Elton John Rocks Out For Hillary

Veteran Piano Man Rakes In Much-Needed $2.5 Million For Democratic Hopeful

(AP)  Experience is central to Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential bid, and Wednesday night she tapped one of pop music's most venerable rockers to help fill her campaign coffers with $2.5 million.

Elton John, who has sold records and filled arenas for four decades, played a benefit concert for Clinton at Radio City Music Hall.

"I've always been a Hillary supporter," John, 61, said before launching into his 1970 breakthrough hits, "Your Song" and "Border Song." "There is no one more qualified to lead America."

The English singer, composer and pianist added: "I'm amazed by the misogynistic attitudes of some of the people in this country. And I say to hell with them .... I love you Hillary, I'll be there for you."

The cheapest tickets, $125 and $250, sold out quickly, campaign aides said. The other seats were filled by fans paying as much as $2,300, the limit for an individual's contribution to a federal candidate.

Preceding John on stage were Clinton, her husband, former President Clinton, and their daughter, Chelsea.

Hillary Clinton struck a defiant, underdog note in describing her battle against Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois.

"What I want you to know is I'm still standing, and I believe this country is worth fighting for," the New York senator said, playing off the title of one of John's hits. "So we're taking our campaign to Pennsylvania and all the states that haven't voted." Pennsylvania votes April 22.

The Clintons have hobnobbed with Hollywood and music industry figures for years. In 1998, John performed at a White House State Dinner the couple hosted for then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Last October, Clinton celebrated her 60th birthday with a fundraiser at New York's Beacon Theater that featured actor Billy Crystal and musicians Elvis Costello and the Wallflowers. It netted more than $1.5 million for her presidential effort.

[jockh]

The Clintons are tight fisted money grabbers. Despite lining their pockets with 109 MILLION, Hillary merely LOANS her campaign 5 MILLION. Why doesnt she GIVE it to her campaign instead of LOANING and put her money where her mouth is? After all, other candidates like Mitt Romney put millions of their own money into their own campaigns.

That way she would be showing that she has complete confidence in herself and her campaign and this in turn would encourage other donations.

However, she loans instead of gives to her own campaign because she knows she is going to lose so she would rather lose donors money in her futile campaign and keep all her millions nice and safe; so she can sleep in a solid gold bed with a mattress stuffed with 100 dollar bills. And solid gold pant suits for herself and Chelsea !!

[kstar42]

Great Job Elton!!!!!Keep fighting Hillary!

[hypnotoad72]

Nice pic at the top; Hillary smooches, he hugs. Is he scared of getting cooties or something?

[popstom1]

hear are some of sorryest america has to offer
won''t vote for that crawfish Obama

[ouronlyhope]

Elton John...not bad Hillary. But seats costing $150-$250? Yikes!

I''ll take Dave Matthews (for free) any day! That''s who was rocking for Obama last week.

As usual, Obama is reaching out to the future of America!

[TennMom1]

I adore Sir Elton''s music. That said, as celebrity endorsements go, I''ll consider his with an even bigger "grain of salt" than others. After all, he has no vote in this election.

[dante805]

EJ is a disgusting human piece of garbage. I true hater and socialist - he''s unworthy of US citizenship - a pinko limmie. Can''t wait for someone to write a song about him.

[lblair57]

If Bill was sterile, where did Chelsea come from?

[blackspirit3]

JUANITA BROADDRICK-- The interview, broadcast in February 1999, centered around Broaddrick''''''''''''''''s accusation that Bill Clinton had raped her on April 25, 1978 during his first campaign for the governorship of the U.S. state of Arkansas, at a time when Clinton was that state''''''''''''''''s Attorney General. In the interview, she declared that Clinton suddenly "turned me around and started kissing me, and that was a real shock. I first pushed him away. I just told him ''''''''''''''''no.''''''''''''''''... He tries to kiss me again. He starts biting on my lip... And then he forced me down on the bed. I just was very frightened. I tried to get away from him. I told him ''''''''''''''''no.''''''''''''''''... He wouldn''''''''''''''''t listen to me." In an interview for the Wall Street Journal editorial page, Broaddrick claimed that Clinton told her not to worry about pregnancy, because childhood mumps had left him sterile. WHY DIDNT HILLARY LEAVE BILL?

[rowdytexan2]

You rock, Elton! And this time you''re right! Hillary is the BEST candidate we''ve got and the only one with the leadership it''s going to take to help this country!

Go HIllary! 08

[jack3213]

ELTON JOHN IS AN AWESOME MUSICIAN, BUT LIKE ALL CELEBRITIES, THAT IS ENOUGH. THEY CERTAINLY HAVE A RIGHT TO TELL ALL OF US WHO THEY SUPPORT, BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHO CARES.

