N.Y. Candidate Seeks Springsteen Boycott

[wicket]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=683&ncid=703&e=4&u=/ap/20040816/ap_on_el_se/boycott_the_boss

Upset with Bruce Springsteen's effort to oust President Bush from the White House, the New York Conservative Party's candidate for the U.S. Senate is launching a "Boycott the Boss" television commercial.

"He thinks making millions with a song-and-dance routine allows him to tell you how to vote," Marilyn O'Grady says in the 30-second spot. "Here's my vote: Boycott the Boss. If you don't buy his politics, don't buy his music."

In a statement, O'Grady said Springsteen "has a right to say what he thinks, but we have an equal right to speak. Now that he's moved onto the political stage to bash my president, it is entirely fair to respond."

Springsteen was among more than 20 prominent musicians who announced on Aug. 4 that they would hold a series of anti-Bush fund-raising concerts under the "Vote for Change" banner in 28 cities in October.

[DebJ]

1. Makes me want to pay double for our tickets!!!!

[BrooklynRider]

69. Write to Marilyn at [e-mail]

[Caution]

2. LOL - funniest thing ever. It amazes me how stupid they really are.

[wicket]

4. Amen to that!

:D

[Caution]

21. can you think of a better way for them to totally waste valuable capaign

funds than this? I love it. Please keep doing it.

[malachi]

63. Some stars have GOP stripes.

If you really want to laugh check out this article. A line-up of the brain dead that support the chimp.

The Dems may have the Boss and Babs, but Bush has his celebrity backers, too. Expect to see some in the spotlights at the Republican convention.

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/entertainment/music/9376749.htm?

[SaveElmer]

3. Yeah I'm sure Bruce is Quaking in his Boots

What a bunch of idiots!!!

[daleo]

5. What about "Born in the USA"?

Will good conservatives still be allowed to misinterpret that?

[calimary]

18. Well, then, she ought to march straight across the USA to Reagan's grave

and pee on it. After all, Ronald Reagan LOVED to wrap himself around "Born in the USA." Guess he must be a traitor, now, too. Maybe even a cheese-eating surrender monkey. And he was married - til death - to that awful stem-cell research promoter, too!

[fishwax]

38. LOL

{{Will good conservatives still be allowed to misinterpret that?}}

:toast:

[xxqqqzme]

6. no, I'm not buying 'her'

president's bullsh*t.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

7. Let's do the math...

O'Grady:



"Marilyn supports making permanent the President’s tax cuts to create jobs, promote growth and recover from the Clinton recession. Making certain that New York receives a fairer share of federal aid will be a top priority."

http://www.voteogrady.com/

THE CLINTON RECESSION?

:wtf:

Springsteen:



Aaaaahhhhh....I think I'm goin' with the boss.

:evilgrin:

[wicket]

9. "I'm with the Boss"

Sounds like a catchy t-shirt or bumper sticker slogan! :evilgrin:

edited for spelling

[wicket]

51. kick!

:kick:

[ilovenicepeople]

47. I just Emailed Marilyn and thanked her

Her religious convictions had the power to make me instantly like Bruce Springsteen,I said if she keeps up the good work that she might be able to stop me from hating Bushs guts? But please Mar don't hold your breath.:crazy:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

67. She's a moderate. See, she didn't say "the Clinton Satanic Death Cult." nt

[Bluzmann57]

8. Well good luck to Ms. O'Grady

I think she may need it. I suspect a lot of people will go out and see Springsteen just because he is Springsteen, not because of any "political agenda".

[wicket]

10. It's as if all of Bruce's recent detractors..

...haven't listened to his lyrics for the past few decades, sheesh, it should be no surprise.

[bkcc]

11. wha??

"the New York Conservative Party's candidate for the U.S. Senate"

Running against whom??
There's no seat up for election this year.

[FredScuttle]

30. What about Chuck?

I thought Schumer's seat was up this year?

