Such Geniuses in the World of Rock

 

UPDATE:  Well now that the concert is over lets examine what profundity was uttered by Sir Elton.

“I never cease to be amazed at the misogynist attitude of some of the people in this country,” he said. “I say to hell with them.”  

And to you your royal fruitcake, I say the hell with you.  First you are so arrogant to scold America for being racist since they didn’t vote for the Black American Idol contestant, but notwithstanding your obvious personal racism for not backing Obama, you call Americans misogynist because they aren’t supporting the girl………HRc.  Maybe I am bit a misogynist myself because I think you are a fruit fly.

I have personally always felt that voluntary contributions of talent by performers to a political candidate were “in kind” political contributions and were illegal if such value exceeded any individual limit imposed by law.  Now Elton John is under fire concerning his participation in a “fund raising” concert on behalf of HRc.  Is it not clear that Elton John could afford to make a Million Dollar donation to her campaign if it were legal?  What is the difference if the source of that illegal contribution would have been (obviously) his performance income versus just skipping the direct payment to himself (and the related income taxes) and having the money go to HRc.  He has produced and controlled the contribution and also avoided tax on the proceeds in effect making this political contribution tax deductible.  (Don’t try this at home yourself)

Mr. John’s problems actually are of a slightly different aspect here in that this (indirect) contribution comes from a foreign national, something that is a no no in U.S. Presidential Politics, though the Clinton’s have been caught often receiving funds from dubious foreign sources.  It seems that there is adequate precedent in the Federal Election Commission’s prior rulings in this area as covered in this Washington Times article HERE.

But here is a VERY interesting fact to surface on the Hypocrisy side of the matter.  You may recall that when Elton John was on ”American Idol” he admonished Americans as being racist because they didn’t vote for the black contestant that year (I guess).  So here comes 2008 and Elton John is demonstrating his own self described racism by Supporting HRc and not Obama.  Don’t you just hate it when that happens?

March 27, 2008 | Filed Under Presidential Politics | 9 Comments