"The Boss Has Changed His Mind"! :)

[Cha]

Rocker Bruce Springsteen once said he wouldn't perform during the 2012 presidential campaign.

.

President Obama's campaign said today that Springsteen will appear along with ex-President Bill Clinton a pro-Obama rally Thursday in Parma, Ohio.

"Bruce Springsteen's values echo what the President and Vice President (Biden) stand for: hard work, fairness, integrity," said Jim Messina, Obama for America's campaign manager. "His appearances will help with our get out the vote effort in these critical swing states and we are thrilled with his ongoing support."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2012/10/13/bruce-springsteen-barack-obama-bill-clinton-campaign-election-2012/1631249/

h/t http://theobamadiary.com/

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I'm so glad to hear this! He's a perfect fit for President Obama's campaign!

[Cha]

3. So true, Peggy.. So True!

[Indpndnt]

59. I went and crowed on FB! Not a peep out of the repubs on my friends list. Not. A. Peep.

Bruce lovers, all, too! [url=http://www.cosgan.de/smilie.php][img][/img][/url]

[Cha]

61. .. I'm so stealing that!

Thanks and for the report from FB, Indpndnt!

[DonViejo]

11. And Parma is the perfect town to play in...

white working class. Parma used to be represented by Congressman Dennis Kucinich too

[Cha]

12. Good to know..thanks DonViejo!

[freshwest]

31. +1

[elleng]

2. Good news. NOW keep the election officials and machines honest.

[Cha]

4. I really like this News! What's an Obama-Biden Campaign

without Bruce playing Music in Ohio? And, James Taylor in North Carolina?(not sure about that happening).

"NOW keep the election officials and machines honest."


Thanks for the Ever Present NEED, elleng!

[tallahasseedem]

5. I think I hear the faint sound...

of sobs coming from Chris Christie, LOL!

[Cha]

9. Ah yes..Christie who likes Springsteen

but, Bruce isn't feelin' it.

[calimary]

23. Makes this all the sweeter! I hate that loutish bully!

[George II]

27. Those sounds coming out of Christie aren't sobs, they're..................

[aquart]

51. Sweet, sad sobs.

Shouldn'ta turned down the tunnel, Chris!

[JohnnyBoots]

71. Christie stands for everything the Boss is against.

His lyrics ooze populism. I don't ger how Christie likes him. He must not listen to the words.

[JI7]

6. i was just thinking about him and how he was what we needed

listening to him actually made me feel better in the last few days .

[Cha]

8. COOL! I do love

this news! I had forgotten if I ever knew that he wasn't performing for Pres Obama this election season..but, I can certainly see why he's Changed his mind!

[JI7]

10. yeah, i ddin't know he had said he wasn't going to , i expected he would

and Glad he did change his mind on that.

[silverweb]

7. K&R

[CTyankee]

13. While I usually don't think celebrity endorsements really help our candidates, in this instance

I think it would not hurt and might even have a slight beneficial effect. It might help some
Springsteen fans who are also basically Dems to have another reason to make the effort to vote. Obviously, there are Republican Springsteen fans (look at Chris Christie) and they won't change but there might be a little push on the Dem fans...just sayin'.

[Cha]

15. I think it definitely helps

Awareness and a extra Effort to actually Get Out and VOTE!

Rally the Troops!

[CTyankee]

16. But only if they are voting our way! Obviously, you can be a Springsteen fan and be a rabid

Republican (and no, I don't understand how Christie could even BE a Springsteen fan in the first place, but there it is!).

[FreeStateDemocrat]

36. Sorry to say I know another one with a father who worked union his whole life, 2 rockheaded pukes.

[CTyankee]

41. I can't understand that, but I don't understand a LOT about these low information voters!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

14. Good man, Bruce!

[onethatcares]

17. jeeez, "My Hometown" as a backdrop for

what Bain Capital has done the past 20 years would be a perfect campaign commercial.

Just show the rust belt factories and the families that have lost.

[Iliyah]

18. BORN

IN THE USA!

[Cha]

21. Precisely! Take that

Donald Trump!

[Samantha]

25. Wow, I should have read the entire thread before I made my post above

Great minds do think alike, right?

Sam

[Warren DeMontague]

19. Bruce is so damn cool.

And its always worth pointing out that all those talented right wing rock and roll acts...

Dont exist.

