Kristofferson Backs Barack

2/29/2008 Stephen L. Betts With the Texas presidential primaries quickly approaching, native Texan Kris Kristofferson is talking politics, and putting his support behind Democratic hopeful Barack Obama. “I believe in Barack Obama like I believed in the Kennedys,” says Kris. “In the months before his death, John Kennedy pointed out that while we could not agree on their choice of government there was much in the history of Russian people we could admire in terms of personal courage in the World War, and artistic and scientific achievement. It's this spirit of finding common ground and working things out through dialogue and diplomacy that the world needs so desperately today at this critical point in our history. This is the hope that Obama inspires." No stranger to personal political statements, Kris has used recent concerts as a platform to voice concerns with the war in Iraq. In 1990, he released a politically-charged album titled Third World Warrior.