JOHN MELLENCAMP TO RUN FOR INDIANA GOVERNOR? GREAT IDEA!
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John Mellencamp has always been a working class hero, a blue collar rocker from--and IN-- the Midwest. Today my old pal Denise Sullivan, a rock critic and author, passed along this story in the Indianapolis Star about a proposal for Mellencamp to run for governor of his home state of Indiana. It makes plenty of sense to me and Matthew Tully, the INDYSTAR columnist who is suggesting he do it, makes a lot of good points, not the least of which was "California elected a puffed-up movie star as its governor. So let's consider the 1980s, when Mellencamp and Arnold Schwarzenegger were atop their professions. On screen, Arnold was flexing his biceps and saying little beyond 'I'll be back,' while Mellencamp was helping organize Farm Aid and documenting Middle America's woes. 'So many lonely people. Damn those broken dreams,' he once sang. In another song, he says, 'Racism lives in the U.S. today. Better get hip to what Martin Luther King had to say.'"
It's time for socially concerned and politically astute rockers like Mellencamp (as well as Goo Goo Dolls singer Johnny Rzeznik from Buffalo and Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic) to start thinking seriously about running for office. Last week I wrote about progressive rocker/activist John Hall of Orleans running for Congress against right-wing whacko Sue Kelly in New York's 19th congressional district. Let's hope he's the first of many (though not raging imbeciles like Ted Nugent.)
Meanwhile, though, Hoosiers should concentrate on some of the great challengers running for Congress in November, particularly Gretchen Clearwater, Barry Welsh, and Kevin Boyd.
posted by DownWithTyranny @ 11:47 AM
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Don't forget Bruce. There was some hope that he would consider accepting Corzine's seat when John moved over to the Governor's mansion. Granted, it was more of a "Draft Bruce" campaign, but I don't think he ever denied the possibility of a future run.
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