Comments on: John Lennon: A Sad Anniversary http://neveryetmelted.com/2005/12/08/john-lennon-a-sad-anniversary/ The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. -- D.H. Lawrence Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:06:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Derek Phillips http://neveryetmelted.com/2005/12/08/john-lennon-a-sad-anniversary/comment-page-1/#comment-138750 Derek Phillips Tue, 12 May 2009 20:49:58 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=241#comment-138750 "The Solid Surfer speculates that John might have straightened out, given time, and that had he lived, he’d be a Republican today. Could be. I personally think Taxman on Revolver may well represent a better picture of John Lennon’s natural politics than Imagine. Hat tip to Glenn Reynolds." That is nonsense. I doubt John Lennon, fierce opponent of Richard M. Nixon and an anti-war activist since the mid-60s, would have signed on for the Reagan Revolution. This is the guy Nixon tried to deport. This is the guy who was linked to the Weather Underground and other radical leftist movements. What could possibly possess you to think he'd eventually drift to conservatism? And "Tax Man" was written and sung by George Harrison, not John Lennon. “The Solid Surfer speculates that John might have straightened out, given time, and that had he lived, he’d be a Republican today. Could be. I personally think Taxman on Revolver may well represent a better picture of John Lennon’s natural politics than Imagine. Hat tip to Glenn Reynolds.”

That is nonsense. I doubt John Lennon, fierce opponent of Richard M. Nixon and an anti-war activist since the mid-60s, would have signed on for the Reagan Revolution. This is the guy Nixon tried to deport. This is the guy who was linked to the Weather Underground and other radical leftist movements. What could possibly possess you to think he’d eventually drift to conservatism?

And “Tax Man” was written and sung by George Harrison, not John Lennon.

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