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FR EXCLUSIVE: Springsteen Called For Impeachment of President Bush at DC Concert
Kristinn | September 13, 2003 | Krsitinn via Angelwood

Posted on 09/13/2003 7:50:49 PM PDT by Angelwood

Rock star Bruce Springsteen called for the impeachment of President George W. Bush at a nearly sold-out concert at FedEx Field just outside of Washington, DC tonight. During the introductions of his back-up band, The E Street Band, Springsteen said of saxophonist Clarence Clemons, "It's time to impeach the president and get a man in there to get us out of this mess." The audience cheered in response.

At a recent concert at Fenway Park in Boston, Springsteen touted liberal comedian Al Franken's new book and encouraged people to read it. In the Spring, Springsteen issued a statement defending the Dixie Chicks after they told a foreign audience that they were "ashamed that the President of the United States was from Texas."

At least Springsteen chose to make his statement about impeaching President Bush in the nation's capital. However, his timing just two days after the nation marked the second anniversary of the September 11 attacks is sure to make his remarks even more controversial than otherwise, especially because the nation's capital was a target.

Springsteen was silent during the eight years of Bill Clinton's presidency: A time when children were gassed and burned to death at Waco; our national security was betrayed to the communist Chinese government in exchange for millions of dollars for Clinton's campaign coffers; and when Clinton lied under oath and obstructed justice in a civil rights lawsuit filed by one of the "little people" that Springsteen champions.

Springsteen's current album and tour are based on the September 11 attacks and he has several songs about the bravery of those who gave their lives responding to those attacks. Springsteen's tour is scheduled to end at the beginning of October with three dates at New York City's Shea Stadium.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Free Republic; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: brucespringsteen; shutupandontsing; shutupandsing; springsteen
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Still room in the Dixie Chicks short tour bus Bruce......keep talkin loudmouth.
21 posted on 09/13/2003 7:59:11 PM PDT by Squantos (Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.)
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To: Angelwood
From a guy who uses fake national patriotism to sell his music?
He uses the American young people, then disses them after he gets his cash. That's just plain sick. What a jerk!
22 posted on 09/13/2003 7:59:20 PM PDT by concerned about politics (Lucifers lefties are still stuck at the bottom of Maslow's Hierarchy)
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To: martin_fierro
Agree with you there. (I am a professional musician. I think he Stinks with a capital S.)
23 posted on 09/13/2003 7:59:29 PM PDT by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet (Boo.)
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To: Paul Atreides
That is what happens when you smoke crack. You steadily go downhill. Until you are a cheap whore for the media and Katie Couric.

Asta La Vista Bruce. You can go the way of France for all I care!
24 posted on 09/13/2003 7:59:52 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (What happened to the man that fell into the upholestry machine? He's fully recovered!)
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To: MEG33
He wore blue jeans and white t-shirts and fooled a lot of people into thinking that he wasn't in it for the money.
25 posted on 09/13/2003 8:00:25 PM PDT by Paul Atreides (Bringing you quality, non-unnecessarily-excerpted threads since 2002)
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To: Angelwood
Thank you for the eloquent (as always) report. I don't think we've ever spent a dime on anything Springsteen, so at least I feel good about that. Add him to the 'boycott' list, along with Sheryl Crow, Dixie Chicks, Janeane Garafalo, etc., etc....

I'll ping my list to spread the word!

26 posted on 09/13/2003 8:01:04 PM PDT by nutmeg (Is the DemocRATic party extinct yet?)
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To: Angelwood
If Laura Ingraham were here, she would say:

Shut Up and Sing: How Elites from Hollywood, Politics, and the UN are Subverting America

27 posted on 09/13/2003 8:01:04 PM PDT by Semper911 (For some people, bread and circus are not enough. Hence, FreeRepublic.com)
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To: Angelwood
re Bruce Springsteen
Did he do the song?... 'Viva Kazaa'
28 posted on 09/13/2003 8:01:18 PM PDT by greasepaint
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To: martin_fierro
ditto
29 posted on 09/13/2003 8:02:16 PM PDT by cars for sale
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To: StarFan; Dutchy; alisasny; Black Agnes; BobFromNJ; BUNNY2003; Cacique; Clemenza; Coleus; DKNY; ...
ping!

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my infrequent ‘miscellaneous’ ping list.

30 posted on 09/13/2003 8:02:30 PM PDT by nutmeg (Is the DemocRATic party extinct yet?)
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To: ConservativeMan55
LOL! Hehehehehe.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/982046/posts
31 posted on 09/13/2003 8:02:59 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (What happened to the man that fell into the upholestry machine? He's fully recovered!)
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To: ConservativeMan55
Just who in the hell does he think he is?

A hero to many.

Many people in this country cannot tell apart a hero and a singer.

32 posted on 09/13/2003 8:03:10 PM PDT by TopQuark
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To: Angelwood
Hi, friend,

I noticed you ansewred for yourself and kristinn. Might y'all consider sending a special message just to the magnificent members of the D.C. Chapter, pinging them to the website on "We Are Running for Congress -- Maybe."?

I've stood shoulder to shoulder with the D.C. Chapter in good weather and bad. I'd be greatly honored to have members of that Chapter shoulder to shoulder with me, now. Let me know what you think is appropriate.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column, "Paying the Wrong Piper," discussion thread on FR. Article is also on ChronWatch.

33 posted on 09/13/2003 8:03:15 PM PDT by Congressman Billybob (Everyone talks about Congress; I am doing something about it.)
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To: Angelwood
Just so you know - I'm ashamed I was once from New Jersey, and thought the Boss was cool.
34 posted on 09/13/2003 8:03:33 PM PDT by kcar (T)
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To: ConservativeMan55
I think I'll just stick to listening to classical music. At least, if the composers had any radical views, I don't have to hear them.
35 posted on 09/13/2003 8:03:51 PM PDT by Paul Atreides (Bringing you quality, non-unnecessarily-excerpted threads since 2002)
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To: OldFriend
That was the one where he blasted the cops for the Diallo case, right?
36 posted on 09/13/2003 8:04:12 PM PDT by Bogey78O (The Clinton's have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured/killed -Peach)
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To: Angelwood
There is a million Liberals that agree. So what? Why did everyone Cheer?

The world is filled with Liberals. I can't escape them anywhere I go. They are all over the Free-Republic. I could care less what Spingsteen says to a cheering crowd.

I think he is a great performer and songwriter.

38 posted on 09/13/2003 8:04:16 PM PDT by Afronaut (All Liberals are Evil: R or no R)
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To: Sguid
It's true. You are a troll.
39 posted on 09/13/2003 8:06:02 PM PDT by Lauratealeaf (God bless our troops and their Commander in Chief, President George W. Bush)
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To: Angelwood
Who is Bruce Springsteen?
40 posted on 09/13/2003 8:06:06 PM PDT by and the horse you rode in on (Put some ice on that)
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