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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:34 PM Original message |
Bruce Springsteen on Barack Obama |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. Good for him... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. Excellent! |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. "I respect enough.......to wait and see what happens"....very fair.. |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:18 AM Response to Reply #19 |
71. Smart guy... |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. Springsteen: "Obama... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. "I respect enough....to wait and see what happens"...what he Really said... |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. Brooooooce! |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. Advertisement for my Signature - Springsteen performing in front of 80,000 for Kerry in Madison |
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NastyRiffraff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. He campaigned for Kerry in 2004 |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Kerry on the stump could never match Bruce's poetry--Obama just might. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. And neither Bruce or Obama uncovered more government corruption than anyone else in modern history |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. The Song Last to Die was more or less made in dedication to John Kerry |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. People forget that unique individuals like Springsteen have their heroes, too. |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:27 PM Response to Reply #31 |
45. The song specifically uses Senator Kerry's words from his 1971 testimony. n/t |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
56. Last To Die lyrics |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:42 AM Response to Reply #56 |
73. Beautiful and poignant song |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #73 |
77. It was a deliberate manipulation by Rove and corpmedia to distort Kerry's persona |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #77 |
78. can you imagine, he would almost be done with his first term already... *sigh* |
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kid a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #73 |
97. great song! |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
44. Well said. n/t |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:40 AM Response to Reply #26 |
72. A agree, John Kerry's a good man who would have made a very good president. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
36. Have you seen a whole Springsteen concert? |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:18 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. He has his own Rock and Roll Baptisms, Rock and Roll Excorcism, and Rock and Roll Bar Mitzvah's. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. LOL, yup! nt |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
43. Obama doesn't always write his own words and they don't come close to Springsteen's |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. He's a good man. A very good man. But there's more than enough room in this |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 11:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
64. Actually, Springsteen thought some of Kerry's words good enough to be the |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:46 AM Response to Reply #64 |
74. I think that during the 2004 campaign Kerry was overmanaged and his true voice did not speak out |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #74 |
80. His convention speech got excellent reviews when made |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #74 |
89. I think corpmedia DELIBERATELY EDITED out much of Kerry's campaign as Dan Rather has |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. I grew up with him in Freehold (Monmouth County). He's the best..n/t |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. When I'm not at school in Wisconsin, I reside in East Brunswick. |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I worked for the State Police at the Ad Bldg. right there at the Tpke.... |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. One right off Exit 9? |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. That's the one. This was back in the mid 60's.... |
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StrongBad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. I grew up in Middletown |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:05 AM Response to Reply #25 |
69. And Clarence is down here in Riviera Beach. True story: When I |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:06 AM Response to Reply #25 |
70. I thought Steve was exceptional in the Sopranos. Very talented guy. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:13 AM Response to Reply #70 |
76. His brother was always the actor and director around our parts |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
38. One of my best HS friends' older sister went to school with him |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 04:58 AM Response to Reply #38 |
68. For Bruce fans go to: www.welcometofreehold.com. On the right |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:12 AM Response to Reply #68 |
75. Thanks, I will! nt |
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whatchamacallit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. The Boss rules! |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
10. K & R |
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Guava Jelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
11. Can we make him a Superdelegate? |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Why shouldnt The Boss be a SD? |
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Guava Jelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Damn Straight! |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. It's incredible he could be so "Impartial" on this race ...wating to see what happens. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. He's being polite. He's a Kerry man through and through, even longer than I have been. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
95. I think Bruce is "holding it" on this one though. He was for Kerry like |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. You don't know Bruce - he's WITH Kerry in the way that I have been - he's informed and |
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InAbLuEsTaTe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
46. Now that's an idea - good one. |
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rosetta627 (515 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
16. "people want to have a romance with the idea of America again" |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
53. The Perfect Storm to have |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. THANK YOU....BRUUUUUUUCE! for being as Impartial as you could about this... |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
23. I know that he is a terriffic songwriter |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
24. I'm willing to bet Bruce was an Edwards man |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Nope. He wasn't. Not against Edwards, just not for him. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #24 |
86. Nope - He was for Kerry in 2004 and afterwards |
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BeatleBoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
29. He will write a song about November - Promise versus Reality |
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InAbLuEsTaTe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
30. That's why you da boss! |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. damn straight. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
34. Right now. He's playing in Hartford right now. |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Did you get tickets for the first show at hartford? |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. No! Not that either. Totally unfair, I tell you. |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:18 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Are there any seats left at the three Giants Stadium shows in the Summer? |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. I don't know - I wouldn't count on it, though... |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
87. I doubt it - my husband and I have tickets |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #87 |
92. LOL, I know. It takes some serious coordination these days to |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. It really does take coordination and typing skills that I lack |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #34 |
66. I saw him in Boston in November. Drove through Hartford to get there. |
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BadScooter (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #66 |
85. Bruce in Montreal |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
37. it's fairly obvious a guy like him would support obama |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. You know, I'm embarrassed to say |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Oh My! I didnt even think about that |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I can't tell you how glad I am to hear that! |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #37 |
79. Magic Rat, You do know that the Boss sings about you right? |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #79 |
81. I know, that's my favorite song, it's where I get the name from |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #81 |
83. I was meaning to ask you about that :) |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #81 |
90. I figured that was the reason. Nice song. Nice name. |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
49. Obama should consider using "Born in the USA" |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. LOL, you mean as opposed to McCain? |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. No, as a way of emphasizing that Obama is American |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. You do know the true Meaning of BITUSA...right? |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Funny, Funny, Haha? |
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workinclasszero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
59. Gotta love the Boss! |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 11:16 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. WOH WOH WOH WOH |
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workinclasszero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 11:21 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. YES!! LOL (nt) |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Guitar Solo--Clarence--Crowd Chanting. |
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workinclasszero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 11:42 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Saw the Boss in 84 I think it was... |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
60. k and r |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
67. WOOT! WOOT! seeing the BOSS in concert in Portland March 28 |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
82. I'm waiting for the Doors to endorse Obama. Springsteen's okay, but he's from Jersey. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #82 |
93. You have a problem with Jersey? |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
84. This would make on helll of a General election Campaign Theme Song>>>> |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #84 |
91. Not a campaign theme song, but for something for Bruce to play on the stump. |
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ORDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
88. K&R n/t |
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