeles, USA

The only reason Obama is receiving so much attention is because he is black. If he were a white person saying the same things with the same credentials, he would not be receiving so much attention. He appeals mostly to young college grads who don't have much real world experience, just like Obama.

Sam, NYC, USA

Johnson - Vietnam War
Nixon- Watergate
Ford - Nixon Pardon
Carter- ?
Reagan-Irancontragate
Bush 1-Iraq War 1
Clinton - Lewinskygate
Bush 2-Iraq War 2

These are the results of political experience. Wars and scandals. Obama will be one of the best presidents in the history of this country.

roger, philadelphia, usa

His generation your generator. There were many millions of that generation that had nothing to do with the Mumbler. The Mumbler and a whole lot of Glitiari can endorse anyone they choose but I doubt it really matters. So let the Mumbler sell all he has and give it to the poor .

RobertG, Phoenix,

Anyone who follows presidential politics should be looking at Obama's circle of socialist friends. This gives you an idea of what kind of people he will put on the Supreme Court.

Frightening.

Garland, Warwick, RI, USA

Bob has written some very astute
"anti - New World Order" songs such as "Sundown on the Union" - he should know better. Obama is a used car salesman at best - not even that smart. Bob should listen to the words of his old song. "Sometimes Satan Comes as a Man of Peace"

York, Austin, USA

He's got my vote. Great, experienced leader, great platform, policy direction, assembles and motivates great teams of pros. His campaign's proven that with the record setting new media-based communications and fundraising milestones they keep setting. Negative folk are more uniformed than anything.

Julie, Burbank, CA, USA

The neo cons had their day. They looted the country, left the treasury and dollar in disarray, and they want to stay the course in Iraq. They are afraid of Obama and the tidal wave of truth that will sweep them away, and take them all to war crimes courts around the world. God bless Bob Dylan.

randy , San Luis Obispo, USA

The man is an empty suit who speaks in vague, soaring generalities. The socialist press in this country has a supernatural incuriosity about him. I've never seen anything like it since I've paid attention to politics starting in 1968.

As for the rest - ditto what Alice said from New York.

Stan, Fairbanks, Alasak , USA

Dylan wrote some great music, but political savvy is not one of his strong points. Obama's best day in office will likely be his first. After that comes the choice between losing the Middle East or go back on a major campaign promise. Maybe Dylan can come up with an appropriate dirge.

Eddie, North Stonington, USA

Shame on all of you who critize Bob. He's entitled to his own opinion, as you all our. He has done allot more with his life to better others through music then allot of us could hope to achieve ourselves. For that I think he deserves our respect.

Andrew , Minneapolis, US of A Eh!

Gee, another has-been celebrity endorsement for a Democrat...what is 'new politics' about that?

Obama is a master at media manipulation (like it matters), but what is going to do him in is his inexperience. He has had it easy in the primary...just wait.

J House, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Sounds like a new verse to "idiot wind" to me....

Stephen, Tulsa, USA

If "Yo-Bama" gets to be president, he will get the big bucks and
we will get the "Change."

Wayne , portland, USA

Oh but I was so much younger then, im older then that now............

At least he didnt say that all republicans are bad and evil like so many of these folks tend to do. He is smart enough to no alienate the 60 million republicans who may be his fans still.

Jack, Washington, USA

I didn't know Bob Dylan was a socialist? I thought he was smarter than that??? Go figure? What a waste of all of his great lyrics through the years, they all meant nothing. To think I used to be a great fan.

What part of Freedom doesn't he enjoy?

Sue, Austin Texas USA,

At what point did he refer to Obama as the messiah, or anything other then a different type of politician. THe Obama haters have no base and, so turn to these slanders instead

maige, oakland, usa

Brother Bob: Perhaps hear the final lyrics of the Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" which states "Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss"... But the new boss has the audacity to take, if he can, a lot more of our freedom and money!

Rick, Davis,

If Mr. Obama was running for president of, lets say Nigeria or Gabon, would he be referred to as white? He was born of a caucasion mother.
Why is it that we abhore racism, but always label people with a racial idenity. Is this a paradox or what?

Ken, Lake Tahoe, CA, USA

gosh he looks like Cate Blanchette....

