It’s nice when your musical heroes dig your political heroes and luckily and as a liberal I get to experience this quite often because artistic types tend to be political liberals due to the empathy that comes naturally with being an artist.

And of course empathy usually leads to liberal political views because it allows one to see beyond their own immediate short sighted interests. A great example is that one would only be for off shore drilling if their only concern was lower gas prices right now, with no thought to the potential environmental damage.

We’re seeing how that kind of short sighted “drill baby drill” approach plays out right now. Hopefully this BP oil leak is something people learn from so there can at least be some growth that comes from the disaster.

The most recent example my musical heroes supporting my political heroes was on Tuesday when Beatles legend Paul McCartney said this to a room full of journalists about President Obama: “I’m a big fan, he’s a great guy. So lay off him, he’s doing great.”

As a big fan of both The Beatles and President Obama, I must say I got a kick out of that. By the way: Make sure you are registered to vote and get out and vote this November (hopefully for Democrats - they may not be perfect - but Republicans/Tea Partiers are seriously frighteningly stupid.)

McCartney performed with many other musicians (including Stevie Wonder, Dave Grohl, and Jack White) at the White House last night (President Obama sang along on “Hey Jude” to close the show!) The reason for the shindig? McCartney was receiving the Library of Congress’s Gershwin Prize for Popular Song (joining Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder who won the first two such prizes.)

McCartney also got in a little dig at former President Bush at the end of his speech accepting the award: “After the last eight years, it’s nice to have a President who knows what a library is.”

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