[drdtroit]

41. Indeed, she is running against Chuck

From her bio one has to wonder what's up.
Famous opthamologist, active member of the Nassau County Medical Society.
Perhaps the Pharms are backing her to keep our border safe from those illegal Canadian scripts!

[soupkitchen]

12. And she's probably going to want to take away his foodstamps after

she, with all her influence, bankrupts him.

[lolly]

13. These People are their own worst revenge

We get to listen to the Chicks and the Boss.

They get whatz-his-name wailing about boots in the ass and Lee Greenwood's interminably boring refrain over and over again.

I'll be back later. I'm off to i-tunes to download "The River."

I never replaced my old vinyl album, and now seemed like the perfect time.

Think I'll get "Ghost of Tom Joad" while I'm at it.

[yolatengo]

14. both sides, right?

I'm sure he's also calling on:

Toby Keith
Charlie Daniels
Orrin Hatch ;)
George Strait
Darryl Worley
Ted Nugent

etc, etc, etc,

to denounce their 'partisan' ways, right? It's sad that Republicans
get away with such hypocrisy.Time and time again they tell 'liiiibrul
entertainers' to shut up, but praise to the highest those on stage
and screen who think like they do. It's almost as if they want to
CENSOR just liberal viewpoints, keeping only their own.

Bigby

[Spiffarino]

39. Almost??

No, it just plain is.

Read Laura Ingraham's screed "Shut Up and Sing" and you'll see how intense the nutcase right's hypocrisy truly is. She is so full of crap and her book so full of holes that even the ultra-meek alan colmes was able to put the smack down on her.

Please only read it if you can find it in the library or can pick it up for a quarter at a garage sale or flea market. Please don't help line that horrible woman's pockets. She doesn't deserve it. In fact, just go to Amazon.com and read the review. They hammer it.

[mourningdove92]

15. repugs are such cry babies

[calimary]

16. Oh THAT'LL help her poll numbers.

You go, Marilyn. Smart gal. Attack Bruce Springsteen. And give your political consultant a raise, why doncha?

And - uh - a "song-and-dance routine"?????!?!????!?!

[Can o Beans]

33. She's going to get

4 votes in New York if she slams the Boss.

[calico1]

17. Oh yeah..... New Yorkers

are going to boycott Springsteen en masse. After all she is the popular Conservative candidate for Senate and we know how good *her* chances are! :puke:

[arlib]

19. They can sure dish it out....

...but apparently taking it is quite another story. Pitiful.

[Jacobin]

20. He just assured a sell-out crowd

When will they ever learn....

[AFSCME girl]

22. Hey, O'Grady.......

SHOVE IT!!!!!!!! :grr:

[maxsolomon]

23. you cannot win the kulturkampf

when you have no culture.

and i don't even care about springsteen.

[HuckleB]

24. How does O'Grady make a living?

Let's boycott her sorry ass.

[calimary]

26. The story says she's an ophthalmologist. from Long Island.

Obviously one who can't see too well.

[Leilani]

32. Bwwwwaaaa!!!!!

Long Island?

She should get in her car & drive thru the Midtown Tunnel on a day the Boss is at the Meadowlands!!!!!!

Bet she will not get too far....she will be in traffic for the concert!

Springsteen could just play the Meadowlands year round...kind of like Wayne Newton in Las Vegas...

[Zorra]

25. LOL. That just ain't gonna happen.

Bruce:
:yourock:

[lottie244]

27. Isn't Boss entitled to an opinion of his own. Can't he oppose Bush?

i thought that we lived in a democracy but it is beginning to look more and more like a police state run by well-heeled fascists.

[neonplaque]

29. No, only 'professional' politicians,

and religious leaders are permitted to tell you how to vote.

[bushwakker]

49. No, only conservative artists can express themselves politically

didn't you get the memo?

[neonplaque]

28. They've forgotten the "Boycott F-911" lesson

More people will go. Silly Repubs...

