FR EXCLUSIVE: Springsteen Called For Impeachment of President Bush at DC Concert

Kristinn | September 13, 2003 | Krsitinn via Angelwood

[Angelwood]

Rock star Bruce Springsteen called for the impeachment of President George W. Bush at a nearly sold-out concert at FedEx Field just outside of Washington, DC tonight. During the introductions of his back-up band, The E Street Band, Springsteen said of saxophonist Clarence Clemons, "It's time to impeach the president and get a man in there to get us out of this mess." The audience cheered in response.

At a recent concert at Fenway Park in Boston, Springsteen touted liberal comedian Al Franken's new book and encouraged people to read it. In the Spring, Springsteen issued a statement defending the Dixie Chicks after they told a foreign audience that they were "ashamed that the President of the United States was from Texas."

At least Springsteen chose to make his statement about impeaching President Bush in the nation's capital. However, his timing just two days after the nation marked the second anniversary of the September 11 attacks is sure to make his remarks even more controversial than otherwise, especially because the nation's capital was a target.

Springsteen was silent during the eight years of Bill Clinton's presidency: A time when children were gassed and burned to death at Waco; our national security was betrayed to the communist Chinese government in exchange for millions of dollars for Clinton's campaign coffers; and when Clinton lied under oath and obstructed justice in a civil rights lawsuit filed by one of the "little people" that Springsteen champions.

Springsteen's current album and tour are based on the September 11 attacks and he has several songs about the bravery of those who gave their lives responding to those attacks. Springsteen's tour is scheduled to end at the beginning of October with three dates at New York City's Shea Stadium.

[JOE6PAK]

BTW..."F" Spruce!

[Luis Gonzalez]

"The fact that Bruce Springsteen would say such a thing, is lioving proof just how far from reality the left is today."

I see it as living proof that our Constitution is alive and well, and working.

I detest what Bruce said, but I am willing to give up my life defending his right to say it.

[MJY1288]

Agreed, I didn't say he didn't have the right to say it, I only remarked on how far out of touch he is from reality

[Lady Heron]

He is a Singer Song-writer from Freehold. With a Billion fans.

Make it one less.

[Mo1]

I detest what Bruce said, but I am willing to give up my life defending his right to say it.

You're right Luis .. Bruce has every right to say what he did ..

And I have every right to tell him to kiss my a$$

[Luis Gonzalez]

Yes you do.

[Mo1]

;0)

[MJY1288]

Ditto :-)

[dr grumpy]

lets all boycott bruce springstiens song born in the usa because bruce springstein is not proamerican he is promuslims and im in paltalk go to down load it at www.paltalk.com in in social issues area

[dr grumpy]

lets all boycott bruce springstiens song born in the usa because bruce springstein is not proamerican he is promuslims and im in paltalk go to down load it at www.paltalk.com in in social issues area

[GOPcapitalist]

The DC radio stations have been playing music from this jackass all day long. Quite frankly, I cannot stand him and would take Zepplin, Skynyrd or even the largely detestable Fleetwood Mac over him any day.

Sidenote to Bruce Springsteen: It's called a FASTBALL, you idiot. NOBODY in baseball refers to it as a "speedball." In fact I have NEVER heard anybody but you call it a "speedball" except for you and that suggests to me that you possess a laughable ignorance of America's favorite pasttime to a degree that is as un-American as your angry left wing diatribes against the president.

[FreeSpirit696]

LOL good one there.....and for those of you who do not know what Kazaa is ...well anyway _ *;*

[dixie sass]

Brucey boy needs some publicity so he is borrowing a page for the Chicks book. He is typical of the Hollywood/entertainment mentality - none, whatsoever.

Although things are not going as swimmingly in the middle east, we were drawn into the fights over there by wholesale murder of our people - not just the Pentagon, towers or Flight 93, but everything that has happened over the last 20 years. They wanted us there, they have us there, and as George M. Cohen said "...and we won't be back till it's over overthere!"

[ppaul]

So this short little d*ckhead was "Born in the USA"?
What a jerk!

[Robert_Paulson2]

the guy's a limp wrist.
I bet you only liked one or two of his tunes... and were more intested in HARD ROCK, like zeppelin, ten years after, uriah heep or hendrix, or cream..

be honest... did you REALLY buy a Springsteen Album?
A girl probably talked you into it if you did... but I doubt you did anyway...
Me neither.

You see folks who like the sound track to Dune... don't often buy the limp wristed stuff by losers like springstien...

[stand watie]

congrats, den mother!

free dixie,sw

[dr_who_2]

I'm sittin' behind the barn with ma rum and coke, curs'in the president 'cause I'm almost broke. Come, let's go find a red headed woman and get happy with her in my ole' pickup and live the AMERICAN dream!!! Ra! Ra!

[dr_who_2]

Liberalism is a quick and easy ideology for those who aspire to be "hip" and "cool".

[driftless]

I do like some of his songs, but I bought his greatest hits tape and have only played it once. His stuff is simply not as good as the "experts" say it is. He's had a few good songs (Born To Run, Dancing In The Dark), but most are just average or worse. The unfortunate thing about Springsteen is that he believed all the press clippings saying what a great musician he is. And he screams too much on many of his recordings. Born In The USA would have been a lot better song sung with a quieter voice and at lower volume.

P.S. A few years back when the stagehands at a very popular concert hall in Milwaukee were asked by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel to name the rudest, nastiest, and most uncooperative guest musician that had played at their place, they all named Springsteen as the worst.

[FlyVet]

Liberalism is a quick and easy ideology for those who aspire to be "hip" and "cool".

Yeah, it is. I was apolitical in my youth, but most of us 70's juveniles' first worry was how "hip" and "cool" we were. "Disco Boy, run to the toilet and comb your hair." When I turned 18, I voted for Jimmy Carter. Not because I knew anything, but because he was a-ok with the media. He remains the first, and last, Democrat I ever voted for. A few years in the Air Force, and Ronald Reagan, straightened me out for good. And the older I get, the more at odds with my own family I become. They've grown more liberal with age, and I've become more conservative. Strange how things work out.