Manchester Online has a story about Morrisey commenting on the death of Ronald Reagan at a gig in Dublin. Apparently this got a large cheer from the audience and when he went on to wish that George Bush would die too he got an even larger cheer.
Pretty standard stuff from a once -contraversial figure who is trying to rebuilt his reputation after being out of the spotlight for some time. But somehow this local story got reported in the US. And the web site allows visitors to comment on stories. So a little-known Manchester-based web site has become a centre of raging American indignation. People who have never heard of Morrisey (or even, in some cases I suspect, Manchester or Dublin) suddenly think that what he says is important enough to be worth arguing against vehemently.
And then, of course, there are a small minority of people who agree with him.
Well I certainly agree with him!! If Bush died tomorrow id stamp on his grave and tramp the dirt down. Morrissey did exactly the same in Machester when I saw him with similar responses from a large and swithed on audience. And for your information, Moriissey doesn’t “try” to do anything; he just is. He’s not a performer either. As he once stated: “only seals perform”. He is only popular out of escapism and good humour. A geekinsh poet who would have loved to have been a thug and an anti-hero, but instead hes got a gentle tone of kindness. A charming man to say the least. America has got nothing to say to him until the president is black, female or gay, and Bush has no intelligence. Morrissey could be a poet, but why do that when you can be a rock star and stir people up like this?