The terms “blind sheep” and “followers” were used by Staff Writers Kerry and Gabe to describe the masses more than once.  And reviewing the way the public supports or doesn’t support an artist after political comments lends the way to believe that the public also strongly relates to a musician’s political views.  Just think back to John Lennon…. people are driven to extremes by a celebrity’s voice.

            So, should a famous person (and I’m using the word famous because the un-famous musician doesn’t get any publicity) voice their opinion and what affect does it have? A resounding 'yes' is the response.  Freedom of speech, right?  But does anyone else think it is strange that it went from being blindly against an issue or situation to a direct partisan voice?  Where should a celebrity draw the line?

            We aren’t talking about the generic term 'peace' anymore but flat out threats against political candidates.  We’ve gone from gentle song lyrics to direct verbal attacks.  Here is an example: Madonna verbally slams Palin, calls her a ‘bitch’ says she’ll kick her ass, then shows pictures of McCain’s face next to Adolf Hitler and Robert Mugabe.  On the other side of the equation...well we don’t really have that…even John Mellencamp has asked republican politicians not to play his music.  It seems that the democrats are the loudest political voices and gain the most press.