Paul McCartney endorses John Kerry for President!

[Fiendish Thingy]

Last night at the Bridge School benefit in Mountain View, CA, as Paul McCartney was finishing the song "Let It Be", he said "Let it be, Let it be...Kerry". The crowd of 20,000 responded with a thunderous roar (a few isolated boo's could be heard as the cheering died down).
to paraphrase Michael Moore "when you have the Dixie Chicks, the Boss, and a Beatle against you, your days are numbered..."

[demokatgurrl]

1. Is he a U.S. citizen now? n/t

[Pepperbelly]

4. WTF?

:wtf:

[charlyvi]

5. No, he's not a citizen....

Just a citizen of the world. Charlize Theron supports Kerry too, and I don't think she's a citizen either.

[Clinton Crusader]

9. he may have dual citizenship...

Alot of people do. He has a few homes here in the US and has lived in a number of them for quite a long time. My mother is a Brit and has dual....

:kick:

[charlyvi]

11. That may be true....

he did marry an American; but, did Linda McCartney become a British citizen, or did she retain her American citizenship? If she retained it, her kids would be dual citizens too.

[Clinton Crusader]

13. Not sure about Linda....

She may have been dual as well. Do not really know.

And if any of his kids were born in the US, of course, they're citizens. Not sure on that. Mary was def. born in the UK, not sure on the rest though. Probably UK now that Im thinking back, they lived in Sussex, I believe...

Regardless, his opinion has huge influence. The Beatles were strictly told to avoid expressing an opinion on Vietnam because of their huge influence with people. Remember John and the Jesus thing?? :eyes:

:kick:

[Eric J in MN]

14. Linda McCartney remained an American-only (nt)

nt

[charlyvi]

17. Okay, then children born to American citizens are

themselves American Citizens--her kids must be dual.

[AntiCoup2K4]

2. I can see the Freepers response already

Goddammit, they shot the wrong one :crazy: :puke:

[Fed Up]

6. I don't know. When Paul questioned the motives of the Iraq war

in 2003, a few freepers tried to slam him, but other freepers seemed to contort themselves to give Paul a break because "he's one of the Beatles, for heavens sake," as I remember. Be interesting what their take is. I know they don't want to throw out all their CDs.

[ZombieNixon]

7. You know, I get the strangest feeling

that John Lennon was never a Bushist type :)

[jimshoes]

20. John Lennon would have been

public enemy No.1 to the evil empire. I miss JL.

[Clinton Crusader]

3. Go Macca!!!

I knew I could rely on one of my favorite human beings to come through!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

:kick:

[GalleryGod]

8. Thank You, Sir Paul!

:yourock:

[mikehiggins]

10. Did the Bridge School kick him out like that Vegas hotel did the

woman singer who criticised the Chimp? (Sorry, I know who I mean but I can't get my mind to work today. Linda Rondstadt?)

Too bad McCartney doesn't show up at one of Springsteen's concerts, like Clapton did at the Stone's tour a couple of years back. That would really cause a stir.

[Zen Democrat]

15. The Bridge School gig is an annual event that Neil Young sponsors

for children with cerebral palsy. Neil Young has a child with cerebral palsy and I believe he started The Bridge School.

[henslee]

12. My buddy went to this gig! I did not get a report yet...

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

16. All right, Macca!

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

18. Welcome to DU, Fiendish Thingy!

"It's a fiendish thingy..." (your ID is taken from "Help" right?).

:)

[Fiendish Thingy]

19. Good call, Scrub

It's also the name of a Beatles cover band I'm in. Thanks for the welcome!

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

22. You're welcome, Fiendish Thingy. Is it a Beatles coverband, by

any chance?

[Johnny 99]

21. Paul McCartney hates America!

Which is what Rush will say on Monday.

[Abelman]

23. Hmph

Rush Limbaugh hates dieting.

[Fiendish Thingy]

24. Update- He did it again tonight!

After performing Let it Be, Paul paused, and very deliberately said, "like I said last night, Let It Be...Kerry". The crowd went nuts, and this time, I didn't hear any boos, but I did hear a guy behind me mutter "I can't agree with that".
On the way out of the venue, there were two enthusiastic young women taking donations and giving out Kerry buttons and stickers. Way to go!

[elperromagico]

25. "I can't agree with that"?

Did he think he was required to?