Your hero Bruce Springsteen. It is a pity you don't listen to what he ahs to say. He has never said anything positive about AP except get out and get out he did.
--- On Tue, 10/7/08, Jersey Shore John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Jersey Shore John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [AsburyPark] Stand Up and Sing To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 12:23 PM "On Saturday, Bruce Springsteen kicked off three days of Vote For Change concerts on behalf of Barack Obama with a powerful acoustic set that drew estimated 50,000 to the Ben Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. Cutting a distinctly Woody Guthriesque profile in rolled up flannel, denim and tousled hair, Springsteen stood atop a 30 foot high stage emblazoned with the word CHANGE and belted out a seven-song, 45 minute acoustic set as a gift for Obama volunteers and a catalyst for the disengaged to register to vote. Plenty of people heard the call according to the Obama campaign, some 21,000 new voters were registered as a result of the event. http://tinyurl.com/4mg546 Im not Barack Obama, but Ill do my best, said Springsteen, before wheezing his harmonica like an angry freight train launching into a tense, jingle-jangle reading of The Promised Land, his 1978 affirmation of faith in the ideal American in a time of dwindling opportunity and diminished expectations. Four songs later including a like-minded The Ghost Of Tom Joad, the obligatory Thunder Road and the rarely-heard Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street? Bruce spoke humbly about why he believes in Barack Obama. Ive spent most of my creative life measuring the distance between that American promise and American reality. The distance between that promise and that reality has never been greater or more painful. I believe Senator Obama has taken the measure of that distance in his own life and in his work. I believe as president, he would work to restore that promise to so many of our fellow citizens who have justifiably lost faith in its meaning. After a mournful rendition of Woody Guthries This Land Is Your Land, Springsteen sent the people back out onto the streets with marching orders to take their country back from those who who would sell it down the river for a quick buck. ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
