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'Bush should have died, not Reagan': Morrissey
Manchester News ^ | 6-7-04 | Manchester News

Posted on 06/08/2004 6:31:14 AM PDT by bk1000

MANCHESTER music legend Morrissey sparked controversy when he announced Ronald Reagan's death live on stage during a concert - and then declared he wished it was George Bush who had died instead.

Thousands of fans at Dublin Castle, in Ireland, cheered when the ex-Smiths frontman made the announcement that the former American president, who had battled with Alzheimer's Disease, had passed away.

And an even bigger cheer followed when Morrissey - who is no stranger to controversy - then said he wished it had been the current President, George W Bush, who had died.

(Excerpt) Read more at manchesteronline.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: freakinhippies; morrissey; reagan
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1 posted on 06/08/2004 6:31:16 AM PDT by bk1000
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To: bk1000

Time to burn all those old Smiths and Morrissey CDs!


2 posted on 06/08/2004 6:32:39 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: bk1000

Feh. And we expect anything different from the frontman of The Smiths, the world's most depressing band?

}:-)4


3 posted on 06/08/2004 6:32:43 AM PDT by Moose4 (Yes, it's just an excuse for me to post more pictures of my cats. Deal with it.)
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To: bk1000

Good vs Evil. Pure and simple. What a disgusting display this is.


4 posted on 06/08/2004 6:33:14 AM PDT by Types_with_Fist (God Bless Ronald Reagan!)
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To: bk1000

I'm a really big fan of Morrissey, particularly from the days of the Smiths.

It's very unfortunate that he would make such a comment.
I just have to shake my head.


5 posted on 06/08/2004 6:34:26 AM PDT by counterpunch (<-CLICK HERE for my CARTOONS)
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To: bk1000

It's time to call Foggy Bottom for visa declining.......


6 posted on 06/08/2004 6:35:27 AM PDT by Red Badger (One cannot change the course of history. You can only direct the future.............................)
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To: bk1000

This is unbelievable.


7 posted on 06/08/2004 6:35:39 AM PDT by Poundstone
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To: bk1000

I daresay the only thing more irritating than celebrities pontificating about politics is hearing it from celebrities whose work I appreciate.


8 posted on 06/08/2004 6:35:48 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Earth first! We can mine the other planets later.)
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To: bk1000

I adore Reagan but this is just rude! Reagan is tired and he goes to a better place. I am happy for him. I also plan to meet him there some day.


9 posted on 06/08/2004 6:36:03 AM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Legislatures are so outdated. If you want real political victory, take your issue to court.)
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To: bk1000
Fan Tony Murray said: "He commented about the death of Ronald Reagan and when he wished that it was George W instead the crowd went wild."

The Irish crowd went wild...

10 posted on 06/08/2004 6:36:05 AM PDT by 2banana (They want to die for Islam and we want to kill them)
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To: bk1000

That is just vulgar! Even if it were someone I disliked, I wouldn't do something so disgraceful as that. Is there no one left with manners? What is wrong with people?

GRRRRRRRRRRR


11 posted on 06/08/2004 6:36:14 AM PDT by Jaded
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To: Moose4

The Smiths were happy and upbeat, with clever and ironic lyrics.
Morrissey has become a fat and balding caracture of himself over the last Decade+, however.

As for the World's Most Depressing Band, I nominate Joy Division, if not Johnny Cash.


12 posted on 06/08/2004 6:36:40 AM PDT by counterpunch (<-CLICK HERE for my CARTOONS)
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To: bk1000

There are a huge number or misguided people in this world today that are simply not able to grasp reality. This is an example. Why would a crowd wildly cheer someone's death?


Socialism, and those that champion it, have a huge voice in this world. Reagan set socialism back, and spread democracy far and wide. I guess some would prefer the other route. I hope we see new spokesmen that carry his message half as elequently has he did. We need it.



13 posted on 06/08/2004 6:36:58 AM PDT by ilgipper
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To: Rummyfan

I stopped listening to Morrissey when I retired my Zcabarichis and Gerbaud pants in the mid 80s.


14 posted on 06/08/2004 6:37:10 AM PDT by mlbford2 (Sorry for spelling errors, I'm a product of a state university)
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To: bk1000

Morrissey? Never heard of it. Don't care what it says.


16 posted on 06/08/2004 6:38:30 AM PDT by isthisnickcool (I'm isthisnickcool, and I approved this post!)
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To: Red Badger

Morrissey doesn't merely have a visa. He resides now in Los Angeles, and has for many years.

What is funny is he was held at LAX under suspicion by Homeland Security a few weeks back, then was cleared with an official letter proclaiming he was not a terrorist.


17 posted on 06/08/2004 6:40:08 AM PDT by counterpunch (<-CLICK HERE for my CARTOONS)
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To: bk1000

I've never heard of Morrisey, or Smiths, or whatever incarnation these fools have morphed into - except for the Socialist scum they have revealed themselves to be. They are beneath my boots.

And that goes for the audience, too.


18 posted on 06/08/2004 6:40:35 AM PDT by Old Sarge (2004: Win One More For The Gipper!)
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To: Rummyfan

Let us remember that both President Bush and Reagen would forgive the AH for saying such -- but as for me, I would like to displace his smelly rear to somewhere up between his ears.


19 posted on 06/08/2004 6:41:31 AM PDT by RAY (They that do right are all heroes!)
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To: bk1000

Time to reconsider that trip to Ireland this fall.


20 posted on 06/08/2004 6:41:41 AM PDT by Bikers4Bush (Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Vote for true conservatives!)
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