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July 17, 2008

MSNBC: Bruce Springsteen Brought Down the Berlin Wall

According to MSNBC's version of history, it appears it wasn't Ronald Reagan whose staunch resistance to communist tyranny eventually resulted in the destruction of the Berlin Wall, but moonbatty pop star Bruce Springsteen, who crossed the Iron Curtain to tell an enslaved audience in 1988:

I came to play rock 'n' roll for you East Berliners in the hope that one day all the barriers will be torn down.

This wasn't exactly Ronaldus Maximus's "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall," or even JFK's "Ich bin ein Berliner" ("I am a jelly donut"), but it did the trick, according to MSNBC, which claims the crooner's words "fed the discontent building in East Germany."

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And I thought it was Ronald Reagan who won the Cold War.

On a tip from Refuter of Liberal Vermin.

Posted by Van Helsing at July 17, 2008 11:44 AM

Comments

On trips home to eastern PA, I've run into this ass. He is an ass in person. Very full of him self.

The local cops don't like him either, so I have been informed (second hand source).

As for MSNBC, and the socialist in CA who demand new 'American Socialist History content' for text books, history in the USofA is changing very fast.

Posted by: Oiao at July 17, 2008 12:02 PM

I came to play rock 'n' roll for you East Berliners in the hope that one day all the barriers will be torn down.

What the idiot meant was he hoped the wall would be torn down once the Soviet Union was victorious against the west.

Posted by: Oldcrow at July 17, 2008 12:27 PM

I went with a friend to a Springsteen concert in Milwaukee on election night 1992. Springy was crowing about how fantastic it was that Bill Clinton was winning the election, and how "we" can now sock it to those evil Republicans. His remarks were met with thunderous applause, by everyone, it seemed, but me and a couple of others around us. You would think the economic impact alone would cause these rich entertainers to vote Republican. I guess that money 1) can't buy love, and 2) can't cure moonbattery.

Posted by: CoderInCrisis at July 17, 2008 12:35 PM

As for MSNBC, and the socialist in CA who demand new 'American Socialist History content' for text books, history in the USofA is changing very fast.

Perhaps we can look forward to new American History books published by Rolling Stone?

Posted by: Pam at July 17, 2008 12:42 PM

Little known facts:

It was Springsteen who captured Saddam in that spider hole.

It was Springsteen who found Elizabeth Smart.

It was Springsteen who stopped the Cuban Missile Crisis.

It was Springsteen who got Apollo 13 back safely.

It was Springsteen who wrote that "Four score and seven..." speech (he always was great with lyrics).

I guess America just wouldn't be America if it wasn't for The Boss. Who knew?

Posted by: matt at July 17, 2008 2:22 PM

FUCK BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCE!

Posted by: Bryherb at July 17, 2008 3:31 PM

Chuck Norris can kick Springy's arse! LOL!!!

Is there no END to the idiotic lengths that a moonbat will go to in the pursuit of replacing real history with acid induced fantasy????

Posted by: HoosierArmyMom at July 17, 2008 4:35 PM

It's the same old thing..."Liberals" are still trying to claim credit for vanquishing evil, in place of the Conservatives who actually did the deed(s). After so many years of boot-licking and running interference for the Reds, they suddenly jumped up and proclaimed how they always knew that the Soviets were no good...after Reagan did the heavy lifting, of course, and it was now "safe" to make such boasts.

Posted by: Toa at July 17, 2008 6:49 PM

'Perhaps we can look forward to new American History books published by Rolling Stone?'

AAAH!It's bad enough thinking about how many twentysomethings have been brainwashed by the hate- filled, blasphemous, hypocritical (They rant about the evils of capitalism and corporate America, yet I've seen some of their issues which contained up to 13 pages of full- page advertisements before even reaching the Table of Contents), traitorous words currently spewed forth from the pages of that rag. I don't even want to THINK about what could happen if Rolling Stone set their sights on kids!

Posted by: Adam at July 17, 2008 7:14 PM

Hoosier Mom -

A 9-year old girl can kick Springy's ass.

:-)

But then he'd cry and write a new song and make another billion....

And - hey Springy - your guitar uses more energy than I do in my lifetime. Write a song about that, moron.

Posted by: Jimbo at July 17, 2008 9:15 PM

so basically Bruce said that he HOPED the barriers would be torn down. How is that claiming credit for doing it? Didn't just about everyone HOPE the Berlin wall would be torn down. Again, you seek to create controversy where there is none, and intepret comments and news to fit your predetermined views.

Believe me, Springsteen has done more charitable work for the disenfranchised, downtrodden and poor than any of you will ever do. But given that you pretty much only care about yourselves and your immediate surroundings, you'll only bash him for it.

Posted by: Anonymous at July 18, 2008 2:53 AM

Anon, we're not saying that Springsteen claimed credit for bringing down the wall: We're saying that the MSNBC report gave him credit for it.

Posted by: Adam at July 18, 2008 3:49 AM

Anon is no better at reading comprehension than he is at, well, anything.

Posted by: V the K at July 18, 2008 7:01 AM

A 9-year old girl can kick Springy's ass.

Posted by: Jimbo at July 17, 2008 9:15 PM

Good point Jimbo. I probably could kick his arse, and I'm really old! LOL!!!

Posted by: HoosierArmyMom at July 18, 2008 7:21 AM

By the way, the Jelly Doughnut (why can't you yanks spell a word that means a nut made out of dough?) thing is a myth. Although it s one possible interpretation, the alternative is what President Kennedy meant to say. The indefinite article would not usually be used in that sense, but is optional, and used for emphasis.

As is very common in English, although less so in German, the context decides which of the two possible meanings is taken.

Posted by: Random at July 18, 2008 3:18 PM

Random: why can't you yanks spell a word that means a nut made out of dough?

Matt: for the same reason you Brit's can't spell "coloUr" or drive on the correct side of the road.

Posted by: matt at July 18, 2008 10:25 PM