Great to hear the political opinions of Bruce Springsteen. On a related note, I hear that Henry Kissinger will be releasing a CD next spring and his new band totally kicks ass.

By jvon on Oct 9, 2007

@”Great to hear the political opinions of Bruce Springsteen.”

What is it with right-wingers that they think famous actors or musicians shouldn’t express their political opinions?

Could it be because creative people tend to be of the liberal persuasion?

For me, the most discernible difference between ‘liberals’ and ‘conservatives’ in this country is that the left-leaning are far more likely to have read a book since high school.

By Vince Williams on Oct 9, 2007

Could it be because creative people tend to be of the liberal persuasion?

I don’t think it’s that. I’m dead down the middle of the road and even I cringe when these idiots start talking politics.

I don’t go to the Mets game to see a Presidential debate. I don’t go to a play to see CNN, and I don’t go to a Springsteen concert to hear politics.

Oh, and it’s just as sickening when the right wingers do it. Ted Nugent’s idiot screed against Clinton and Obama at his concert over the summer was repulsive too.

By Vinny on Oct 9, 2007

Vinny,

As I understand it, the political opinions expressed by Springsteen were in the SONG, not in his remarks to the audience.

Are you saying that you won’t go to a concert if the performer’s material expresses his political opinions?

A lot of people still don’t realize that ‘Born In the USA’ is an ironic political commentary.

By Vince Williams on Oct 9, 2007

If it’s in the song, and you go, and don’t expect it, you’re what’s commonly known as a fucking idiot. It’s the speeches, I can’t stand.

As to your second point I’m not saying that at all. If I like the material, I go. I just would rather not get a political lecture from a singer or trumpet player.

By Vinny on Oct 9, 2007

Frankly, I think almost everybody in the whole world is a fucking idiot, but right-wingers top the list.;-)

To get back to the point, I don’t believe Bruce made a speech, unless I missed something.

By Vince Williams on Oct 9, 2007

Bloggers are the worst.

By Jecklin on Oct 9, 2007

I’m sorry, are there a lot of entertainment type people with IQs in the mid-80s and high school diplomas (if they’re lucky) who spout off about right-wing politics? There’s Ted Nugent, OK, he’s a complete nut. Occasionally entertaining, but it’s because no one else does it.

I could come up with a list of morons in Hollywood and the music business who have to slam the Republicans every chance they get though. It’s pathetic.

And Vince, really, the Republicans-are-stupid meme is so 2002. You guys need to come up with some new material.

By jvon on Oct 10, 2007

We don’t have to. George W. Bush does it for us almost every time he opens his mouth in an unscripted moment.

By Vince Williams on Oct 10, 2007

And even quite a few scripted ones, too.

In the South we have two types of Republicans:

Yankee transplants with money who’ve always voted Republican, and working class people who were formerly “Dixiecrats”, but have voted Republican since Reagan beat Carter.

The transplants tend to be better-educated, it’s true, but here in the reptilian brain of America, we still have millions of voters who believe that the earth is six thousand years old and that men co-existed with dinosaurs.

Those people vote Republican almost exclusively.

By Vince Williams on Oct 10, 2007

Thanks for sharing

By Doodee on Feb 1, 2008