Quotes of the day
posted at 9:45 pm on January 16, 2009 by Allahpundit
“The Born to Run singer said that the US was now ‘suffering the consequences’ of eight years of rule by a ‘very radical group of people’ who had attempted to undermine the country’s democratic values.”
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To hell with that double talkin Obama and pi$$ on Springsteen and the pig he rode in on.
Zorro on January 16, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Bruce Springsteen – seer, intellect, and national treasure.
My favourite limousine liberal after Barabara.
Bless them both.
Ares on January 16, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Gobbledygook. “Blinded By the Light” makes more sense.
ddrintn on January 16, 2009 at 9:51 PM
He’s just still pissy that Reagan used his song for a successful presidential campaign.
Cry me a river, you rich prick.
MadisonConservative on January 16, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Bruce who?
warbaby on January 16, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Heh…yeah, he’s been working hard to reestablish his lefty cred ever since.
ddrintn on January 16, 2009 at 9:54 PM
“If you look at my statements throughout the campaign… I always thought that he was a good guy.”
Good grief, has this guy ever heard of videotape? We know what you said.
cs89 on January 16, 2009 at 9:57 PM
This is strictly poll driven. He gives a damning with faint praise (because the large majority of people think Bush is a good guy)…then some pieces to the Left, while furrowing his brow to look like he is deeply thinking about this.
Clinton did the same thing. The only problem is that the Left today has spent 8 years thinking they got cheated in 2000.
The “professional” Dem Pols did a great job in creating a rabble that want revenge big time. Classic Dem politics.
r keller on January 16, 2009 at 10:04 PM
“I am the one we’ve been waiting for” Pres Obama 1/20/09
El_Terrible on January 16, 2009 at 10:05 PM
So all the “O”s aren’t going to be popped off the computer keyboards…
btw Compare the way Bush left the White House today…early…to head to Camp David until Tues, to the way Bill Clinton hung around hogging all the camera time he could on Bush’s inaugural day. And then leaving on Air Force One, not a helicopter like most.
JetBoy on January 16, 2009 at 10:06 PM
I knew Mr.Lincoln and you, sir, are no Abe Lincoln!
jbh45 on January 16, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Oh, yeah, I forgot, we’re going to be seeing a lot more jackass celebrities on the news now.
Reason #213 not to bother with the MSM – their fascination with ignorant professional whiners.
Merovign on January 16, 2009 at 10:07 PM
What a d*ck.
Can’t sing either. Screech maybe, but sing, uh-uh.
fogw on January 16, 2009 at 10:09 PM
JetBoy,
I remember it like it was yesterday. The media was happy to give him a bunch of face time. What was BJ’s best, humble line of the day?
“We did good. We did REAL good.”
gmoonster on January 16, 2009 at 10:09 PM
warbaby on January 16, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Yeah, Bruce who? I refuse to recognize the contributions of anyone to any field if they say things I don’t like about George Bush.
alex342 on January 16, 2009 at 10:10 PM
When I lived in Jersey, South Jersey, most people refered to Springstine as scratch throat, or ♪♫bruce♪♫ (in a swishy way), or boss more like boring.
I think I may have enjoyed maybe one song, maybe two!
Never went to any of his concerts nor bought any of his albums.
But he is from North Jersey and those people are a little strange anyway. I mean, the Stone Pony…. what a dive.
Kini on January 16, 2009 at 10:10 PM
I had a job in the 70’s that I was perked with concert tickets. I saw several Boss concerts. BTW – nothing compared to a good engineering job at the studio. Let me draw a comparison to Black Sabbath concerts; there were more people incorrectly mouthing the words, smoking pot, puking, losing shirts, urinating freely, and happily enjoying the show in direct fire of the amps at … Bruce Springsteen concerts.
ericdijon on January 16, 2009 at 10:11 PM
I hope the Dixie Chicks play during President Obama’s inauguration festivities!
benny shakar on January 16, 2009 at 10:12 PM
I thought Manfred Mann did a better version of the song.
No, I know they did a better version.
