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June 23, 2004
DRAFT BRUCE!
This is a great idea and I'm all for it. A New York area club owner has reserved the 78,000 seat Giants Stadium for September 1 - the day the Republicans renominate the cowboy puppet across the river at Madison Square Garden. This guy wants to organize a concert whose proceeds will go toward defeating Bush, and will also provide a counterpoint to the propaganda fest eminating from Manhattan that night. And he wants Bruce Springsteen to headline it.
He wants Springsteen so badly that he's started up a Website with a petition - he's hoping for 500,000 signatures, and then he'll submit the fan signatures to Bruce in hopes that Springsteen will agree to play. The thought would be that once the Boss signs on, dozens of other acts would also follow.
I'm all in favor of this. I signed the petition, and I urge you to do the same. I'm also going to submit a couple of blogs to their site - they're looking for bloggers to help them get attention for the event. This is a great cause, and I urge you to support it as best you can.
