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Posted in music on September 23, 2008

Bono meeting with Palin, hopes to meet w/ Obama (again)

Bono Obama

Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is about to take her first tentative steps onto the world stage....Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.....Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili...[blah blah blah].....Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and new Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari....Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh....[ok, most importantly...]...The Alaska governor will also meet U2 singer and global anti-poverty campaign Bono on the sidelines of the UN meeting, said the ONE campaign, which is associated with the Irish rocker.

The McCain campaign specifically asked to include Palin in Bono's planned talks with the Republican presidential nominee, ONE said in a statement.

Bono also hopes to hold a meeting with Democratic nominee Barack Obama before the November 4 election, the campaign said. [AFP]


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Tags: Bono, McCain, Obama, politics, Sarah Palin, U2

Posted on September 23, 2008 2:21 PM

Comments (42)

bono for VP - fuck biden

Posted by Anonymous | September 23, 2008 2:29 PM

What's this have to do with Radiohead?

Posted by Anonymous | September 23, 2008 2:29 PM

he needs to stop right now

Posted by Anonymous | September 23, 2008 2:32 PM

I wonder if he'll look into her eyes and see her soul?

Posted by Anonymous | September 23, 2008 2:35 PM

He'd hit it

Posted by Anonymous | September 23, 2008 2:39 PM

Bono needs to fuck off back to Ireland and not give Sarah Fucking Palin a photo op. Just because she is running for Vice President doesn't mean that Bono needs to take her seriously.

Posted by SeeYouInTea | September 23, 2008 2:45 PM

that picture makes me smile

Posted by Anonymous | September 23, 2008 2:50 PM

I heard that Palin is really one of the guys in Daft Punk.

Posted by Anonymous | September 23, 2008 3:06 PM

if bono is in a picture with her, im voting for mccain...its just that simple.

Posted by Anonymous | September 23, 2008 3:06 PM

Unless Bono plans to expose Palin for the fraud she is... this is bullshit. I didn't think I could hate Bono any more than I already did...

Posted by Anonymous | September 23, 2008 3:09 PM

Although Bono personally might agree with one party over the other, he needs to play both sides, since he wants to have the ear of whichever ticket wins the White House. He is far too smart to alienate either side. That is what 'politics' is all about.

Posted by skroop | September 23, 2008 3:16 PM

Bono should be so honored. McNasty in the '08!

Posted by Anonymous | September 23, 2008 3:23 PM

Michelle Obama won't be proud of Ireland for the first time.

Posted by Anonymous | September 23, 2008 3:25 PM

I wonder why anyone gives Sarah Plain the time of day.

Obama/Biden '08!

Posted by Jim | September 23, 2008 3:38 PM

I thought Republicans hated celebrities?

Though I will vote Sarah Palin OMG Pres if she straight-talks Bono about what a pile of crap U2's last records wuz. What's on her iPod. MUST KNOW.

Posted by J | September 23, 2008 3:50 PM

Jim,

To answer your question, because she's going to be the next vice president. Take it from me!

Your Friend,

Joe "TV in the 20's" Biden

Posted by Joe B. | September 23, 2008 3:54 PM

"What's on her iPod."

Probably Ted Nugent and sermons on tape.

Posted by Anonymous | September 23, 2008 3:56 PM

Someone hacked her iPod. They found the following bands:

Fleet Foxes Hunt
Grizzly Bear, it's what's for dinner
Wolf Skin Boots Parade
I Shot Patrick Wolf From a Plane
Crystal Antlers Mounted Over My Fireplace
Venisonhoof
Venison Tick
The Venisons
Loney Venison

And, yes you were right. Ted Nugent

Posted by Anonymous | September 23, 2008 4:04 PM

According to inside sources, McCain already brushed off a meeting with Bono, claiming he had already partied with him and his wife Cher in 1974.

Posted by Anonymous | September 23, 2008 4:04 PM

lulz

Posted by Anonymous | September 23, 2008 4:14 PM

WAIT.....

BONO IS BANGING PALIN AND THEY DO IT ONLY AFTER HUNTING FLEET FOXES AND AND GRIZZLYBEARS. WHAT A COUPLE.

Posted by SUBTLEFOE | September 23, 2008 4:23 PM

Palin is a Dan Snaith/Manitoba/Caribou fan.

Biden listens to Insane Clown Posse on continuous repeat during his infamous daily Amtrack rides.

Posted by Anonymous | September 23, 2008 4:40 PM

"Someone hacked her iPod. They found the following bands:

Fleet Foxes Hunt
Grizzly Bear, it's what's for dinner
Wolf Skin Boots Parade
I Shot Patrick Wolf From a Plane
Crystal Antlers Mounted Over My Fireplace
Venisonhoof
Venison Tick
The Venisons
Loney Venison

And, yes you were right. Ted Nugent"

What about Deerhunter and Blitzen Trapper??