Kini on January 16, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Oh, MC, you make my heart throb, you thick-blooded Badger. Can I just kiss you full on the lips and call it good???
wccawa on January 16, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Sabbeth Rules
Bruce Drools
Kini on January 16, 2009 at 10:16 PM
I really like Bruce’s music. So I’ll ignore these things I disagree with.
Sinead OConner sings well too. What can you do?
tlynch001 on January 16, 2009 at 10:17 PM
And when Barry follows the same foreign policies that the Bush administration put in place, brain dead liberals won’t even notice…or care.
Asher on January 16, 2009 at 10:17 PM
I like Marilyn Manson and Lords of Acid.
So, I guess there’s no accounting for taste.
Kini on January 16, 2009 at 10:20 PM
“We had a historically blind administration who didn’t take consideration of the past; thousands of thousands of people died, lives were ruined and terrible, terrible things occurred because there was no sense of real history, no sense that the past is living and real.”
Now using the above quote as context, you can help answer an age old question:
“wrapped up like a douche” or is it “revved up like a deuce” another runner in the night
I think he says he’s wrapped up like a douche. Yeah, definitely douche.
moxie_neanderthal on January 16, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Sounds like someone isn’t going to be tuning in for the Super Bowl halftime show.
m064404 on January 16, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Springsteen and Streisand are cursing his presidency by their mere support.
Also, I just saw an ad for the Hip-Hop inauguration. Great, rappers in the Lincoln bedroom.
jencab on January 16, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Translation: Hey, Bush is a nice guy but, he was horribly misguided and we will be able to blame him for a long time for everything. I have a mandate to over turn everything and right all wrongs. After all I’m the One and I know better.
sheriff246 on January 16, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Bruce, shut up and sing. I am also concerned your new album sucks, but surprise me will yah.
Mr. Joe on January 16, 2009 at 10:30 PM
It is dawning on Barack that people may have less than charitable things to say about him in a few years…
Starting with Hillary Clinton.
But I digress.
Mr. Joe on January 16, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Why should anyone care?
OldEnglish on January 16, 2009 at 10:32 PM
We are Not a Democracy Bruce we are A Republic…it is that Constitution thingy.
http://www.flixxy.com/political-systems.htm
Dr Evil on January 16, 2009 at 10:38 PM
Clinton did not leave the Capitol via helicopter after the inauguration of Bush due to weather. His motorcade went to Andrews Air Force Base, where he and his family left on the plane used as Air Force One for New York. It is a standard courtesy for the outgoing president to fly home after he leaves office on that plane. You will likely see President and Mrs. Bush do the same: Leave the Capitol via helicopter, then take the 747 to Texas.
JenWestin on January 16, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Another insignificant entertainer whose time has passed him by….
d1carter on January 16, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Springsteen sucks. And i’m just talking about his musical “abilities”, never mind his political views.
madne0 on January 16, 2009 at 10:44 PM
After reading and watching that I feel nauseous….
jerrytbg on January 16, 2009 at 10:50 PM
It does not contract??????
Hey Barry, you filthy bastard, I think the word you were looking for was detract. Of course by this point I’m sure you’ve eliminated the teleprompter guy who wasn’t on the ball in this particular interview.
highhopes on January 16, 2009 at 10:52 PM
YO moron! Talk to Frank, Dodd, Waters, Clinton, and Carter about how we got into this mess. Talk to Clinton about foreign policies that enticed AQ to kill 3,000 people on our soil.
This tool being interviewed like he has any clue as to what he’s talking about. Go sing another song about being in Vietnam you poser.
Hog Wild on January 16, 2009 at 10:52 PM
WOW. Bruce really has lost his damn mind. Why does he feel so guilty about being rich for 30 years?
Why does he still blame America cuz his Dad was lazy ?
Hope he bumps into W sometime when he is touring the country clubs with his horse jumping princess heiress daughter.
DeweyWins on January 16, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Springsteen is a ‘sexual intellectual’ AKA F-ing know it all.
While people are entitled to their opinions, it amazes me how we give an inordinate amount of air time and credence to entertainers.
The left will trash the experience of Gov Palin but they will drool and lick up springsteen’s spittle.
Leftists/commies just don’t understand that we are at war with an enemy that has been trying to destry us since 700 AD.
I’d love to see someone get Springsteen into an interview and start delving into exactly what he knows It should take about 30 seconds to utterly destroy him.
This also reminds me of when Sean Penn (i beleive) went to new orleans to show how things should be handled. The moron launched his boat…. However, he neglected the little detail of putting the plug in. Yep, he’s telling GWB how to run the country and he can’t even launch a freaking skiff.
bullseye on January 16, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Kini – I knew I loved you – I am a big fan of Lords of Acid too! Bruce Springstein…not so much.
HawaiiLwyr on January 16, 2009 at 10:57 PM
You’re alluding to Islam, but there are other enemies.
None of which our leaders explictly recognise.
Leave the ‘leftists’ to one side – this is a bigger issue. The War on Terror? Give the leftists credit – you can’t fight an adjective.
Why should you expect anyone to think otherwise?
Ares on January 16, 2009 at 11:03 PM
Nobody worth knowing, he used to be somebody who had a few good songs. Now he’s just a hater who can’t fill a stadium.
Personally, I always thought he’s a hater from the three dollar closet.
christene on January 16, 2009 at 11:08 PM
I plan to eat dinner and listen to Lords of Acid during B.Hussein Obama’s inauguration and show him the same respect he showed to Bush during his farewell speech.
Kini on January 16, 2009 at 11:12 PM
Anybody need some Springsteen records before I use them for target practice. Look at what Bush has done for AIDShelp in Africa.
Nobody wantsto pin anything on the all Democratic Congress of the last 2 years. Sorry Bruce but you just lost a fan.
Kevin in Southern Illinois on January 16, 2009 at 11:16 PM
MB4 on January 16, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Do y’all know Obama doesn’t intend to give up his BlackBerry? Said something about, “We can beat this thing back.”
Not sure who “we” is – besides him – but I worry about a president who can’t give up stuff like this. And ya know, I also have never really believed he is going to actually get a dog for his girls.
I’ll feel better if the dog ever does materialize, but I have a feeling that if Obama wants it, he expects to get it. And if he doesn’t want it, well, that’s that.
Alana on January 16, 2009 at 11:25 PM
Laura had it right.
Shut up and sing.
Red Cloud on January 16, 2009 at 11:28 PM
A draft dodger who’s made millions on American pride. Imagine that. I have no respect for him, and he’ll never earn one penny from me.
MB4 on January 16, 2009 at 11:28 PM
Uno poco problemo. He can’t sing. I could sing better than him with a sock stuffed in my mouth.
MB4 on January 16, 2009 at 11:30 PM
Shut up and sing Bruce.
Rocks on January 16, 2009 at 11:31 PM
To all the Obama voters……….
…….. if President George W. Bush pulled a Clinton as far as “transitions” go, Obama would be crapping in his pants.
We shall see in a few short days………….
………… just how empty this suit actually is.
Seven Percent Solution on January 16, 2009 at 11:38 PM
Final thought……….
You ordered it, voted for it, paid for it, and now you have a huge Obama crap sandwich on a plate in front of you…………..
…………. time to dig in and take your bites.
As far as I am concerned………..
……….. I didn’t even enter the diner.
Seven Percent Solution on January 16, 2009 at 11:40 PM
I’m gonna take has-beens for $200, Alex…
D2Boston on January 16, 2009 at 11:43 PM
I know lots of blogs that have been doing this for years.
Not HA of course, other lesser blogs.
Mr. Joe on January 16, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Some hero. It never seems to occur to him that some other scared kid that didn’t want to go went in his place.
DeweyWins on January 16, 2009 at 11:59 PM
well, i could give a fart in the wind what Springsteen has to say about politics, but the Obama clip showed he already has to make concessions, and admit to the smoothness of the transfer of power from the Bush administration. None of the high school shenanigans Clinton’s peoples took part of…
And horrors! he admitted that Lucifer himself, was a good guy…
This won’t sit well with the kossacks….
jojostan on January 17, 2009 at 12:05 AM
I guess when your career and popularity is waning…..
You’ll say anything. So get on your knees and give us a big ol’Kathy Griffin.
