Why aren't there frequent arguments like this here about Barry Manilow, Freddy Fender, Wayne Newton, Louis Armstrong, Tiny Tim, Tom Waits (who in his later recordings sounds even "worse" than Dylan at his very worst), Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and Elwood Scanlon?

Think about it...

Bob Dylan has clearly accomplished something on a pretty unusual level to be getting all this attention from the membership (either positively or negatively).