Dylan on Obama

I obviously couldn’t resist to post on this topic.  In an interview about his forthcoming album, Bob Dylan spoke rather extensively on President Barack Obama.  The interview is worth the read but I just want to highlight my favorite part.  Responding to the question of whether Obama will be a good president, Dylan, as only he can, gave this response:

I have no idea. He’ll be the best president he can be. Most of those guys come into office with the best of intentions and leave as beaten men. Johnson would be a good example of that … Nixon, Clinton in a way, Truman, all the rest of them going back. You know, it’s like they all fly too close to the sun and get burned.

Sometimes I can’t help but think that the people who should be president are just too smart to want to be.