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In Jersey, Bon Jovi is the hot political ticket
International Herald Tribune ^ | Dec 26, 2007 | Jeremy W. Peters

Posted on 12/26/2007 3:14:57 PM PST by RDTF

He calls her "Mrs. C." And she calls on him to add a little celebrity gloss to her presidential campaign.

The rock singer Jon Bon Jovi and Hillary Rodham Clinton have been friends for more than a decade, uniting for state dinners at the White House and campaign fund-raisers.

If it seems strange that a rocker who sings paeans of working-class New Jersey is so friendly with a senator and former first lady who is using a Celine Dion song as the theme of her presidential campaign, consider a few items on Bon Jovi's social calendar in the last few months.

There were dinners with Clinton and another Democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, her fiercest rival for the nomination, asked Bon Jovi to hear him speak in New York. And the former Vice President Al Gore caught up with him in London for a photo op.

Bon Jovi, 45, whose tousled golden mane and porcelain-white smile have twice helped him earn People magazine's award for sexiest rock star, can lay claim to an unofficial new title these days: the New Jersey's elder statesman.

In New Jersey, it is practically a requirement for any high-ranking politician to attend at least one of his shows. And despite his left-leaning political allegiances, Democrats and Republicans alike seek him out as if he were New Jersey's very own Bono.

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(Excerpt) Read more at iht.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: bonjovi; clinton; corzine; newjersey; nj2008
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1 posted on 12/26/2007 3:14:58 PM PST by RDTF
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To: RDTF

Hairball...


2 posted on 12/26/2007 3:15:52 PM PST by quark
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To: RDTF

Bon WHO?
Now I see why I lost interest in rock music around 1970.


3 posted on 12/26/2007 3:16:03 PM PST by Riverman94610
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To: RDTF

And we all saw how effective Jersey rockers like Springsteen were for Kerry.


4 posted on 12/26/2007 3:16:16 PM PST by joebuck
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To: quark
He calls her "Mrs. C."

So do I!

5 posted on 12/26/2007 3:16:48 PM PST by quark
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To: RDTF

Damn! “Living on a Prayer” and “Its my Life” are two of my favorities. He should stick to singing.


6 posted on 12/26/2007 3:17:35 PM PST by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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To: quark
From the article (captions please):


7 posted on 12/26/2007 3:20:06 PM PST by quark
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To: rbg81
Damn! “Living on a Prayer” and “Its my Life” are two of my favorities. He should stick to singing.

I feel your pain rbg! I was a big fan of Fleetwood Mac before Billy Jeff's campaign co-opted a song for the '92 campaign...I can't even bear to say the name of the song.

8 posted on 12/26/2007 3:21:48 PM PST by Night Hides Not (Chuck Hagel makes Joe Biden look like a statesman!)
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To: rbg81

http://youtube.com/watch?v=g50vzZzAja0
It’s my life - Bon Jovi

a catchy pop tune. Dedicated to Mrs.C*
*SWMNBN

;o)


9 posted on 12/26/2007 3:23:55 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: quark

Does Jon wear a hair weave? I have heard that many times before and my wife doesn’t believe it.


10 posted on 12/26/2007 3:24:39 PM PST by chasio649
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To: RDTF
...a senator and former first lady who is using a Celine Dion song as the theme of her presidential campaign

The one about that big ship sinking?

11 posted on 12/26/2007 3:26:40 PM PST by Dagnabitt ("It's a 'virtual fence'...now run along little taxpayer.")
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To: rbg81

You`re gay.

Just kidding. Although lil` bonny is primarily
known as girly music. Meaning pretty boy singer with
a female following.


12 posted on 12/26/2007 3:35:26 PM PST by Para-Ord.45
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To: RDTF
Democrats and Republicans alike seek him out as if he were New Jersey's very own Bono.

Because you're not a success in America until you've got your very own Kato Kaelin ...

13 posted on 12/26/2007 3:36:56 PM PST by x
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“I mean Stevie Ray Vaughan is dead, and we can’t get Jon Bon Jovi in a helicopter. Come on, folks. ‘Get on that helicopter John. Shut the f-— up and get on that helicopter! There’s a hair dresser in there. Yeah, go ahead in there, yeah yeah.’” - Dennis Leary


14 posted on 12/26/2007 3:41:59 PM PST by dfwgator (11+7+15=3 Heismans)
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To: Night Hides Not
That may not been done with the cooperation of Fleetwood Mack. It’s up to who owns the song which may not necessarily be the group.

Members of Fleetwwod Mack said they were surprised at the Clinton’s choice of song“Don’t Stop” as it was a song about a breakup.

15 posted on 12/26/2007 3:42:47 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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To: RDTF

What a poser!


16 posted on 12/26/2007 3:44:08 PM PST by tobyhill (The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
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To: Para-Ord.45

You`re gay


Really? Don’t know what planet you’re from, but Bon Jovi is definitely not ‘girly’ music. If listening to “Living on a Prayer” makes you question your masculinity (assuming you’re a man), then I would seek help.

Now, had I said I was a Barry Manilow fan, that would be another matter......


17 posted on 12/26/2007 5:11:22 PM PST by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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To: TigersEye

TE... Did you know Jon Bon Jovi even has a superman tattoo? EFG & lmao
~Pandy~


18 posted on 12/26/2007 5:23:25 PM PST by pandoraou812 ( Its NOT for the good of the children! Its BS along with bending over for Muslim's demands)
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To: RDTF

bon jovi is a lib/dem richard cranium!!!!!


19 posted on 12/26/2007 6:09:22 PM PST by nyyankeefan
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To: RDTF
And despite his left-leaning political allegiances, Democrats and Republicans alike seek him out as if he were New Jersey's very own Bono.

I love rock Bon {Bonehead} Jovi Is Glam Rock scripted trash ...but what Liberal thinks for themselves to begin with ?

20 posted on 12/26/2007 6:15:43 PM PST by ATOMIC_PUNK (Global Warming : A perpetuation of Lies Levied onto sheep to give up their Fleece)
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