OBAMA POSING THREAT TO ROCK STARS, ROCK STARS FEAR
OBAMA POSING THREAT TO ROCK STARS, ROCK STARS FEAR Millions Forsake Music Idols for Illinois Senator Monday, January 08, 2007
Potential 2008 presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is posing a serious threat to the nation’s rock stars as millions of Americans abandon their favorite recording idols to worship the junior senator from Illinois instead, a representative of the nation’s rock stars said today.
Carol Foyler, director of the National Association of American Rock Stars, said that Obama is "consistently outdrawing" rock acts such as Aerosmith and Metallica, putting the future of America’s rock stars in jeopardy.
"If there are empty seats at our shows, they can be explained in two words: Barack Obama," Foyler said. "Sen. Obama is the greatest single threat to rock ’n’ roll since Napster."
Just recently, the Illinois senator drew a standing-room-only crowd at New York’s Shea Stadium as part of his sold-out "Obamapalooza" tour.
"My name is Barack Obama," he told the 80,000-plus crowd, who screamed with delight and held Bic lighters in the air, begging for an encore.
"I used to follow R.E.M., but now I’m into Barack," said Tracey Klujian, 34, one of the thousands of new Obama fans in attendance. "This dude is audacious."
While Obama’s eight-minute performance was shorter than some of his fans would have liked, he did unveil a possible slogan for a 2008 candidacy: "Vote for Barack Obama."
The slogan got a huge reaction from his fans, including Klujian.
"I love the slogan," Klujian said. "It’s audacious."
Elsewhere, the tribute to Star Wars in the 118 th Rose Parade was an enormous hit, parade officials said, drawing the largest crowd of virgins in history.
— www . borowitzreport.com
http://www.dispatch.com/flipside/flipside.php?story=dispatch/2007/01/08/20070108-E8-04.html
Potential 2008 presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is posing a serious threat to the nation’s rock stars as millions of Americans abandon their favorite recording idols to worship the junior senator from Illinois instead, a representative of the nation’s rock stars said today.
Carol Foyler, director of the National Association of American Rock Stars, said that Obama is "consistently outdrawing" rock acts such as Aerosmith and Metallica, putting the future of America’s rock stars in jeopardy.
"If there are empty seats at our shows, they can be explained in two words: Barack Obama," Foyler said. "Sen. Obama is the greatest single threat to rock ’n’ roll since Napster."
Just recently, the Illinois senator drew a standing-room-only crowd at New York’s Shea Stadium as part of his sold-out "Obamapalooza" tour.
"My name is Barack Obama," he told the 80,000-plus crowd, who screamed with delight and held Bic lighters in the air, begging for an encore.
"I used to follow R.E.M., but now I’m into Barack," said Tracey Klujian, 34, one of the thousands of new Obama fans in attendance. "This dude is audacious."
While Obama’s eight-minute performance was shorter than some of his fans would have liked, he did unveil a possible slogan for a 2008 candidacy: "Vote for Barack Obama."
The slogan got a huge reaction from his fans, including Klujian.
"I love the slogan," Klujian said. "It’s audacious."
Elsewhere, the tribute to Star Wars in the 118 th Rose Parade was an enormous hit, parade officials said, drawing the largest crowd of virgins in history.
— www . borowitzreport.com
http://www.dispatch.com/flipside/flipside.php?story=dispatch/2007/01/08/20070108-E8-04.html
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