city. he s begging springsteen to come play there to celebrate the opening of a new casino. tell me this sounds like anything other than kind of injured begging with an overlay of rationalizing and bargaining. i would make a direct plea to bruce right now, i think, you know, he s missed out on the opportunity to open this place, because beyonce has picked up the mantle on that. but i really think, you know, when he gets off of the summer part of his tour, he doesn t have anything announced yet for labor day weekend. i think labor day weekend at revel for bruce springsteen would be an incredible show of support by bruce for his home state. bruce springsteen is not listening to governor christie. and for all that governor christie tries to guilt trip his unrequited love and say the boss should play at atlantic city for the middle class, for all that springsteen s rejection is grounded in mr. christie s politics. springsteen s hero is a person who says the first kick he took was when
the deep the meaning of springsteen s music. you know what, i believe that. christie is a true springsteen fan. he probably was meditating on it. but the sad part, the part with pathos in it is that christie does love springsteen an awful lot, but springsteen does not love christie back. jeffrey goldberg writes about it in this month s atlantic. despite heroic efforts by christie, springsteen, who is still a new jersey resident, will not talk to him, at concerts, even concerts at club-sized venues, springsteen will not acknowledge the governor. when christie leaves a springtine concert in a large arena, he walks within feet of the stage and of the dressing rooms. he s never been invited in to say hello. so sad chris christie. this spring, christie begged bruce to meet him in atlantic city. he s begging springsteen to come play there to celebrate the opening of a new casino. tell me this sounds like anything other than kind of injured begging with an overlay