Neal, USA, USA

I think what Bob might mean about the "virtue of purity" is that in much of the world that has oppressed governments and economies, people live without hope because they are so poor, that they are overtaken with disease, and often resort to crime for survival.

Cliff, Austin, USA

Gee, I thought Dylan was a smart guy but it looks as if he's just as dumb as the rest of the mesmerized people who think Obama is the second coming. Everything the guy has said was said by McGovern, Mondale and Dukakis but because he's black he symbolizes change. What a joke.

alice, staten island, usa

Go to barackobama.com and go to "groups." search for Bob Dylan Fans for Obama and join. There are currently about 100 members. I've been waiting for him to endorse. Yippee!

lindy king, San francisco, USA

How have the mighty fallen! This was the man who once wrote, "Don't put my faith in nobody ..."

He was wiser then.

Bill Ireland, Ontario, USA

So, Obama is for change. A change back to the 60's? lol. Let's start counting all the 60's hippies who come out of the woodwork, wetting their pants at what they see as another grab at the brass ring by an extreme leftie running for president. Could be their last chance for flower power.

Sigmond, USA,

yes robert, anyone who doesnt agree with you must be stupid- we must be mesmerized -we must have voted Obama because we thought he was the second coming.
It couldn't possibly be because we think he is the best candidate and we like where he stands on the issues. No that would be too ... logical.

Susan, Austin,

It's an observation not an endorsement.

jonny ox , holliday's cove ,

Typical liberal twisting of what Bob said. He didn't "endorse" Obama. He simply said that he's changing politics. The media reads into this what thay want to read into. Just report what he said; let us draw our own conclusions. No wonder Bob rarely grants interviews anymore. They twist it everytime.

Archie , Princeton,

"Of every earthly plan that be known to man, He is unconcerned,
He's got plans of His own to set up His throne
When He returns.
" When He Returns" Dylan '79
I doubt Dylan is confusing this fellah with Jesus - at least he used to know better --

etwang, nashville,

Bod dylan resented the fact the hippies used his music for their cause and political reasons. The hippies had no cause, except to do drugs, and now we continue to romanticize them, and they did nothing accept act like fools in the streets.

rich, slc, usa

I'm still trying to figure out who "we" is, and who "they" are in Obama's campaign tagline: "WE are going to do, what THEY say can't be done".

Get ready for months of hearing the race card being played. UGG.

Israel Cohen, New York, Westchester

You might be right about those other candidates alice, but I don't think it's a joke. Having the message come from someone who's not a white male is a big deal. People are excited about this election because of Obama - that is significant. It's cool to hear Dylan thinks so too.

Joel, Kansas City, USA

What the hell is Dylan talking about. There is more wealth in America today than ever. Where else in the world do those living in "poverty" have automobiles, color TVs and air conditioners? What America suffers from today is envy and jealousy, not poverty. Stick to music, Bob, that's what you know.

John Wesley Harding, Toronto, Canada

Why exactly, "my friend, Bob," can we not expect poor people to have the virtue of purity?

"Better the poor whose walk is blameless than the rich whose ways are perverse." Proverbs 28:6

Ya'Zhynka, Pittsburgh, USA

..........for the times, they are a changing .


OBAMA '08

robert, Seattle, USA

great musician, but frankly who cares what he thinks?

NMH, Houston, usa

"I use to care but things have changed!"

jonny ox , holliday's cove ,

Bob Dylan always has an eye on what's really happening. He's perceptive, in touch, and still prophetic after all these years. As he wrote so long ago.. "he not busy being born is busy dying." With Obama, you feel like you're being born, like something new is happening. Go Barack. Go Dylan.

Joan, Green Bay, USA

A "ringing endorsement"?!

"...we've got this guy out there now who is redefining the nature of politics from the ground up...Barack Obama. He's redefining what a politician is, so we'll have to see how things play out."

Calling this a "ringing endorsement" is quite a stretch.

Rick Kirby, Benton, Arkansas, U.S.A.

How exactly is Obama redefining politics from the ground up? He barely got more votes that Clinton, he hasn't expanded the base of the party, and he's tied to sleazy lobbyists, crazy pastors, and former terrorists. How long before the secret is out?

Michael, Sarasota, US