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Musician Jon Bon Jovi waits on the tarmac to board Air Force One for a flight with President Obama at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Monday, June 4, 2012, in New York, en route to Washington.
Bon Jovi performs at a fundraiser for U.S. President Barack Obama, at the Waldorf Astoria in New York June 4, 2012.
President Obama was in New York last night for three fundraisers. Jon Bon Jovi, who attended all three and headlined the event at the Waldorf, was the President's guest on the Air Force One flight from Washington, DC to New York and back at the end of the evening. Some people (Obama) get all the luck.
Bon Jovi has been a huge supporter of Democratic candidates for more than a decade. In 2007, the New York Times wrote about his strong support for Hillary. He enthusiastically supported Obama when she withdrew from the race.
From the New York Times article:
Mr. Bon Jovi and Mrs. Clinton have been known to delve into issues like affordable housing and his work building homes with Habitat for Humanity in Philadelphia. But their conversations are not always so heavy. She seems to really like to hear me play, Mr. Bon Jovi said.
Mr. Bon Jovi donated $2,300 to Mrs. Clinton this year, as much as he is allowed to under the law. I have no issue with a woman in power, he said. My life has always been run by women. If it wasnt my mother, it was my wife. And if it wasnt my wife it was my daughter.
The White House said taxpayers did not pay for Jon Bon Jovi's seat on the plane -- the Obama campaign did. The fundraisers are expected to bring in $4 million . . . He closed his Waldorf performance with Here Comes the Sun.
read: http://www.talkleft.com/story/2012/6/5/15729/49063
Ilsa
(61,700 posts)picked up the tab and published that fact, otherwise, the teapartiers would be screaming.
JBJ is a really cool man.
bigtree
(86,006 posts)good instincts
HipChick
(25,485 posts)datasuspect
(26,591 posts)and he has rocked them all.
Dorian Gray
(13,503 posts)True that!
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)his support for Obama in a positive way and mentioned who inappropriate the statements of the other rocker were at concert ("ride one of these into the sunset you worthless b*****"
marmar
(77,094 posts)...... but kudos to Jon Bon Jovi anyway.
monmouth
(21,078 posts)To the horror of many Republicans, he's put his money in all the right places.
ThatsMyBarack
(7,641 posts)JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)trumad
(41,692 posts)lol
treestar
(82,383 posts)Look, he's wearing a suit and tie! And has (relatively) short hair!