WASHINGTON – Fresh off its scandal of making up a rape at the University of Virginia, Rolling Stone magazine takes a swipe today at WND founder Joseph Farah in a profile of Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer Richie Furay – noting the former Buffalo Springfield and Poco star is traveling to Israel this fall with – YIKES! -- Farah, described by the mag as "one of the loudest voices in the absurd movement that questions the legitimacy of Obama's birth certificate."
The magazine also worries that Furay follows Farah on Twitter – along with "right wing commentators like Sean Hannity, Andrea Tantaros, Megyn Kelly and even Michelle Malkin."
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"Furay and Farah are traveling to Israel together in November, but Furay's political opinions are as calm and measured as Farah's are radical and divisive," Rolling Stone reports. "'We're so polarized, and we really need to listen to the other side,' Furay says. 'I'm proud of our nation. Have we made mistakes? Of course we have. Do we still have places to grow? Absolutely. But we're not going to get there if we keep pointing fingers at each other. Someone once told me, if you point the finger at the other guy, you get three pointing back at you.'"
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The article notes Furay's association with the rock classic, "For What It's Worth," is more closely linked to ex-bandmate Stephen Stills.
"The tune is, far and away, Buffalo Springfield's most famous. It's widely seen as an anti-war song, though Stills actually wrote it after a small Sunset Strip riot, where the police tried to impose a curfew on young people," the article says. "'People thought it was a political statement about Vietnam,' says Furay. 'It wasn't at all. Back then I wasn't paying too much attention to politics. I'm paying much more attention now because I have kids and grandkids. My political view really comes from a biblical perspective.'"
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It continues: "Stephen Stills is a staunch liberal that often campaigns for Democrats, but Furay's politics are very different. "I'm conservative in my thought," he says. "I'm conservative in my theology. I'm conservative in my politics." It's therefore no surprise that he isn't a big fan of President Obama. "He said he was going to unite the country," says Furay. "I don't feel like he's brought us together, and that frustrates me."
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