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REM - STIPE SINGS FOR OBAMA

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2008 T in the Park music festival - Day 3
Perth and Kinross, Scotland ....

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REM have shown their support for U.S. presidential candidate BARACK OBAMA by playing a set of political songs at the weekend (12-13Jul08).
Frontman Michael Stipe says the band played some rare tracks from their back catalogue at Scotland's T in the Park festival, including numbers written about George Bush Snr's government in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
And Stipe admits the band have decided to play those songs on their current tour in support of Democrat leader Obama.
The singer says, "In the U.S. (on tour) I felt the need between songs to have some kind of running commentary about the more political songs and how they resonate. I don't really feel the need to do that in Europe, what we've been going through.
"(Barack) Obama seems to represent an outsider, he's not one of those career politicians, and that seems to have more resonance."


07/14/2008 12:29:23 PM


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Michael Stipe, What is Barack Obama's stance on Gay issues? No One has the Right to Disrespect our Troops: WHAT did Barack Obama do for our Troops? WHAT did Barack Obama do to our SACRED right to have our Votes counted? DEMOCRATIC MOTTO IS COUNT EVERY VOTE Congradulations Hillary-America Knows You WON. How did Barack Obama "win" 68% to 32% in the Democratic Party Run and Paid for Caucus States(check how he "won" Votes and Delegates in Mich igan) IRREFUTABLE FACT: After all the 2008 Presidential Primary Votes were counted and Certified, not only did Hillary Clinton rece ive more Votes than her rival Barack Obama, she has received more Votes than any other Presidential Primary candidate in History.







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