[courseofhistory]

20. I'll drink to that!

[Cha]

22. I just realized that's Sasha Obama with Bruce, and her Dad 4 years ago!

Cute!

[Samantha]

24. I hope he sings Born in the USA

Wouldn't that be sticking it to the Republicans if the media featured segments of Bruce's appearance on the campaign trail for President Obama, and he was singing that song. And wouldn't Governor Christie squirm when he heard it!

Sam

[asjr]

37. That would be the icing on the cake. Born in the USA and dedicate

it to all the birthers!

[arcane1]

40. Especially since Reagan tried to co-opt that song to represent HIS nonsense ideas

[gademocrat7]

26. Wonderful

Love The Boss!

[nolabear]

28. How wonderful! He is a powerful voice for the working person.

[sling438]

29. Went to see him once

Back in the 80s. Great show!!! Glad to see he can still rock it!

[Astazia]

30. That does it, I'm moving to Ohio! (anecdotal story in post)

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WOW! Wish I could go to any political rally like this. California is a gimme, so the only rally that come anywhere near me is too pricey. I've seen "The Boss" 3 or 4 times, but President Clinton too? That will be such a great event for sure!!!!!!

~~*~~

Memory of POTUS' past that you'll love !

When I was 7, in 1963, my Daddy took us to see President Kennedy in San Diego. He (my dad) had a friend who owned an auto muffler shop facing El Cajon Blvd. which was to be the route for JFK's motorcade. All of "us kids" got into the back of this wood framed bed type apple cider house style truck & the vehicle was lifted up high above the crowd lined street.

The President of the United States went slowly down the street as the crowds on both sides of the street cheered...We were so high up we saw the convertible (a Lincoln I think) and President John Fitzgerald Kennedy waved to ME! It was so much fun & it was my first introduction to politics.

My parents were democrats, but I didn't know that then. What I did know is that 1963 was the last year he was alive, & I was fortunate to have my first presidential or even political memory be this one.

My father used to explain the difference between republicans & democrats when I got a little older by saying this..."Democrats vote with everyone in mind. Republicans vote with themselves in mind."

Thank you DU for being here. I discovered y'all this past summer & after reading so much online, DU was & is a breath of fresh air. Once I began my Bruce,Bill, & OHio post this 49 year old memory popped into my head & for the 1st time in a while now, I knew y'all would appreciate the story.

Have a Grrrreat weekend & enjoy the "Biden afterglow!"
Tazzie

[freshwest]

33. Great story and view points there. Very true. Thanks for letting us know this.

[juajen]

56. Welcome to DU.

My late husband and I were married one week after JFK was assassinated. We heard the news as we were getting our blood tests. We honeymooned in New Orleans, which was bustling with strange vibes. At my bridesmaids' luncheon, the bandstand was draped in black. Needless to say, we had no music. If you are wondering, the wedding was in Birmingham, Alabama. All of the store windows were draped in black with large photos of the President.

[David Zephyr]

32. The Ghost of Tom Joad lives!

K&R. Thanks for the wonderful news, Cha.

[TahitiNut]

34. I love the expression on Sasha's face.

That photo must've been taken during the 2008 campaign, since she's quite a bit taller now.

I love those kids! They're 100% real kids ... loved and loving it.

[Cha]

39. Pure reverence as it

should be!

[freshwest]

35. Love to see this Springsteen tune used in the campaign, regarding Romney/Sensata:

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN ~ Youngstown

Here in northeast Ohio
Back in eighteen-o-three
James and Dan Heaton
Found the ore that was linin' Yellow Creek
They built a blast furnace
Here along the shore
And they made the cannonballs
That helped the Union win the war

Here in Youngstown
Here in Youngstown
My sweet Jenny I'm sinkin' down
Here darlin' in Youngstown

Well my daddy worked the furnaces
Kept 'em hotter than hell
I come home from 'Nam worked my way to scarfer
A job that'd suit the devil as well
Taconite coke and limestone
Fed my children and make my pay
Them smokestacks reachin' like the arms of God
Into a beautiful sky of soot and clay

Here in Youngstown
Here in Youngstown
Sweet Jenny I'm sinkin' down
Here darlin' in Youngstown

Well my daddy come on the Ohio works
When he come home from World War Two
Now the yard's just scrap and rubble
He said "Them big boys did what Hitler couldn't do."
These mills they built the tanks and bombs
That won this country's wars
We sent our sons to Korea and Vietnam
Now we're wondering what they were dyin' for

