You Can Get Anything You Want At Arlo’s Restaurant…….
....even an endorsement for Ron Paul:
Arlo Guthrie (or “Legendary Singer-Songwriter Arlo Guthrie” as it says in the headline on the announcement from the campaign) is backing Republican Ron Paul for president.
Guthrie (or “legendary folk singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie” as he is called in the text of the announcement) said “I love this guy.”
“Dr. Paul is the only candidate I know of who would have signed the Constitution of the United States had he been there,” Guthrie said in the announcement. “I’m with him because he seems to be the only candidate who actually believes it has as much relevance today as it did a couple of hundred years ago.”
I like Arlo Guthrie and I’m glad to see that even though his musical career - short as it was - has lost its luster, at least he hasn’t lost his sense of humor.
I realize that for some of you this is ancient history and you may not even know who Arlo Guthrie is. So....I will enlighten you. Arlo’s father was Woody Guthrie, one of the first American artists to use his music as a political statement. Arlo himself became well known back in the late sixties following an incident in which he was arrested for littering.
He immortalized the incident in Alice’s Restaurant, a long and rambling - and damn funny - recounting of his arrest and subsequent rejection from the military draft and the irony of being exempted from going to Viet Nam and killing people because he had a conviction as a litterbug.
He also did a good cover of the single City of New Orleans. He was also well known for, uh, ah, hmmmmm. I got nothing.
Anyway, if you get a chance to listen to Alice’s Restaurant do so. It’s dated, but not a waste of time.
Oh, and back to the subject at hand. I’m sure Ron Paul treasures his endorsement.












