Barack Obama Gets Hypocrite Bruce Springsteen’s Endorsement
Multi-millionaire musician Bruce Springsteen has endorsed Barack Obama for President. Springsteen, who hasn’t had a real job or an economic concern for nearly 35 years now, thinks that Obama is the right person to tackle the “important” issues of economic injustice and the environment. Springsteen said about Obama on his official website:
He speaks to the America I’ve envisioned in my music for the past 35 years, a generous nation with a citizenry willing to tackle nuanced and complex problems, a country that’s interested in its collective destiny and in the potential of its gathered spirit. A place where “…nobody crowds you, and nobody goes it alone.”
At the moment, critics have tried to diminish Senator Obama through the exaggeration of certain of his comments and relationships. While these matters are worthy of some discussion, they have been ripped out of the context and fabric of the man’s life and vision, so well described in his excellent book, Dreams From My Father, often in order to distract us from discussing the real issues: war and peace, the fight for economic and racial justice, reaffirming our Constitution, and the protection and enhancement of our environment.
Over here on E Street, we’re proud to support Obama for President.
Wow, how poetic…
Yes, another rich, pampered Democrat entertainer has endorsed his favorite candidate because he thinks that people are going to care what he thinks. As if being a rich songwriter makes him some kind of authority or something.
Springsteen is known for his songs about the struggles of working class Americans. Let’s take a quick look at what an outrageous hypocrite Springsteen is and just how out of touch he is with everyday working Americans.
Springsteen is currently on a world tour. Ticket prices range from $65 for crappy nosebleed seats to $95 for the main floor. Selling 15,000 seats at an average price of $80 would generate gross revenue of $1.2 million, with about 85% - 95% of that amount going to Springsteen. Then there are t-shirt sales at $25 a pop, posters, CDs, and whatever else the Springsteen machine sells, all intended to extract as much money from his fans as possible.
Does Springsteen ever consider that maybe his working class fans–the people he writes songs about–might find it difficult to afford $95 for a two-and-a-half hour concert? If Springsteen is concerned about economic justice, as his endorsement indicates, why does he charge so much money to attend his concerts? Furthermore, why doesn’t he give his millions away to reduce the economic inequality between him and his fans–or the rest of America?
Springsteen also seems concerned about the environment. Why then does an already extremely wealthy man need to go on tour and make even more money? Band members, roadies, managers, members of the entourage, and others have to be transported and housed. Jets, buses, limousines, electricity for the show–all will be used and all will create pollution that is completely unnecessary. And we are talking about massive amounts of pollution. It wouldn’t surprise me if the pollution generated as the result of one night’s performance exceeded the pollution generated by an average American family in an entire year.
The country would do just fine if Springsteen decided not to tour ever again. So if Springsteen is so concerned about economic justice and the environment, his rationale for endorsing Obama, then why is he guilty of being a big violator of the very issues he pretends to care so much about?
Bruce Springsteen is just another in a long line of self-important liberal frauds and hypocrites who thinks he knows what is best for the rest of us. Sorry, Bruce, you don’t know anything about the working class nor ordinary Americans. Your slovenly physical appearance doesn’t compensate for your actions and fools no one. Now go shave and put on some decent clothes more suited to a man of your extreme wealth.