Here in Youngstown
Here in Youngstown
My sweet Jenny I'm sinkin' down
Here darlin' in Youngstown

From the Monongahela valley
To the Mesabi iron range
To the coal mines of Appalachia
The story's always the same
Seven hundred tons of metal a day
Now sir you tell me the world's changed
Once I made you rich enough
Rich enough to forget my name

And Youngstown
And Youngstown
My sweet Jenny I'm sinkin' down
Here darlin' in Youngstown

When I die I don't want no part of heaven
I would not do heaven's work well
I pray the devil comes and takes me
To stand in the fiery furnaces of hell

[DesertRat]

38. Yea!! I'm listening to Wrecking Ball right now

[Spitfire of ATJ]

42. PARMA??!!!

(Local joke)

[Cha]

43. I'm listening..

[Spitfire of ATJ]

44. Pluck that magic twanger, Froggy!

[Cha]

45. Poor Froggy! And,

excuse my ignorance but that has to do with PARMA, how?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

46. Every time The Ghoul mentioned "Parma" they would play polka music.

Here's an OLD clip where they screw it up.

The music was "Who Stole The Keeshka". He put Parma on the map for a lot of Midwesterners as a real party town and increased tourism.

[Cha]

49. Thanks for 'splaining that to me, Spitfire! Good timing with Halloween

and bobbing for apples in PARMA!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

53. I can't believe the guy is still on the air...

[Ikonoklast]

62. You should be ashamed of yourself.

It was GHOULARDI, The One, The Only, The Original, Accept No Substitutes!!!



That fraud known as "The Ghoul" was a pale imitation of the genius that was Ernie Anderson.



"Cool it with the boom-booms over there!"
"Stay Sick! Turn Blue!"
"Parma? PARMA?????"

[Spitfire of ATJ]

63. That's like the whole "Vampira - Elvira" debate.

[Ikonoklast]

64. No. NO. AGAIN, NO!

There is Ghoulardi.

Then there is NOTHING.

You are trying to compare Gold to Iron Pyrite.

Yes, both are shiny.

But one is worthless.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

65. To me, it's like retiring "Batman" after Adam West or Bond after Sean Connery.

[Ikonoklast]

66. Which would have been bad how, exactly???

That got you Roger Moore and Michael Fucking Keaton, and that's just the tip of that giant floating turdburg.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

67. What's next? A "Doctor Who" debate?

[Ikonoklast]

70. Ah! Go ahead, change the subject!

Tom Baker.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

73. .....heh....

The funniest one of course...

[Sekhmets Daughter]

68. When I was a kid

my father would crack up every time Andy Devine said "Pluck your magic twanger Froggy" and while we kids thought it was funny, we never found it quite as hilarious. I was well along into adulthood before I realized just what Froggy's Magic Twanger was...and just like my Dad, it still makes me laugh when I hear it.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

69. There's clips on YouTube of the original.

The Ghoul treated the Froggy character like "Mr. Bill" of SNL.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

72. Thanks

[kath]

74. Heh - that's exactly who comes to mind every time I hear the word "Parma"! AM-RAP!!!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

76. I'm old enough to remember the "Ribbies Beans" bit.

[Dawson Leery]

47. Wait till Pat Boone sings at the Romney Rallies.

All the "hip cats" will be......oh never mind.

[dchill]

58. Ultimate snark!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

48. My favorite Springsteen tune

[Cha]

50. thank you for posting that Vid that I've never

before, ain't_no_life_nowhere!

Getting us ready for Bruce!

[Whisp]

55. from the same album, Walk like a Man

love that album

[bushisanidiot]

52. RESPECT!

.

[Cha]

54. BOSS has Obama's Back

and so do I.. And, hopefully this guy from Ohio!



President Obama talks with Mario Orosa, a native Ohioan, before dinner at the Smith Commons Dining Room and Public House in Washington, DC, on October 12, 2012. Orosa was one of the three winners of the final “Dinner with Barack” fundraising contest. The winners are Kimberley Cathey, Mario Orosa and Joe Laliberte (UPI/Pete Marovich

http://theobamadiary.com/

[cheezmaka]

57. YES

Obama Camp... Romney Camp...

[Cha]

60. Lol!

Funny 'cause it's true.. What can I say..most musicians are smarter than kid rock.

[99th_Monkey]

75. Even better than Big Bird. Awesomeness. ~nt