Maybe. But I'm willing to cut her some slack:
Stevie Nicks says good things for the Vets
...random thought from Nicks Usually in interviews, we’ll ask if the artist has anything they want to add. The answer usually is “no.” Stevie Nicks had something to add. She took time from her busy schedule recently to visit extremely injured soldiers returning from war at the Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. “I spent the whole day with them,” she said. “It opened my eyes to the fact that there’s a lot of kids out there that are so injured their lives will never be the same. If you happen to be in a city with a military hospital, get a plate of cookies together and go visit them because they are so isolated and so lonely. It broke my heart. It was an eye-opening experience for me. It really doesn’t matter how you feel about war. What matters is that these kids are paying a price and they’re alone and they’re lonely. That’s what I would like people to do. Take some candy and spend a little time with them. You’d be amazed what it means to them.”
Thanks for pointing this out, Gamecock! Not only does she visit veterans, she purchases new iPods for them and fills them with thousands of songs.
"Stevie Nicks visits were lengthy and were never rushed. She genuinely took the time out of her day to spend it with our nations wounded soldiers. During her visits she would distribute iPods filled with music she personally helped to pick out for our troops along with other items to help entertain and increase the moral of the patients during their lengthy recovery and rehabilitation time. The visits were very personal and did not involve the entourage of photographers and press personnel some other celebrities have accompany them on their visits. They were more one on one visitations as if she was an old friend stopping by saying hello."
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nice article. From what I have read, she has been doing this for many years and has always been very low-key about it. Not using as a publicity stunt, in other words.
I don't know anything about her politics, and frankly I don't care. She is taking a lot of her own time to do something good for our injured veterans, and that is more than I can say for my own self.
Thanks again, Gamecock!