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RandySF

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Wed Oct 2, 2024, 02:47 PM Oct 2

Harris campaign hosting Friday GOTV concert in Pittsburgh with Jason Isbell and Michael Stipe

Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign is hosting a get-out-the-vote concert in Pittsburgh on Friday that will feature musicians Jason Isbell and Michael Stipe, two performers who have been reliable supporters of Democratic and progressive candidates and who have both supported Harris’ campaign for president.

Isbell performed on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention in August and has been a vocal supporter of Harris and other Democrats; he organized an album of cover songs by Georgia artists to celebrate President Joe Biden winning the Peach State in 2020. Stipe, who was lead singer for R.E.M., also has performed at campaign events in support of Harris, and stumped for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders during the Vermont independent’s 2016 presidential campaign. Both performers have their roots in the southern U.S.: Isbell is from Alabama and Stipe hails from the swing state of Georgia.

The Harris campaign has spent considerable time in western Pennsylvania since she ascended to the top of the Democratic ticket, even visiting more conservative areas like Johnstown.

The concert comes a day before former President Donald Trump, the GOP nominee for president, also visits western Pennsylvania. Trump will hold a rally on Saturday in Butler, at the site where he survived an assassination attempt in July, where rallygoer Corey Comperatore was killed and two others were wounded.


https://penncapital-star.com/briefs/harris-campaign-hosting-friday-gotv-concert-in-pittsburgh-with-jason-isbell-and-michael-stipe/

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Harris campaign hosting Friday GOTV concert in Pittsburgh with Jason Isbell and Michael Stipe (Original Post) RandySF Oct 2 OP
Michael Stipe and Natalie Merchant - To Sir With Love 1992 MTV Inaugural Ball for President Clinton Dennis Donovan Oct 2 #1
Was that Dennis Miller who did the introduction? displacedvermoter Oct 2 #2
Yes, before he went all RW. n/t Dennis Donovan Oct 2 #3

Dennis Donovan

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1. Michael Stipe and Natalie Merchant - To Sir With Love 1992 MTV Inaugural Ball for President Clinton
Wed Oct 2, 2024, 02:56 PM
Oct 2

Just made me think of this!


MTV Inaugural Ball, January 19, 1993, Natalie Merchant and Michael Stipe singing "To Sir With Love" and "Candy Everybody Wants"
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