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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (605068)	8/17/2004 7:39:42 PM
From: Enam Luf	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

>>It would be indecent indecent and disrespectful, sure, but immoral?

To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (605068)	8/17/2004 7:43:28 PM
From: Steve Dietrich	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

<<To rashly insult these people by launching into a promotion of George Bush or to speak against Israel - well - it would be an insult to me, to us in that auditorium - to the purpose behind the little community we have formed there at that time. It would be indecent.>> But what if you were a singer song writer whose songs were often filled with social and political commentary? This after all is a huge part of tradition and what we expect from popular music in the U.S. It seems to me that a lot of music is intertwined with politics and other social issues so it's silly to expect a concert to be bereft of such things, especially a rock concert from a well known lefty like Linda Ronstadt. Steve Dietrich

To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (605068)	8/17/2004 7:44:51 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Well said, JP....To rashly insult these people by launching into a promotion of George Bush or to speak against Israel - well - it would be an insult to me, to us in that auditorium - to the purpose behind the little community we have formed there at that time. It would be indecent. I could really identify with the feelings the audience had when Linda started her political harangue.... We were at a special function last week with about 250 people. One of the speakers was a retired Seattle muni judge....who started to hype Kerry....there wasn't much clapping in this particular audience (a BIG surprise for Seattle)... but rather a twisting in the chairs and general restlessness in the captive audience. FINALLY he sat down, and the Hostess of the event praised "Her President Bush" and then the event continued. Luckily, we didn't have to pay for the tickets.....