Posted on 12/03/2018 7:58:09 AM PST by raccoonradio
Bruce Springsteen believes that President Donald Trump will win a second term in the White House.
'I don't see anyone out there at the moment... the man who can beat Trump, or the woman who can beat Trump,' the rocker told The Sunday Times Magazine.
Springsteen, who is a long-standing Democrat himself, said the political party doesn't 'have an obvious, effective presidential candidate' who can 'speak the same language' as Trump.
The iconic Born to Run singer went on to talk about the 'life-changing, upsetting occurrences' that have caused division in the United States.
During his interview, Springsteen, who in the past campaigned for former president Barack Obama and presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, said that there are a lot of reasons people 'became Trump voters'.
One example he gave was the 'severe blow to working people in the 1970s and 1980s as all the steel mills shut down'.
He then said the explosion of technology really affected people who may have found themselves in a country that they didn't 'feel part of' or they felt they were 'being dismissed'.
'Add to that, someone comes in and plays on your racial anxieties, and blames an enormous amount of this on the "other" from the southern side of the border, and you're going to have an audience for those views,' Springsteen told the magazine.
When it all boils down, Springsteen said the problem is the 'incredibly rapid pace of change that's occurred in the United States that's gone unaddressed by both administrations, Democrat and Republican'.
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And in Massachusetts....
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/2018/12/presidential_hopefuls_appear_woeful_in_poll
>>In the poll from the University of Massachusetts and YouGov., U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, widely seen as a probable candidate and favorite of the party’s progressive wing, drew 11 percent of self-described Democrats and independents, putting her third on a list of 10 would-be candidates. Gov. Charlie Baker, on the other hand, outperformed the competition on the right, save President Trump.
“Incredibly weak numbers for Elizabeth Warren,” tweeted CNN elections analyst Harry Enten of the poll.
The very early 2020 poll — which didn’t include many lesser-known Democrats who either have announced or strongly suggested runs — had former Vice President Joe Biden leading with 19 percent, and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in second with 14 percent. Texas U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, who this year lost a high-profile Senate race, drew 10 percent. Among the 10 were former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, who got 6 percent, and Salem-area U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, who brought up the rear with 1 percent.
who can ‘speak the same language’ as Trump...
I’m sorry. I think the Boss is lying on this racial stuff.
He likes Trump but can’t outright say it.
Trump’s a populist as well as a conservative.
More than a few of Bruce’s songs consist of steel and coal mines being closed down.
I think it affected his pop and then his family in a very bad way. See “The River”
That doesn’t mean he’s not an idiot.
But he’s lying about not liking Trump
You don’t say dems need someone who can “speak the same language” as Trump unless you like him a little.
We NEVER know what Anyone pulls once they’re in the voting booth.
Unless it’s Broward County. Then it doesn’t really matter :)
I’m a little worried about that fruit Booker and Harris.
Just STFU and DON’T sing.....
Deep down Brucie likes the Orange Man and knows that his working class fans voted Trump. His older fans too. Meanwhile shut up and sing!
Actually, with the democrats multi layered vote fraud machine firmly in place, anyone could win the next election. The democrats may even play the “we don’t stand a chance” game, knowing they will pull out a “miracle” victory.
I just mentioned Harris in post 5.
Concerned.
Not as easy to attack a back woman as it was to attack hitlery
But Trump will anyway and it will be delicious :)
He just doesn’t like the idea of the people selecting their leaders and the political agenda that most people want. Springsteen and his elitist ilk don’t respect our elections or the voice of the people. That is what this is really about.
Could he see anyone who could beat Hilary in 2016?
I’m more worried about Beto..
he sounds like Obama with the hope n change BS..
and yes, voters are dumb enough to fall for it again.
No thanks ... unless you're into constipation sounds.
I couldn’t vote for anyone named Beto. First or last name.
I know NOTHING of this guy except things were kinda tight for a while on election night.
But the hope and change crap dems DO love.
And it seems like once America gets “better”, Americans vote to destroy it again.
They think the president that changed the country is like a good guy gunslinger who came into town and cleaned it out of the bad guys and now things can go back to the way they were.
No.
Because new bad guys shows up all the time.
Actually, it should be perfectly simple for the Dems to beat Trump in 2020 using the same formula they used in the 2018 House midterms.
Springsteen is wrong. There is one person who can beat Trump. It’s the guy who stuffs the ballot box. And since nobody seems to care about him now - after the 2018 election fiascoes - you can be sure he’ll be back in 2020.
You mean have 30+ Republican Congressmen retire and put up a weak or no candidate and then have FOURTEEN election day winners REVERSED? Like that? I don't believe that's how it works in Presidential Elections.
Like Stalin said, “It’s not the votes, but who counts the votes.”
> “Incredibly weak numbers for Elizabeth Warren” <
More anti-Indian bias from those racists in Massachusetts.
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