“As far as the vice president thing, you know, who knows what the future lies because it wasn’t too long ago, you know, I was sitting in the desert of Kandahar, Afghanistan, and now I’m here talking with you,” the Florida Republican told CNN’s Soledad O’Brien. “But, you know, I am always willing and ready to serve my country in whatever capacity that the American people would desire.”
So how does Springsteen maintain his appeal among conservatives despite his activism for Democratic politicians?
Some of the pull is from lyrics that often are couched in terms that appeal to the right, such as frequent references to family, flags and community. “He uses conservative language for progressive messages, and he delivers them through a populist mechanism — rock music,” Christopher Borick, a professor at Pennsylvania’s Muhlenberg College who teaches a class on Springsteen, told POLITICO. “He references flags; he references Jesus; he references God. His approach to lyrics, from a political sense, often uses conservative-tinged words that might resonate with voters who are by no means liberal.”
“He uses conservative language for progressive messages, and he delivers them through a populist mechanism — rock music,” Christopher Borick, a professor at Pennsylvania’s Muhlenberg College who teaches a class on Springsteen, told POLITICO. “He references flags; he references Jesus; he references God. His approach to lyrics, from a political sense, often uses conservative-tinged words that might resonate with voters who are by no means liberal.”
Last week, we worked on some welfare reform bills. And here, it's kind of ironic, I'll read you this little funny clipped that we got from a friend. It says, 'Is't it ironic that the food stamp program, part of the Department of Agriculture, is pleased to be distributing the greatest amount of food stamps ever. Meanwhile, the Park Service, also part of the Department of Agriculture, asks us to please not feed the animals, because the animals may grow dependent and not learn to take care of themselves.
And here, it's kind of ironic, I'll read you this little funny clipped that we got from a friend. It says, 'Is't it ironic that the food stamp program, part of the Department of Agriculture, is pleased to be distributing the greatest amount of food stamps ever.
Meanwhile, the Park Service, also part of the Department of Agriculture, asks us to please not feed the animals, because the animals may grow dependent and not learn to take care of themselves.
judge sentenced former New York Mets star Lenny Dykstra to three years in state prison for leasing high-end cars from a dealership by providing false information and claiming credit through a phony business.