Go back to Hoboken and pretend to Sinatra, bahruce
Kini on January 17, 2009 at 12:08 AM
Sure
Entelechy on January 17, 2009 at 12:20 AM
Wrapped up like a douche among the foremen of the night.
chunderroad on January 17, 2009 at 12:26 AM
ObaMcCarthy is one arrogant negro. And I say that with complete confidence since Oslima’s only accomplishment has been to be born black, AND he constantly reminds us of that fact, I can simply praise or ridicule him by the very same standard.
He is absolutely the most arrogant, double-talking black skinned person I have ever had the misfortune of being exposed to. Dr. Martin Luther King is turning in his grave to see the travesty that blacks like Oslime-a have made of the civil rights movement.
csdeven on January 17, 2009 at 12:26 AM
To many of Springsteens lyrics portray Americans as losers, especially ordinary people. Victims of jobs or victims of no jobs or mean bosses. But then that is the weakness of all rock and roll. From then till now the lyrics have been immature, uninformed and simply stupid. A lot of the classics will always shine. For the music, not the lyrical message.
BL@KBIRD on January 17, 2009 at 12:37 AM
The pot calling the kettle black, so to speak, it’s the Dems and liberal/clueless Republicans who were and will be the radicals undermining our country.
greenLibertarian on January 17, 2009 at 12:44 AM
You mean, we’ve been under eight years of ACORN rule? Did I miss the memo on that?
Springsteen, quel sac de douche.
Bruce in NH on January 17, 2009 at 12:51 AM
F O
VolMagic on January 17, 2009 at 1:02 AM
You expected different? The guy supported the Christic Institute.
Meanwhile, he’s releasing a special “best of” exclusively through Wal-Mart on the 27th. Because Bruce is all about supporting unions and indie retail. Unless he can make some money.
Karl on January 17, 2009 at 1:17 AM
Just watched the video.
Which one for instance? No terrorist attacks against America, Americans, or America’s interests in over 7 years perhaps? Isn’t that some kind of record going back to 1979?
May you do as well there Boo Boo….
Or maybe he’s talking about “re-investment acts” which got us in our current financial mess. Drawing a blank there too Boo Boo unless you are ready to toss Jimmy and Slick Willy under that cramped bus.
Maybe he’s talking about bailouts. Yes, unfortunately GWB did sign off on two, and the line for handouts is long and distinguished. But Nancy and Harry are working hard to make sure you are ready with the bling on the ding.
We’ll worry about how to pay for it later….
Hog Wild on January 17, 2009 at 1:21 AM
Looks to me that the p*ssy Springsteen is describing the administrations of LBJ, JC, and BC.
Funny how these leftist a$$holes never mention that it was their own LBJ who got us into losing Vietnam (after the whole Gulf of Tonkin resolution thingy, which seems to be nothing more than a pass to allow Dem congressmen to claim they didn’t start the war); their own Carter who allowed the middle east to disintegrate into the mess it is today; and their own Clinton who was busy chasing skirts while AQ and Iran waged covert war against us.
You want oppression, Boss? Try Lincoln’s suspension of habeus corpus and jailing politicians from Maryland who were sympathetic to the Confederacy. Did W do any such thing?
What freedoms did you actually lose, or anyone you know, by the implementation of the USA Patriot Act???
/spit
Wanderlust on January 17, 2009 at 1:23 AM
I forgot a couple…………
…….. when the Obama crap sandwich was being made, all of you who voted for him either didn’t notice what was cooking on the grill………….
ignored the smell………..
……… or thought, “Hey, I haven’t eaten sh#t in a while, why don’t I give it a try?”
Four more days………….
…………….. and counting.
Seven Percent Solution on January 17, 2009 at 1:23 AM
Thanks for reminding me why I keep stopping by here. :)
benny shakar on January 17, 2009 at 1:33 AM
The Malaise Administration will do far more to wipe the smirk off the faces of the libzombies then we conservatives ever will. Bring it Barry! Bring it Nancy! Bring it Harry! It’s gonna be the Three Stooges on Ice!
Limerick on January 17, 2009 at 1:39 AM
Let’s remember how Obama believes in supporting the President: “Don’t be bamboozled. Don’t buy into it.”
