[lodwick]

Al & Tipper Wouldn't Pony Up for the Boss

Tickets to Bruce Springsteen's tour are pretty hot stuff. They're hard to get, but they're not too expensive at $77 —compared to recent Paul McCartney and Prince shows. But not everyone wants to pay for them.

Take, for example, former Vice President Al Gore and his lovely wife, Tipper. Sources close to them and to Springsteen tell me Tipper tried to get free tickets to the Springsteen show for the entire Gore staff. When that didn't work, and she was told even paid admission would be hard to come by, the ex-second lady persisted.

"They wound up being offered four," says my source. "But when they were asked to pay $75 apiece, they said forget it. And you know, that's why Gore isn't president, in a nutshell."

Looks like Bruce is taking Gores message about the people vs. the powerful to heart!



633 posted on 8/8/02 12:18 PM Central by operation clinton cleanup

[andysandmikesmom]

There ya go...those with money expect everything to come their way free, because they have name recognition...but us regular folk are expected to pay...

How cheapie can people get? And ya know, for the regular person $77 or $75 dollars is a lot of money for a concert...but they put it out, if they really want to see something...they may save their extra change for a while, they may work a few hours overtime, they may give up something else they love, in order to be able to pay for a concert ticket...

And then you have the Gores, who expect those same concert tickets for free....I expect, with my really cynical eye, that most politicians expect lots and lots of freebies...its just disgusting...