[Charlie Brown]

31. It's okay for churches to "tell you how to vote"

but professional singers should stay silent? These guys are the biggest hypocrites.

[The_Casual_Observer]

34. Springsteen ought to be speaking out against the chimp

as should EVERY thinking person in the US.

[daa]

35. Hey O"Grady

Go fu*k yourself.

[truthisfreedom]

36. i'll buy two copies of every record to make up for the schnooks who

participate in this debacle.

[farmbo]

37. It's a deal...you GOPers boycott the Boss and we boycott Toby Keith!!

eom

[Spiffarino]

40. Damn, that'll be easy. n/t

[truthisfreedom]

42. toby who?

it's especially easy when you have no idea who the f*ck toby is.

[neonplaque]

53. I think he sings country music at NASCAR race tracks?

I dunno. I don't watch NASCAR (no offense to anyone but it's a silly 'sport', imo) and I don't listen to country music. So consider him already boycotted by me.

[henslee]

43. Screen door's gonna slam you in the ass, Jenny, I mean Marilyn....

[KelleyKramer]

44. Bush's Amerika: 'Born in the USA' is banned in USA

Ha Ha, I knew it was only a matter of time before the Nazi's tried to take away free speech from The Boss.

In the name of Patriotism, Clear Channel will order all 1200 radio stations to ban Born in the USA.

Freeps and all the mindless Bushbots will see no hypocrisy or irony in this ban.

[thecrow]

45. I've never heard anything so STOOOOPID!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

[union_maid]

46. Thank her for the free advertising

Not that Springsteen needs it, but hey, the tour is for a good cause so free publicity can't hurt.

I guess she's not important enough to be a top 10 conservative idiot, but she is idiotic enough.

[LiberalFighter]

48. So it's not okay for Lee Greenwood supporting bush I & II?

Especially singing his song.. God Bless the USA?

[Cha]

50. Guess who is going to win this fight?

[autorank]

52. Whadamoron

Wrong state, wrong guy to attack. Bruce rules!

[Kimber Scott]

54. "Bash my president..."?

Remember when the President of the United States of America used to be every American's president? I can't wait until we have one president, for one nation, once again.

This lady and "her" president and go start their own country someplace else... maybe with the Southern Baptists? It's a thought. We'd have to make sure they didn't have any intentions about thinking about possibly planning to plan to think about making weapons of mass destruction, though. They're too bent on that Armageddon thing.

[pinniped]

55. Stupid repubics telling us how to vote.

This dumbshit's commercial should tell us why we should vote for her shit for brains "my president". Or her sorry-ass self for that matter.

What we have here is another Kool-Aid drinking repuke assclown.

[Moderator]

56. Kick

Kick

[tlcandie]

57. Ahhh hahahaha!!!!

Snipped from the original thread's linked article...

A spokesman for O'Grady, Howard Lim, would not say how much the Long Island's ophthalmologist's campaign was spending on the commercial, in which she says, "I stand with President Bush and it's time to tame the liberal elite."

She better watch out...she just might have a tiger by the tail! ROFLMAO! :+

[auburngrad82]

58. Boycott Bush supporters!

Actually, if that's the way they want to play it, let's boycott anyone who supports Bush and the Republicans. http://www.opensecrets.org has a list of every corporation that has donated money to Bush and/or Republican candidates. As for celebrities, we can boycott Schwarzenneger and Bruce Willis movies, Travis Tritt music, etc etc.

I've already sworn off all Fox network television shows so their advertisers are wasting their money if they are trying to sell anything to me.

I don't patronize local businesses if they have a Republican candidate's campaign sign in their window either. Fair is fair. I can spend my money where and when I want to. I'm just trying to make sure it doesn't end up financing Bush and his cronies.

[Swamp Rat]

59. Let's all sing at the top of our lungs: "... I was, BORN IN THE USA!"

Some of these right wing assholes are beyond reason. Time to shout in their faces or sing "Born in the USA." Those devious bastard fascists cannot take our country from us!!!

