Since Barack Obama's patriotism has come into question, shouldn't we then also question the patriotism of those who endorse him:
Bruce Springsteen made his choice for Boss today: Barack Obama.
The rock icon from New Jersey shunned the senator from his neighboring state, and sang out for the man from Illinois in an endorsement on his fan Web site.
"I've been following the campaign and I have now seen and heard enough to know where I stand," Springsteeen wrote to his legions of faithful. "Sen. Obama, in my view, is head and shoulders above the rest."
Celebrity endorsements often don't have much of an impact in political contests, but the backing of a rock legend who is a hero to the working class could actually help in upcoming Pennsylvania, where Clinton's stronghold remains among working people.
"He speaks to the America I've envisioned in my music for the past 35 years," Springsteen writes, "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.'"
The endorsement is terrible timing for Clinton with several new polls finding Obama creeping farther ahead, in spite of Obama's "bitter" gaffe that insulted some of those blue-collar folks Clinton has been targeting on small town Main Streets in the Keystone State.
"Critics have tried to diminish Sen. Obama through the exaggeration of certain of his comments and relationships," the Boss says.
And he makes a direct pitch to his millions of fans.
"Over here on E Street, we're proud to support Obama for President."
Below is the letter as it appeared on The Boss' Web site...
Read the entire letter by The Boss endorsing Barack.
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