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Subject: Reagan....and Bruce Springsteen???
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From Rolling Stone (October 25th issue):

REAGAN KNOWS WHO'S BOSS

Who's the right wing's latest darling? Bruce Springsteen, to judge
from the recent comments of President Reagan and conservative
columnist George F. Will. "If all Americans...made their products
with as much energy and confidence as Springsteen and his merry band,"
wrote Will in his September 13th column after attending a Springsteen
show, "there would be no need for Congress to be thinking about
protectionism". Will admitted he didn't have "a clue about Springsteen's
politics".
   Six days later, at a New Jersey rally, Reagan did Will one better.
America's future, he said, "rests in the message of hope, in the songs of a
man that so many young Americans admire, New Jersey's own Bruce
Springsteen. Helping you make these dreams come true is what this job of
mine is all about."
   At press time, there was no comment from the Springsteen camp. And it
remained unclear exactly which Springsteen songs Reagan's speech writers
had been listening to. When one Reagan-campaign spokesman was informed that
the president had referred to Springsteen, he replied: "Omigod. He didn't
say 'This Gun's For Hire', did he?"