Here's a BIG smile, tonight. Enjoy!

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081006/SPECIAL01/81006002

:wow:

So Neat!
So Many people!
Obama voters are everywhere! :woohoo:

Look at the people. Their smiles. Brings tears to my eyes. We are going to win this deal. BIG!

:thumbsup:

Thanks. :)

The man is a true saint.

THE BEST rock & roller in US history. Not an understatement.

not only does he write great songs about America and Americans, he also supports -- sometimes quietly, sometimes loudly -- all manner of good causes across the country . . . proceeds from his shows sometimes go to local food banks, for example . . . now he's out on the campaign trail for Obama/Biden, and making the case for their election in an articulate and thoroughly compelling way . . .

The Boss talks the talk AND walks the walk, quite consciously patterning his involvement with the issues facing the nation after one of his own heroes, Pete Seeger . . . he's essentially doing what Pete used to do before age slowed him down . . . they both deserve major kudos for consistently trying to make the country and the planet a better place . . .

Here's some snippets from the article..

Springsteen rallies for Obama in Ypsilanti
Susan Whitall / The Detroit News
YPSILANTI -- "Hello, Ypsilanti. Glad to be here, don't know how to spell it, though," Bruce Springsteen quipped as he took the stage at 4:50 p.m. Monday on the third stop of his Vote for Change 2008 mini-tour for Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign.

Dressed in a gray and white flannel shirt, Springsteen kicked off his set with several of his songs about the struggles of the working class. First, "The Promised Land," then he strapped on his harmonica harness for "The Ghost of Tom Joad," his bleak 1995 song about the protagonist of John Steinbeck's Dust Bowl tragedy, "The Grapes of Wrath."

He dedicated the next song, "Devils & Dust," to the troops deployed overseas, "may they come home soon safely." Then it was "Used Cars," a song about a hard-working father buying a "brand new used car" yet again. When he got to the line, "as my pa steers her slow out of the lot for a test drive down Michigan Avenue," the crowd cheered.

"Can't go wrong singing a song that has the name of the state in it," Springsteen said with a raspy laugh. "Cheap applause getter."

"I know that I want my dream back, I want my America back, I want my country back. So now's the time to stand up for Barack Obama and Joe Biden, and let's come on up for 'The Rising.'"

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If this man would ever want to run for office. Say, a US Senator. I'd drive back east to work with him. I love him. In a New Jersey second.

giving free concerts for Obama & Biden! :patriot: :party: :bounce:

A thousand George Bushes, a thousand Dick Cheneys... springsteen.net

Condem..I'll make a point to do that.

"I believe Senator Obama has taken the measure of that distance in his own life and in his work. I believe he understands, in his heart, the cost of that distance, in blood and suffering, in the lives of everyday Americans. 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 the disastrous administration of the past 8 years, we need someone to lead us in an American reclamation project. In my job, I travel the world, and occasionally play big stadiums, just like Senator Obama. I've continued to find, wherever I go, America remains a repository of people's hopes, possibilities, and desires, and that despite the terrible erosion to our standing around the world, accomplished by our recent administration, we remain, for many, a house of dreams. One thousand George Bushes and one thousand Dick Cheneys will never be able to tear that house down."

It's so Awesome that he wrote this along with the giving of his music!

Wrote it himself. Something Obama or McCain could ever claim.

Like the old Tilt-a-Whirls.

Hmmmmm. What will they play???

I wonder if he's still around.