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JackRiddler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-05-08 12:49 AM
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16. Just like "Born in the USA" in the 1984 election...
used by the Reagan campaign. Springsteen complained.

Also bizarre because obviously they didn't understand the lyrics, or decided these were irrelevant.

Born down in a dead man's town
the first kick I took was when I hit the ground
You get like a dog who's been beat too much
You spend half your life just covering up
Born in the USA...

and it goes on like that, including a condemnation of the Vietnam war and the fate of the veterans on returning.

Not exactly "Morning in America," is it now?
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