John Lennon was a Replublican? 0_o

[guest86120975]

http://theweek.com/article/index/216858/was-john-lennon-a-closet-republican

What is all this that has been circulating around the web in the last few days? Apparently someone who knew him said he was a closet Republican who favored Reagan.

I dunno about any of you, but I cry some major BS!

 

[paladin420]

You may be confusing Politicians with political Platforms. Personal responsibility? States rights? Limited Gov? Etc? my 2 cents

 

[DiscoBiscuit]

That's the formula for the biggest income disparity since the 1929.

Yes. This makes total sense: Even some early Beatles songs offered glimpses of Lennon's "counter-counter-cultural" conservatism, says Bryan Preston at Pajamas Media. The Beatles' "'Taxman' is an obvious rip on the grasping leviathan state," and "Revolution," "arguably the gutsiest rock song of the 1960s, slams hippies for being wild-eyed dopes who don’t really understand what they're demanding." So, yeah, I believe he was a "closet Republican." I wish "he'd had the courage to come out."
"Lennon's Reagan revolution"

What a fuggin dope. Hippies advocated the end to wars, government corruption and civil unrest, not social programs championed by the elderly and working poor. A better gaffe than Bachmann/Palin overdrive.

 

[guest86120975]

How...I mean, just how on earth could he have been a supported of REAGAN? I mean, he did have some admirable qualities about him, but for the most part he stunk like a skunk (and not the 420 kind of skunk)

 

[easy420dude]

Pure bullshit.

Pure bullshit.

The article even admits it.

Nonsense. Lennon was no Republican: Seaman was found guilty of stealing the late Lennon's belongings, including his diary, says Jon Weiner at The Nation, so his credibility is not exactly sterling. Just before his death, Lennon sent a letter supporting striking union workers in San Francisco, and in his last interview, he said the 1960s showed that it was possible to make the world a better place. That's not exactly what you'd expect from a "closet Republican."