[Shallah Kali]

60. Good let him try! More publicity for Vote for Change Tour!

This will tick off those who support freedom of speech so there will be a backlash against O'Grady, it will waste her $, and again will get more publicity for the Vote for Change Tour!

[TryingToWarnYou]

61. Kick... wow..just, wow. What a dumbass.

[Warren DeMontague]

62. Hey--- R.E.M.'s got a new album out in a couple months...

Maybe she can try to convince people to "boycott" that one, as well.

[arwalden]

64. So Take THAT! And Don't Buy Dixie Chicks Either! Or Willie Nelson!

So THERE! Nyyaah!

-- Allen

[wicket]

65. kick

:kick:

[makeanoise]

66. That pisses me off!!!!

Bruce, a true patriot and American, and one hell of a talent being boycotted by Republicans. Their stupidity is endless.

But it makes sense doesn't it?
I never realized how much trouble Bush was in until I found out how pissed of THE BOSS was.

You really have to screw up bad to make Bruce mad. King George is in trouble... amen

[kwolf68]

68. Does anyone think

Adolf Hitler would have allowed German bands that opposed him to play a concert in 1936?

[OnionPatch]

70. Looks like it's time to buy some music

Hmmm....think I need a few Springsteen CDs.

[Zorra]

71. Info on Bruce, Vote For Change Tour:

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND
TO TOUR IN SUPPORT OF VOTE FOR CHANGE
Bruce Springsteen is excited to announce his participation in the Vote for Change concert tour. Between October 1 and October 8, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform at five Vote for Change concerts, sharing the bill with R.E.M., and Bright Eyes with a special appearance by John Fogerty (see dates below).

TICKETS:

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will be performing at the following Vote for Change shows:

Date City
Fri, October 1 Philadelphia
Sat, October 2 Cleveland
Sun, October 3 Ann Arbor
Tues, October 5 St. Paul
Fri, October 8 Orlando

http://www.brucespringsteen.net/news/index.html

Special appearance by John Fogerty!

DEJA VU (ALL OVER AGAIN)

Did you hear 'em talkin' 'bout it on the radio
Did you try to read the writing on the wall
Did that voice inside you say I've heard it all before
It's like Deja Vu all over again

Day by day I hear the voices rising
Started with a whisper like it did before
Day by day we count the dead and dying
Ship the bodies home while the networks all keep score

Did you hear 'em talkin' 'bout it on the radio
Could your eyes believe the writing on the wall
Did that voice inside you say I've heard it all before
It's like Deja Vu all over again

One by one I see the old ghosts rising
Stumblin' 'cross Big Muddy
Where the light gets dim
Day after day another Momma's crying
She's lost her precious child
To a war that has no end

Did you hear 'em talkin' 'bout it on the radio
Did you stop to read the writing at The Wall
Did that voice inside you say
I've seen this all before
It's like Deja Vu all over again
It's like Deja Vu all over again

John Fogerty
©2004 Cody River Music / ASCAP

http://www.johnfogerty.com/main.php

[julialnyc]

72. Go buy a CD if you can

to tell this repub fool to shove it!!!!!

The record sales is where the boycott looks to hurt Bruce, so buy a Springsteen CD if you can so the news doesn't report his sales down and give credit to this creep asking for a boycott (like what happened to The Dixie Chicks)

[murray hill farm]

73. This is sooooooooooooo funny!

Thanks to Marilyn, I have had the best laugh in days. I am still laughting..i love this..hahhahahahahahahahaha! It is so stupid that it is almost beyond stupid....these folks are a laugh a minute!! This one, however is the topper...ha!

[askew]

74. Dancing?

"He thinks making millions with a song-and-dance routine allows him to tell you how to vote,"

Obviously, she has never seen the "Dancin' in the Dark" video, because there is no way Springsteen ever made a buck, let alone millions, from his dancin'. I love Springsteen, but he should never, never dance.