Posted by Anonymous | September 23, 2008 5:45 PM

We have delicious organic salads and sandwiches!

Posted by Bono bo's on 23rd at Madison | September 23, 2008 6:59 PM

fuck Bono

Posted by Anonymous | September 23, 2008 7:42 PM

Seriously, wtf country do we live in? Unless we collectively laugh Palin off of the stage, there is no reason for anyone outside of the States to view us as anything other than a nation full of idiots.

Posted by Kurt | September 23, 2008 8:48 PM

thank you kurt for putting it so perfectly.

Posted by so true | September 23, 2008 10:47 PM

And yet, Obama isn't much more experienced than her.

Posted by Anonymous | September 24, 2008 3:04 AM

I've heard Palin quoted to say her youngest son's middle name is "Van" to rhyme with Van Halen... Considering so, I'd suspect she has Women & Children first on her ipod. Also supported by her strong conviction to family values- except for the part where she doesn't raise her kids and they become ho-bags that get pregnant in their teens & have to marry highschool dropouts.

Can we vote for her to be Mrs. Alaska instead of VP?

Posted by friend | September 24, 2008 4:01 AM

big deal eh..
bread and circuses..
vote independent!
mcbama is owned by the banksters who are currently ruining your country more so then ever.. they'll just keep up the neocons destructive, dehumanizing agenda of war..
iran
russia
korea

good luck

Posted by decline yes but fall already | September 24, 2008 4:36 AM

we ARE a country of idiots - ignorant, selfish, self-centered bullying IDIOTS. and bono is a BOZO. and the following comment:

"Although Bono personally might agree with one party over the other, he needs to play both sides, since he wants to have the ear of whichever ticket wins the White House. He is far too smart to alienate either side. That is what 'politics' is all about."

HE'S A ROCK AND ROLL 'SINGER' - NOT A POLITICIAN FUCK HEAD!!!!!!

i bought U2's first single in 1980 and saw them more than a dozen times from 1981 through the last tour. and while i agree with his positions, BONO IS A FUCKING LOSER for hob-nobbing with washington evil-doers.

if i ever saw that fucking irish midget, this non-violent buddhist would soundly knock him flat on his ass and spit on his prone broken body.

BONO IS SHIT.

Posted by Anonymous | September 24, 2008 7:53 AM

753 - you sound pretty upset for a non-violent buddhist.

Posted by Anonymous | September 24, 2008 9:32 AM

Europe: Talk, talk, talk, talk, (whoops, nuclear holocaust).

USA: Dropping bombs on Iranian terrorist sponsoring shit talkers!

....cue hulk hogan music.

Posted by Anonymous | September 24, 2008 9:39 AM

a part of me doesn't want to blame the guy for friendliness that ultimately may do some serious good for the less fortunate. buuuuut, jesus, get in their face and threaten to show they're a fool on the world stage.

blackmail.

remember zoo tv, bono? calling the white house, putting the bosnia war conflict in everyone's face, making great music. remember??

Posted by likes the solos on the leaked recordings | September 24, 2008 9:43 AM

"And yet, Obama isn't much more experienced than her."

Are you fucking kidding me with that bullshit talking point? Palin is a mental midget compared to Obama... that would matter more to anyone with common sense than whether or not he was the mayor of some shit-hole meth infested one-horse town. To even compare Obama's qualification to Palin's is assinine.
And sure, Obama has played the necessary evil game of politics, dealt with corporate shitheads, etc... but anyone that doesn't see that he is the only option to improve America's worsening problems is blind.
Why don't you tell me that he is elitist now? Isn't that the next line you idiots kick out?

Posted by Anonymous | September 24, 2008 10:39 AM

The only reason why the GOP keeps Palin from being accessible to the press or even ordinary Americans... SHE IS FUCKING STUPID. They need to keep this a secret as long as possible.

Posted by Anonymous | September 24, 2008 10:51 AM

It's sooo funny how people think Obama is soooooo smart. What a joke.

Posted by Anonymous | September 24, 2008 11:05 AM

compared to Bush/McCain/Palin? Yes... he is sooooo smart.
Dummies do not become the president of the Harvard Law review... am I wrong? Could you see Palin in that position? Give me a fucking break...

Posted by Anonymous | September 24, 2008 11:11 AM

assuming that most people who read this blog are under 30 (a broad assumption, i know), the fact that there could be ANY comments slamming obama and any comments even half-way equating that CUNT palin with him or any intelligent person, then this country is FAR more FUCKED UP than i could've ever imagined.

republicans under 30= hitler youth

Posted by Anonymous | September 24, 2008 1:10 PM

1:10 - you need a hug.

Posted by Anonymous | September 24, 2008 3:14 PM

is Bono part of the 700 Billion chunk of change???????????????????????

Posted by Anonymous | September 30, 2008 3:18 AM

Palin for President!!!!!!!!!!!!! You jealous wackos

Posted by Anonymous | October 18, 2008 7:22 PM

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