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riversedge

(70,485 posts)
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 07:57 PM Jun 2015

Jon Bon Jovi Hosting Fundraising Concert for Hillary Clinton





http://www.classichitsandoldies.com/v2/2015/06/10/jon-bon-jovi-hosting-fundraising-concert-for-hillary-clinton/

Jon Bon Jovi Hosting Fundraising Concert for Hillary Clinton

June 10, 2015


[Courtesy Credit: David Bergman] Hillary Clinton has Jon Bon Jovi on her side. The singer and his wife, Dorothea, are hosting a fundraising concert for the presidential candidate in their home state of New Jersey, according to an invitation posted on Hillary’s campaign website.

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Bon Jovi was a huge supporter of President Barack Obama during his 2008 campaign. The rocker even played at his inauguration concert in 2009. Jon also been a longtime supporter of Clinton, Obama’s former rival for the Democratic presidential nomination. Jon held a fundraiser for her back in 2009 to help her retire her campaign debt...........
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Jon Bon Jovi Hosting Fundraising Concert for Hillary Clinton (Original Post) riversedge Jun 2015 OP
Corporate Band for Corporate Candidate whatchamacallit Jun 2015 #1
ah--tooo many sour grapes for lunch for you!! riversedge Jun 2015 #2
LOL... Spazito Jun 2015 #3
If Jon Bon Jovi did a fund raiser for Sanders TM99 Jun 2015 #26
You just can't stand it can you? LOL! leftofcool Jun 2015 #5
Nailed it. L0oniX Jun 2015 #13
++++++++ swilton Jun 2015 #15
This is why you make a lot of friends in life. They will surround you and encourage you to continue Thinkingabout Jun 2015 #4
You must have shared the lunch sour grapes w/ the above poster. Careful riversedge Jun 2015 #11
No, I know to wait and pick the ripe ones, the other must have followed the wrong Thinkingabout Jun 2015 #12
I never cared for him anyway madokie Jun 2015 #6
Juvenile postatomic Jun 2015 #8
Has nothing to do with madokie Jun 2015 #22
I obviously didn't understand your response. postatomic Jun 2015 #29
Bon Jon Who? swilton Jun 2015 #16
He gives back to the community Beaverhausen Jun 2015 #7
Jon, meet the bottom of the DU bus. tarheelsunc Jun 2015 #9
He's much better looking./NT DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2015 #10
LOL Iliyah Jun 2015 #20
Are you a close friend of Ted Nugent? Thinkingabout Jun 2015 #14
Bon Jovi traveled with Edwards while The BOSS traveled with John Kerry in 04 Omaha Steve Jun 2015 #17
Cool. nt SunSeeker Jun 2015 #18
Very cool Iliyah Jun 2015 #19
Enjoy. I hope it's very successful rpannier Jun 2015 #21
You're very kind, rpannier.. and your post is all class! Like I said in this post.. "you don't have Cha Jun 2015 #24
np rpannier Jun 2015 #25
Oh yeah, Dems all the way for the White House 2016! Cha Jun 2015 #27
Jon Bon Jovi helps the Poor.. you don't have to support Hillary to still admire Bon Jovi for the Cha Jun 2015 #23
Im sure this would have mattered to me in 1986. bunnies Jun 2015 #28

Spazito

(50,661 posts)
3. LOL...
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 08:22 PM
Jun 2015

If Bon Jovi had decided to do a fund raiser for Sanders, you would be quite happy. Weak sauce on your part, imo.

 

TM99

(8,352 posts)
26. If Jon Bon Jovi did a fund raiser for Sanders
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 12:56 AM
Jun 2015

he would not be playing it for thousands of dollars a seat either.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
4. This is why you make a lot of friends in life. They will surround you and encourage you to continue
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 08:25 PM
Jun 2015

I am happy to see more people coming out to support Hillary, we have a good team gathering.

riversedge

(70,485 posts)
11. You must have shared the lunch sour grapes w/ the above poster. Careful
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 09:38 PM
Jun 2015

that tummy ache might get worse.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
12. No, I know to wait and pick the ripe ones, the other must have followed the wrong
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 09:45 PM
Jun 2015

Leader into the woods, needs to follow Hillary, no sour grapes on her trail.

postatomic

(1,771 posts)
8. Juvenile
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 09:24 PM
Jun 2015
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

Your words. Not mine.


postatomic

(1,771 posts)
29. I obviously didn't understand your response.
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 02:42 AM
Jun 2015

You were apparently 'on the fence' regarding Jon Bon Jovi but your dislike for him was firmed up when you discovered he was performing at a Hillary Clinton event. This is how I took your response.

If I'm wrong I sincerely apologize for using a quote that must have some significance to you. Enough that you keep it around in your sig line.

Honesty is in high demand these days. Try it. You might like it.


tarheelsunc

(2,117 posts)
9. Jon, meet the bottom of the DU bus.
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 09:26 PM
Jun 2015

By supporting the non-preferred Democratic candidate, I imagine he'll be held in the same regard around here as Ted Nugent.

Omaha Steve

(99,908 posts)
17. Bon Jovi traveled with Edwards while The BOSS traveled with John Kerry in 04
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 10:32 PM
Jun 2015

Leonardo DiCaprio traveled and read a great speech on the B route with Edwards too.

rpannier

(24,353 posts)
21. Enjoy. I hope it's very successful
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 10:47 PM
Jun 2015

I have no problem with him supporting her
If it brings out more people to get involved and vote it's always a good thing

For those who go, enjoy the Clinton rally.

Cha

(298,163 posts)
24. You're very kind, rpannier.. and your post is all class! Like I said in this post.. "you don't have
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 12:35 AM
Jun 2015

to support Hillary to admire Bon Jovi for the caring person he is"..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6826424

rpannier

(24,353 posts)
25. np
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 12:54 AM
Jun 2015

I also don't have to support her to admit that if she gets the nomination, I will vote for her too

Cha

(298,163 posts)
23. Jon Bon Jovi helps the Poor.. you don't have to support Hillary to still admire Bon Jovi for the
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 12:31 AM
Jun 2015
Caring person he is.


Bon Jovi Opens Charitable Pay-What-You-Can Restaurant In NJ

10/20/11

RED BANK, N.J. -- In three decades as one of the world's biggest rock stars, Jon Bon Jovi has eaten in some of the world's best restaurants, savoring the best food the planet has to offer.
Yet there's no place he'd rather have dinner than The Soul Kitchen, a "pay-what-you-can" restaurant he and his wife Dorothea established in a former auto body shop near the Red Bank train station in central New Jersey.

The restaurant provides gourmet-quality meals to the hungry while enabling them to volunteer on community projects in return without the stigma of visiting a soup kitchen. Paying customers are encouraged to leave whatever they want in the envelopes on each table, where the menus never list a price.

The restaurant is the latest undertaking by the New Jersey rocker's Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation, which has built 260 homes for low-income residents in recent years...

How important is rolling up his sleeves and working in the restaurant to him?

"Last Friday, I was at the White House, serving on the Council for Community Solutions, got on a train, changed in the bathroom and got here in time to wash dishes Friday night," he said. "I'm the dishwasher, for real. I can't cook a lick."

I lost the original link with the text, but the menu sounded great. No junk food, very good, healthy food.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/oct/20/jon-bon-jovi-restaurant

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jon_Bon_Jovi_Soul_Foundation

freshwest http://www.democraticunderground.com/11078754#top

Thanks, rivesredge.. I posted about this in Hillary's Group, too..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/11078754#top
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