John Mellencamp gets it, do you?

Remember the excitement a week or two ago when Mellencamp sang for an Obama rally?  People were sure his endorsement would help in Indiana, even using it as an opportunity to ridicule the Elton John concert, saying things like "How representative of America is Elton John anyway?"  It was also reported here, with comments like:

that is frickin monstrous

John Cougar Mellencamp is basically Indiana.

He will be good for 2-4 points himself.

Wow!

Wow!

Well, it turns out Mellencamp is a DEMOCRAT, not a supporter of either Democratic candidate.

The Indy Star calls him "an equal opportunity rocker."  

Mellencamp, who was inducted this year into the Rock Hall of Fame, will take the stage Saturday at The Lawn at White River State Park, 801 West Washington Street, according to a Clinton campaign release.

...

Last week, Mellencamp joined Obama in Evansville for a similar performance event.

Is there something we can take from this?  Gosh, I hope so. Mellencamp gets it - what matters is November.  We absolutely MUST win in November.  Here on Daily Kos, and elsewhere in places like MyDD, people are sure their slice of the world is the whole world, AND THEY ARE WRONG.  

No, Hillary Clinton is not the same thing as John McCain.  She is not a Republican and she is not a racist.  If she is the nominee, VOTE FOR HER IN NOVEMBER.

No, Barack Obama is not George McGovern redux.  He is not an elitist, a Muslim, or even Jeremiah Wright. If he is the nominee, VOTE FOR HIM IN NOVEMBER.

Yes, I am a Clinton supporter, for the very simple reason that I believe she is the stronger November candidate (and no, I do not want to have that debate again here.  If you want to have it, go here and enjoy yourself).  If you feel Obama is stronger, by all means vote for him. Because November is all that matters.  If you don't believe it, go to the tip jar and look at my sig line.  It hasn't changed in months.  If you have any more questions, go here and see what I wrote a long time ago about the Establishment Clause and the Supreme Court.  But whoever you vote(d) for in the primaries, support and vote for the DEMOCRAT in November.

We can all take a lesson from John Mellencamp.

•  Tip Jar

  for winning in November, WHOEVER our nominee might be.

  by dhonig on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 09:06:43 AM PDT

  •  Tipped and rec'd for

    reminding us to get our shit together and defeat Jaundice McWar in November.

    by differance on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 09:10:55 AM PDT

  •  yay!

    I will vote for the Democratic nominee!
    I like Clinton and am ok with Barack.

    by TexMex on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 09:12:40 AM PDT

  •  I wish Clinton agreed

    And ran her campaign as such.

    You are correct that she is not a racist (as far as I know) but it is obvious that to her the only thing important is a Clinton white house, not a democratic one.

    I wonder if John Mellencamp gets THAT.  

    by Supercontext on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 09:14:23 AM PDT

    •  Plus I wonder if Mellancamp has

      noticed how very close (like any daylight at all?) HRC is to McCain on Iran, which means, when you get down to it, too much of Middle East policy for my sanity.

      by planetclaire4 on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 09:24:29 AM PDT

  •  Good on you.

    We need more messages of unity at this time.  Thanks for the reminder.

    by Sicembears on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 09:41:53 AM PDT

•  obama will be

  our nominee. we will vote for him in the general election.

  by carlyle4 on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 09:09:15 AM PDT

•  BO is the stronger candidate

  for who he is.

  by soms on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 09:09:44 AM PDT

•  Having lived in Indiana for several years,

  I can tell you that Hoosiers are just like everyone else in the United States:

  They don't give a rat's ass which celebrity endorses whom.

  Unless, perhaps, that celebrity is their preacher.

  by corvo on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 09:10:41 AM PDT

  •  Plus: Mellencamp is an elitist

    Exhibit A: His Victoria's Secret model wife

    

    by Joe Beese on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 09:36:20 AM PDT

    •  "Cougar" makes sense now. n/t

      by differance on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 11:33:46 AM PDT

•  I know you did not mean it in ...

