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Bruce Springsteen Slammed by Donald Trump for Pro-Obama Campaigning

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Donald Trump has repeatedly voiced his displeasure with President Barack Obama after throwing his support behind Republican President candidate Mitt Romney. Now Trump is taking aim at Bruce Springsteen after the musician made a handful of appearances along Obama's campaign trail, including stops in the hotly contested state of Ohio.

"Why would Ohio listen to Bruce Springsteen reading his lines?" Trump tweeted on Friday morning. "Be careful or I will go to Ohio and @MittRomney will win it!"

The tweet comes days after Springsteen posted a message on his official site giving his rationale behind supporting Obama.

"Right now the opposition's resort to vote suppression in so many states is not receiving as much attention as it deserves," Springsteen wrote. "I believe that all of us, of whatever views, should be opposing these anti-voter, anti-citizen efforts."

In the lengthy message Springsteen also said Obama was the best choice to "get us and keep us moving in the right direction" while citing the division of wealth in the U.S.

"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."

Springsteen -- who appeared in Ohio and Iowa last week -- concluded that Obama was the best choice "because he has a vision of the United States as a place where we are all in this together."

During the Ames, Iowa campaign stop last week, Springsteen introduced a new song with the working title "Forward" during his short set.

"Occasionally, President Obama calls me on the phone, sometimes twice a week," Springsteen jokingly told the audience. "Bruce... Bruce... I don't have a campaign song! There's a campaign song gap." According to Springsteen's site the song was "understandably brief" and still seemed to be far from finished.

The musician's endorsement comes after statements earlier in the year which inferred that Springsteen wouldn't campaign as much as he did during the previous U.S. Presidential elections.

"I don't write for one side of the street... But the Bush years were so horrific you could not just sit around," Springsteen said back in February during a Paris press conference supporting his Wrecking Ball release. "It was such a blatant disaster. I campaigned for Kerry and Obama, and I am glad I did. But normally I would prefer to stay on the sidelines. The artist is supposed to be the canary in the cage."

The musician also said he though Obama was "more friendly to corporations than I thought he would be."

Springsteen, who played in Hamilton, Ontario last night on his fall North American tour, will make another campaign stop tomorrow in Charlottesville, Virginia before his own concert in the same city that night.

Watch Bruce Springsteen's "How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live" Video

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CheriM

And this coming from Mr. "MADE in the USA". Go home bruce, why is it that all you rich well off people who don't give a crap about anybody, support someone like obama? He is bad for me, bad for you and most of all, BAD FOR AMERICA!! By the way , bruce is a legend in his own mind!

October 22 2012 at 3:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
holmesarliss

Bruce Springsteen is a has-been. By joining up with Obama, he is finished, and will lose much credability for nbacking a LOSER>

October 22 2012 at 1:28 PM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
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Princess Pamela

Bruce Springsteen is a has been loser? LOL What planet are you living on? He is a legend moron

October 22 2012 at 2:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bruce David Ballanty

Bruce has more money than Romney and he made it the old fashioned way; he created something of value that directly and indirectly helped millions of people around the world. He's given generously to many charities, just ask the Viet nam vets about both his material and spiritual contribution to their cause. What did Romney do? He supported the war and then took off for his two year vacation in France.

Romney is an empty vessel not even important enough to claim has been status. Bruce will go down in history as one of the most influential people of the past 100 years, and he didn't need his daddy's help to get there.

October 22 2012 at 3:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mondobiggles

Hey, The Donald: Go do something useful, like set your hair on fire.

October 22 2012 at 12:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply