Springsteen to Join Obama,
Taking Care Our (Democracy) Doesn't Fall to Tea Party Fascism
Hmmm, let me think now, who does the GOP Tea Party have to inspire their base that's equal to Bruce The-Working-Man Springsteen?
Oh, that's right, it's Hank Williams Jr.! It's fitting that an entertaining Bigot would be the inspiration for Tea Party Bigotry. thinkingblue
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Bruce Springsteen to join Obama campaign trail
http://www.nme.com/news/bruce-springsteen/66637
October 17, 2012
A message from Bruce
Dear Friends:
The election is coming up on all of us and we all have strong
feelings about it. I’ve been getting asked a lot about where
I stand, so for those who are interested, here goes.
This presidential election is different than the last one because
President Obama has a four year record to run on. Last time
around, he carried with him a tremendous amount of hope and
expectations. Unfortunately, due to the economic chaos the
previous administration left him with, and the extraordinary
intensity of the opposition, it turned into a really rough ride.
But through grit, determination, and focus, the President has
been able to do a great many things that many of us deeply
support.
Domestically, that record includes working to increase and expand
employment for all, protecting our all important social safety
net, passing guaranteed health care for most of our citizens,
with important new protections for all of the insured, rescuing
the auto industry and so many of the American jobs that go with
it, protecting and enhancing the rights of women, and bringing us
closer to full acceptance of our gay and lesbian brothers and
sisters.
In foreign affairs, that record includes following through on the
removal of troops from the misguided and deceptive war in Iraq,
and vigorously pursuing our real foreign enemies, especially the
killing of Osama Bin Laden.
Right now the opposition’s resort to voter suppression in so
many states is not receiving as much attention as it deserves. I
believe that all of us, of whatever views, should be opposing
these anti-voter, anti-citizen efforts.
Right now, for the President to be effective in his next term he
needs our increased support and he needs support in the Congress,
where some sterling candidates, such as current Senator Sherrod
Brown of Ohio, challenger Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts, and
so many others, are fighting to make their constructive voices
heard.
Right now, there is an ever increasing division of wealth in this
country, with the benefits going more and more to the 1 percent.
For me, President Obama is our best choice to begin to reverse
this harmful development.
Right now, there is a fight going on to help make this a fairer
and more equitable nation. For me, President Obama is our best
choice to get us and keep us moving in the right direction.
Right now, we need a President who has a vision that includes all
of our citizens, not just some, whether they are our devastated
poor, our pressured middle class, and yes, the wealthy too;
whether they are male or female, black, white, brown, or yellow,
straight or gay, civilian or military.
Right now, there is a choice going on in America, and I’m
happy that we live in a country where we all participate in that
process. For me, President Obama is our best choice because he
has a vision of the United States as a place where we are all in
this together. We’re still living through very hard times
but justice, equality and real freedom are not always a tide
rushing in. They are more often a slow march, inch by inch, day
after long day. I believe President Obama feels these days in his
bones and has the strength to live them with us and to lead us to
a country “…where no one crowds you and no one goes it
alone.”
That’s why I plan to be in Ohio and Iowa supporting the
re-election of President Obama to lead our country for the next
four years.
Bruce Springsteen
http://brucespringsteen.net/
WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN [SpringsteenLyrics.com]
Album version
I been knocking on the door that holds the throne
I been looking for the map that leads me home
I been stumbling on good hearts turned to stone
The road of good intentions has gone dry as a bone
We take care of our own
We take care of our own
Wherever this flag's flown
We take care of our own
From Chicago to New Orleans, from the muscle to the bone
From the shotgun shack to the Superdome
There ain't no help, the cavalry stayed home
There ain't no one hearing the bugle blowin'
We take care of our own
We take care of our own
Wherever this flag's flown
We take care of our own
Where're the eyes, the eyes with the will to see
Where're the hearts that run over with mercy
Where's the love that has not forsaken me
Where's the work that set my hands, my soul free
Where's the spirit that'll reign, reign over me
Where's the promise from sea to the shining sea
Where's the promise from sea to the shining sea
Wherever this flag is flown
Wherever this flag is flown
Wherever this flag is flown
We take care of our own
We take care of our own
Wherever this flag's flown
We take care of our own
We take care of our own
We take care of our own
Wherever this flag's flown
We take care of our own