Posted on 10/14/2012 7:50:55 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
President Obama's bringing in The Boss.
On Thursday, Bruce Springsteen will join former president Bill Clinton at an Obama rally in Parma, Ohio. The campaign announced later that the iconic New Jersey rocker would add another stop that same day in Ames, Iowa.
Springsteen is no stranger to Democratic rallies. The weekend before election day in 2008, he warmed up a crowd of 80,000 people at an Obama event in Cleveland. Four years prior, Springsteen took part in a similar rally for Sen. John Kerry. Tuesday will be his first campaign event in this election cycle.
"Bruce Springsteen’s values echo what the president and vice president stand for: hard work, fairness, integrity,” Obama campaign manager Jim Messina told Ohio's The Plain Dealer. "His appearances will help with our get out the vote effort in these critical swing states and we are thrilled with his ongoing support."
Polls show the race in Ohio is tightening. As National Journal's Major Garrett reported on Wednesday, "The gap has closed from what was an 8 to 10 point Obama lead to just outside the margin of error." Consequently, Democrats are redoubling efforts there. Real Clear Politics's average of polls has Obama up by 1.3 points in the state.
In Iowa, Obama also has seen his lead shrink, according to polls.
No word on which songs Springsteen might be playing at either show -- or whether Clinton will join in on sax.
"Well, I heard Mister Young sing about her
Well, I heard ole Neil put her down
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
A Southern man don't need him around anyhow"
--"Sweet Home Alabama", southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd
Bruce Springsteen? Isn’t he some old, rich, white guy?
I used to like Springsteen, and I knew he was a liberal, but I knew that all performers were usually liberal so I gave him a pass. It was at the point when he became an obnoxious liberal who wouldn’t shut the eff up that I came to despise him and not want to listen to his bullshit anymore.
The tide is turning.
On the Facebook page, Ultimate Classic Rock, they posted a picture of Obama and Springsteen together.
NINETY person of the comments underneath the picture were negative.
Classic rock fans are usually classified as pretty liberal, so this is significant.
They both attacked Obama and Springsteen. Some say they will never listen to him again.
Thank God I don’t have to listen to this bastard anymore during the post season.
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