I realize it was only a few days ago that I was complaining about Barack Obama’s reluctance to end the war on drugs by taking a wishy-washy stance and legalizing marijuana.
C’mon, Kanye—give me a break.
Obama was in office for eight years and nothing in Chicago changed.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018
Celebrities are accountable to no one other than their fan base. Give the fans what they want and it really doesn’t matter how many other people you turn off in the process. And for every fan he loses by embracing Trump and “Make America Great Again,” he possibly earns another one.
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It reminds me of what Don Rose, the great Chicago political strategist, once told me about the difference between an elected official and an Alinsky-style community organizer.