JohnJ on January 17, 2009 at 1:48 AM
I have never understood why anyone in the media would interview any entertainer and ask them anything about politics, or why anyone would care about their opinion.
Johan Klaus on January 17, 2009 at 1:50 AM
Bailouts of Banks and Big-3 Autos, for one.
Medicare Drug Plan, for two.
Basically, just list anything
socialisticcompassionate and the failure to close our borders.TMK on January 17, 2009 at 1:51 AM
It started with Curly
It went downhill with Shemp
It ended with Joe
Kini on January 17, 2009 at 1:52 AM
I can see that you are a country music fan.
Johan Klaus on January 17, 2009 at 1:53 AM
Thanks for stopping by.
Please feel free to comment.
You are so much better than us.
Guide us with your wisdom and understanding.
Kini on January 17, 2009 at 2:01 AM
Biden
Kini on January 17, 2009 at 2:02 AM
Don’t forget Princess & the Jester (Sen. Stuart Smalley); it’s gonna be awesome. Or something.
Fallen Sparrow on January 17, 2009 at 2:11 AM
Ah…..Benny Shaker & his Trixie Chicks deserve one day in the sun. Without sunscreen.
Limerick on January 17, 2009 at 2:41 AM
I’ve been saying for years that Springstein is one of the most over-rated musicians in our history. I can say with complete confidence that Clarence Clemmons is the worst succesful sax player, e-vah.
cannonball on January 17, 2009 at 5:10 AM
It’s one thing to campaign. It’s an entirely different matter to govern.
Good luck, Obama. Trading elbows with Chicago lowlifes has nothing to do with keeping terrorists off our shores. I’m damn glad Bush was in the White House, rather than Al Gore, when planes started flying into buildings on 9/11.
Imagine Gore or Kerry in the White House during the past four to eight years. I can’t even fathom it.
BuckeyeSam on January 17, 2009 at 5:27 AM
B.S. is soooooooo yesterday. Nobody even knows who BS is.
good bye mr nobody anymore. Still rich and free though right!
Mercy4Me on January 17, 2009 at 6:51 AM
Bruce is right, the country is suffering from the work of radicals in the government, and also in the press, otherwise known as Barney Frank, Nancy Peelousi, Harry Reid, the Congressional Black Caucus, Sen. Rockefeller, Sen. Kerry, Franklin Raines, all democrats, brought the financial security of this country to its knees and did their best to do the same with our national security, politicizing intelligence doing their best to destroy the power, authority and honor of the Office of the President, and giving aid and comfort to the enemies of the USA. Now all of a sudden, you’re patriotic. Well we have long memories and you and your libtards do not get a blank slate.
eaglewingz08 on January 17, 2009 at 7:23 AM
He should stick to his field, where his knowledge lies.
Artsy Fartsy types commenting on politics..with the implication that they know what they’re talking about.. is like your car mechanic correcting a doctor.
Itchee Dryback on January 17, 2009 at 7:39 AM
What is this need for justice that Obama keeps righteously referring to? Now, if he talking about bringing most of his Chicago political cronies and many of his fellow Democrats to justice, I would agree.
If he is still grievance-mongering on the basis of race, then he has a very blinded understanding of justice. He is talking about social engineering that gives equality of outcome regardless of talent or effort. That is not justice, however.
Affirmative action legislation is one of the biggest injustices in our history. Both Obama and his wife appear to be beneficiaries of affirmative action, yet they still seem not to be satisfied.
onlineanalyst on January 17, 2009 at 7:40 AM
The only thing Barry and Lincoln have in common is that neither of them was actually from Illinois.
AZCoyote on January 17, 2009 at 7:48 AM
When I was a Kid, one of my cousins lived near asbury park. I remember the smoke rising over that city from the riots. Asbury Park, like many cities, ended up in a slow but steady decline over the decades due to the mismanagement of the democraps.
bullseye on January 17, 2009 at 7:50 AM
benny:
Funny how you picked the one post that used the word negro.
I will say this, I never liked Springsteen. Politics aside, I just never could understand why anyone would think he had talent. As for the Dixie Chicks, they should have known their audience.