[jockh]

The Clintons are tight fisted money grabbers. Despite lining their pockets with 109 MILLION, Hillary merely LOANS her campaign 5 MILLION. Why doesnt she GIVE it to her campaign instead of LOANING and put her money where her mouth is? After all, other candidates like Mitt Romney put millions of their own money into their own campaigns.

That way she would be showing that she has complete confidence in herself and her campaign and this in turn would encourage other donations.

However, she loans instead of gives to her own campaign because she knows she is going to lose so she would rather lose donors money in her futile campaign and keep all her millions nice and safe; so she can sleep in a solid gold bed with a mattress stuffed with 100 dollar bills. And solid gold pant suits for herself and Chelsea !!

[jockh]

Hillary, the sniper dodging, belly crawling, somersaulting Green Beret , makes ridiculous claims that she is tried and tested in over 80 countries. As the wife of a visiting US President her visits were mainly ceremonial and she drank a lot of tea but never negotiated anything, in fact she did not even have security clearance. By Hillarys childlike reasoning this means Laura Bush is also tried and tested to be President or that the wife of a brain surgeon is qualified to operate on people!.

[jockh]

HILLARY CLINTON - READY TO LIE ON DAY ONE !!!!

First she denies that she was pro NAFTA. White House schedules have now been released, showing she held several high profile meetings to endorse NAFTA.

Second she tells outright lies about her bullet dodging trip to Bosnia.

Hillarys problem is that voters know how easily the Clintons lie. Next she will say well, it depends on how you define "sniper fire" and "ran" and then %u201CI DID NOT HAVE MILITARY RELATIONS WITH THAT SNIPER%u201D

Misspeaking is one thing, repeating it over and over makes it a FLAT LIE !!
Clinton simply cannot help herself.
She tells a big lie when a small lie will do. And she tells a small lie when the truth will do.
Look at the trouble the country is in because of the lies of President Bush so God help America if this woman ever gets elected.


She cannot win the Democratic nomination without causing a civil war in the Democratic Party. While comparing herself to, and praising, McCain while undermining Obama, make it appear that she is willing to do just that -- split the party in two. Seriously, can you imagine McCain saying that that he had a lifetime of experience, Hillary had a lifetime of experience, but Romney didn''t? That would never happen. It''s unacceptable. And it has to stop.

I get that it sucks to lose. But, it happens. Hillary, drop out with your head up high. Unless of course you''re ducking sniper fire again

[lblair57]

Now that would be like kissing a toilet seat....Go home ffaag
Posted by b48151

If your comment was to me, I take offense. First off, I am not a "ffaag", I happen to be a woman and the only person kissing a toilet seat would be your dirty mouth!!

[croft777]

He has shown leadership qualities with the way he manages his campaign. You may do yourselves a little good by taking a look at hillary''''s campaign.chyke1

Yeah sure, thats why they keep bringing up this racist shi*t. The deligate who called the two black kids up in the tree, monkeys. Oh my God! I''ve called my kid and I''ve calledother kids monkeys all the time, and they are not black, I''d be angry if I was her, I''d leave that campaigne for sure. Obama does not show leadership quality, All I see is an arrogant inexperienced fool who is way to sure about himself, he''s going down I guarentee it, arrogance never wins a spot in the white house.

[lblair57]

croft777 - I agree with you. I''m sorry to say that if Obama gets the nomination, I will be voting for McCain.

[croft777]

So it now takes foreigners to raise money for Hillary because the majority of Americans do not want her. When is she going to get the hint?unlocking


THis is about the most stupidist blog I''ve seen on here today. Obviouisly you are wrong. Its the Hillary supporters who went to this concert, and they are American. If the truth be known, all these caucus states Obama won does not voice who has the popular vote for the fact that only a small percentage of people in those states were represented. I''d say Hillary has the popular vote. One way opr another Michigan and Floridas voice will be heard, if not, Those hillary supporters will jump on the McCain track and leave Obama in his dirt.

[sjw1253]

It is clear there are many people on this forum who hate Hillary.

I think it is clear that most people who do like Hillary just don''t respond to trash talk that is spewed on this site.

I happen to think Hillary is a lot better than what we have and I voted for her in my primary.

I hope that she and Obama can find a way to pull their resources once this primary is over and whoever wins the presidential bid asks the other to be their V.P.

I will be happy with either one - but will be happier if we can have both on the same ticket. I think they both will provide a very strong presence and believe that they stand for the same basic issues.

More than that - I hope the Repubs can finally let our system work and stop all of the trash when the Dems win the whitehouse...

[tazmjam]

So many disgruntled Obama supporters whining because he%u2019s British. I couldn%u2019t care less if he has a vote. The guy is a musical genius and a legend in his own time. Cheer up Obama supporters you have that flash-in-the-pan will.i.am in Obama%u2019s corner... maybe he can do another music video. :)