  ...malice, but this constant saying that Obama is not a Muslim is getting on my nerves. So often it comes across as saying, thank gawd he's not a Muslim because Muslims are bad.

  by Meteor Blades on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 09:10:43 AM PDT

  •  I understand perfectly n/t

    by dhonig on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 09:11:50 AM PDT

    •  Abortion politics

      I just noticed your little postscript or whatever you call it.  There are few issues dearer to me than reproductive rights because women's rights basically hinge upon it.  But you must realize that Obama and Clinton have virtually the same positions, indeed, Obama has been more forthright than Clinton, perhaps because his stance was not as well known.  Everytime Clinton trashes Obama she makes it more likely that McCain will be elected. What bothers me most of all is the working assumption of many Clinton supporters that Clinton's good is equivalent to the good of the party or people aching for change.  It is not equivalent if in the long run it makes it more not less likely that reproductive rights will be gutted by a McCain presidency. How feminist Clinton supporters can overlook this escapes me.  Yes, I am female, and I am over 40, well over 40.  

      by rb6 on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 09:21:47 AM PDT

      •  I realize they have the same position

        this diary is about supporting the Democrat in November, not which nominee is better.

        by dhonig on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 09:23:02 AM PDT

•  Here is the problem

  At what point does a violation of trust become so fundamental that a person cannot redeem herself?  Hillary Clinton is close enough for me that I know she will not receive my time or treasure if she were to become the nominee.  It's no good pretending that attacking Obama because of his "associations" is fair game when it's beyond clear that it is not when it means attacking the same supporters that you expect to work and vote for you in November.  That she plans to do this by superdelegate coup only makes me angrier because it will validate the rule by oligarchy that we have been inching closer and closer to over the last 20 years. I don't care if she stays in the campaign, it's her right, but if she continues triangulating against African Americans and anybody else who gets in her way, she's going to alienate people and she will have no one to blame but herself if they don't support her, particularly when she is pandering to people from whom she will never get the same level of support.  

  by rb6 on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 09:17:06 AM PDT

•  Hes an Edwards supporter, haha

  He was all for Edwards before he dropped out.  The two have a good friendship.

  I'm glad that Mellencamp stands with working people and the D party always.

  by BWasikIUgrad on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 09:20:05 AM PDT

•  The score appears to be this:

  Elton John: Clinton
  Bruce Springsteen: Obama
  Roger Waters: Obama
  John Mellencamp: a Democrat

  Who'd I miss?

  by SLKRR on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 09:20:57 AM PDT

  •  I want to know who Spinal Tap

    is backing.

    by dhonig on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 09:21:55 AM PDT

    •  Hmmm... Rob Reiner is an HRC supporter

      That's as close as I could get.  ;-)

      by SLKRR on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 09:38:01 AM PDT

    •  Harold Stassen

      by raboof on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 10:01:04 AM PDT

  •  Madonna and Weird Al. n/t

    by corvo on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 09:24:32 AM PDT

•  Hillary needs to show the way on this

  and denounce and reject her "Its 3:00 am" ad

  by Bill White on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 09:21:06 AM PDT

•  Les Claypool for President

  by The Termite on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 09:27:09 AM PDT

•  I'd be willing to undergo torture

  at Gitmo before I'd willingly cast a vote for Hillary Clinton.  I live in Pennsylvania.

  by IhateBush on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 09:29:03 AM PDT

  •  I fear perhaps

    that you do not know the real meaning of the word "torture," appreciate what is actually happening in Guantanamo, or understand the importance of the Supreme Court.

    by dhonig on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 09:58:44 AM PDT

    •  Try me

      If I am forced to vote for the lesser evil between Clinton and McCain this November, it would be for McCain.

      by IhateBush on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 10:06:10 AM PDT

•  I mostly agree...

  Gotta differ with you on Hillary being the strongest November candidate, though.  Barak has a chance, albeit a slim one.  Hillary has never had any chance at all.  The Republicans have been praying for her to get the nomination for years now... facing her is their number one wet dream, because she's the best hope of getting Republicans out to the polls when their enthusiasm for their own party is at such a low.

  But, I'll vote for her if she's the nominee, as futile as I think that'll be.  And I encourage everyone else to do likewise.  She's not good, but she's better than McCain, easily.

  by shadetree mortician on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 09:32:11 AM PDT

•  I get it, I get it. n/t

  by IDrankWhat on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 09:34:22 AM PDT