Tell me, if some country singer went to a foreign country and told the audience that the fact that Obama was president made her ashamed of her country…would you think that was tacky, stupid, out of place? Probably.
But there is that double standard at work here and as usual your side of the aisle operates in a world where everyone else is at fault.
So, according to Bruce, the Democrats had nothing to do with the war, the financial sector meltdown or anything else. That is stupid. That is why people think Bruce is a moron, he is.
Democrats were pushing for these socalled unregulated loans back when Clinton was president and Democrats voted for the war as well…based on intel, most of which was gathered when a Democrat was president.
The socalled attempts to undermine our democratic system I would assume have something to do with NSA {who can be sure, after all years of drug abuse have taken their toll on Bruce}..at any rate that program will be used by his own Obama and has been upheld by FISA.
The truth is people like Bruce Springsteen have made a ton of money crapping on this country. They can only tolerate America and Americans when one of their guys wins and they can only tolerate their guys if he kisses their butts. I mean really, if Bruce thinks all these people are suffering, he can give away his money to charity to help them and then he can actually live like one of the average Americans he pretends to speak for.
Terrye on January 17, 2009 at 7:55 AM
Shut up and sing.
On second thought, Bruce, just shut up.
drjohn on January 17, 2009 at 7:55 AM
What? I didn’t know Springsteen was in suspended animation during the 60′s & 70′s.
Born to Suck.
hillbillyjim on January 17, 2009 at 8:06 AM
That unfettered free market sure did make “The Boss” a wealthy man didn’t it? He sucks, always has.
ctmom on January 17, 2009 at 9:23 AM
Do you have some pipeline into my head? Your’e good.
Right now I’m thing The Bouche is from Long Branch – not Hoboken; Monmouth County, North Jersey. Not even close to the working stiffs he pretends to shill for.
Keep writing what I am thinking.
ericdijon on January 17, 2009 at 9:40 AM
What does that even mean? Can anyone help me out here? Does he plan to let his crazy Uncle Jeremiah out of the attic?
They’re narrowed their choices down to a Labradoodle or Portuguese Water Dog. Purely by happenstance a very fine specimen will end up in a shelter, the Obamas will adopt it, and all the world will proclaim how wonderful they are for choosing the orphaned dog instead of going to a breeder.
Buy Danish on January 17, 2009 at 9:49 AM
Sounds like Springsteen is trying to say Obama braved the civil rights era and forgives the evil white man to make the future utopia.
Guess he didn’t hear that Obambi was raised as the white boy “Barry”, went to private schools and ivy league universities and only became a real “black” man recently.
ctmom on January 17, 2009 at 10:03 AM
If I sat right down and tried, I could not care any less than I do right now about what Springstein says, does, or thinks. I’ve never been a fan, never understood his popularity, singing for him is a relative term, in fact, I think he’s pretty overrated with a schtick that sells.
Just my 2 cents.
abcurtis on January 17, 2009 at 10:05 AM
Isn’t that the guy who sounds like he’s drunk with a speech impediment?
Mommynator on January 17, 2009 at 10:11 AM
Most of these singers have lost their marbles. Ian Anderson from Tull had a great song called Broadsword. It’s basically about a group of men standing stoically to face incoming invaders. One line is “Bless with a hard heart, those who surround me”. IOW, let’s do what has to be done.
Today, old Ian is one of the fashionable anti war crowd.
The other thing is that these people are amazingly pampered. If you ever read the Smoking Gun when they get a hold of the waivers for hotel rooms, it’s unbelievable. It details everything as to what flavor of Doritos and how many bags have to be there. I think it was streisand who demands a virgin toilet seat.
Well, at least springsteen has done some benefits for the troops.
bullseye on January 17, 2009 at 10:19 AM
yes, the one who songs are complaints about “the Man” keeping him down….all the way to the bank.
ctmom on January 17, 2009 at 10:20 AM
While Stingspreen’s politics suck, ‘The Rising”, released after 9/11 is an extremely good collection of songs. 90% in my opinion are pro-America
thomasaur on January 17, 2009 at 10:31 AM
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