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'The Boss' backs Obama for president
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| 4/16/08
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Posted on 04/16/2008 12:44:41 PM PDT by pissant
Rock superstar Bruce Springsteen on Wednesday endorsed Democratic Senator Barack Obama for US president, saying he stands "head and shoulders above the rest."
In a message posted on his Web site, the musician and songwriter known as the Boss said the Illinois senator has "the depth, the reflectiveness and the resilience" to be the next US president.
"Like most of you, I've been following the campaign and I have now seen and heard enough to know where I stand. Senator Obama, in my view, is head and shoulders above the rest," he wrote.
Many of Springsteen's rousing rock anthems and haunting ballads celebrate working class Americans. His endorsement in the November presidential election comes as Obama fends off charges he is out of touch with working class voters.
The Obama campaign welcomed the endorsement. The America of Springsteen's songs - with its hardworking people and big dreams - is "a story I know and a vision I share for our future, and that's why I'm so honoured to have his support in this journey," Obama said in a statement.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: brucespringsteen; larrysinclairslover; obama; obama2008
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I'm still waiting for other washed up has-beens to make their endorsements before I decide. Vanilla Ice, MC Hammer, Joan Baez, Sinead Oconnor, etc etc
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posted on
04/16/2008 12:44:41 PM PDT
by
pissant
To: pissant
Elton John vs Bruce Sprinsteen.
Go Bama!
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posted on
04/16/2008 12:45:31 PM PDT
by
The_Republican
(Ovaries of the World Unite! Rush, Laura, Ann, Greta - Time for the Ovulation!)
To: pissant
I love when these celebrities who have made a boatload of cash from the “common man” try to compare themselves to them.
To: pissant
the depth, the reflectiveness and the resilience
Is he talking about Senator Obama, or his car wax?
To: pissant
...Oh, goody. ...An idiot endorses a marxist know-nothing for President. Where do I sign?!
To: Ranger Drew
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posted on
04/16/2008 12:47:49 PM PDT
by
SMARTY
('At some point you get tired of swatting flies, and you have to go for the manure heap' Gen. LeMay)
To: pissant
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posted on
04/16/2008 12:48:01 PM PDT
by
RDTF
(my worst nightmare is being on jury duty sequestered with 11 liberals)
To: pissant
BULL.....
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posted on
04/16/2008 12:48:16 PM PDT
by
geo40xyz
(McCain, Obama or Hillarybeast possibility of 4 Supreme Court Justices, Gore @UN. The WINNER is?)
To: pissant
Another overrated overpaid liberal “celebrity” endorses one of his own, BS.
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posted on
04/16/2008 12:48:48 PM PDT
by
Baladas
To: pissant
When was Springsteen’s last hit song? 1984 or 1985?
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posted on
04/16/2008 12:49:16 PM PDT
by
AnnGora
(I am unique. Just like everybody else.)
To: pissant
So - who did Springsteen endorse last time?
And the time before that?
(sound of crickets chirping)
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posted on
04/16/2008 12:49:55 PM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
To: The_Republican
Elton John vs Bruce Sprinsteen.
"Cat fight!"
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posted on
04/16/2008 12:50:11 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
("I am like...Dude......do you really....like want the Sex?")
To: pissant
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posted on
04/16/2008 12:50:23 PM PDT
by
exile
("Get off the phone, ya big dope"- The Great One)
To: pissant
The America of Springsteen's songs - with its hardworking people and big dreams... ..will not make it past the front gates.
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posted on
04/16/2008 12:51:12 PM PDT
by
OeOeO
To: pissant
Bruce knows that voting for Obama is the same thing as marching arm-in-arm with Dr. Martin Luther King through the streets of Selma, Alabama during the summer of 1965 while surrounded by hundreds of Grand Dragons of the KKK.
It's something he will tell his grandchildren about, as if it were something heroic.
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posted on
04/16/2008 12:51:21 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
To: pissant; 537cant be wrong; Aeronaut; bassmaner; Bella_Bru; Big Guy and Rusty 99; Brian Allen; ...
Rock superstar Bruce Springsteen on Wednesday endorsed Democratic Senator Barack Obama for US president, saying he stands "head and shoulders above the rest." 
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posted on
04/16/2008 12:52:06 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Religion is the opiate of the masses MARX1843 They get bitter, they cling to...religion OBAMA2008)
You’re not the Boss of me.
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posted on
04/16/2008 12:52:31 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Religion is the opiate of the masses MARX1843 They get bitter, they cling to...religion OBAMA2008)
To: pissant
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posted on
04/16/2008 12:53:15 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Religion is the opiate of the masses MARX1843 They get bitter, they cling to...religion OBAMA2008)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
“It’s something he will tell his grandchildren about, as if it were something heroic.”
Lord knows he’s old enough to have several of those.
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posted on
04/16/2008 12:54:19 PM PDT
by
AnnGora
(I am unique. Just like everybody else.)
To: pissant
I rocked to Springsteen in my youth, sure. Does his talent as a rocker give him any superior political acumen? I don't think so.
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posted on
04/16/2008 12:54:23 PM PDT
by
fhayek
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