Move Over Oprah, HILLARY HAS ELTON!! [VIDEO]

by TexasDarlin, Mon Mar 17, 2008 at 01:12:16 PM EDT

NEWS ALERT FROMWASHINGTON POST


Taking a breaking from campaigning for a London mayoral candidate, John is inviting thousands of his closest friends to attend a concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York on April 9 to benefit Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign.

"There is nothing I like better than throwing a party for a good friend. Will you come out to support my friend Hillary Clinton at a special, one-night-only solo concert in New York?" John wrote in an email sent far and wide by the Clinton campaign to would-be supporters.

"I promise this will be one night that you won't want to miss," he said.

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THE BITCH IS BACK!!

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Re: Move Over Oprah, Hillary Has Elton!! [VIDEO]

Oprah is the Queen. No one can top her. I got the book to prove it!

Obama/Gore.

by IsaacM 2008-03-17 01:19PM | 0 recs
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Re: Move Over Oprah, Hillary Has Elton!! [VIDEO]
This really is awesome!
Love Elton.
by Fleaflicker 2008-03-17 01:23PM | 0 recs
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Re: Move Over Oprah, Hillary Has Elton!! [VIDEO]

Example #123214 of how out of touch the Clintons are.

Seriously, Elton John?

by amiches 2008-03-17 01:26PM | 0 recs
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If only...

this were the 80's it would be soooo cool.

by JoeCoaster 2008-03-17 01:30PM | 0 recs
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Re: Move Over Oprah, Hillary Has Elton!! [VIDEO]

As Iowa taught us...

oops.

by zonk 2008-03-17 01:40PM | 0 recs
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Re: Move Over Oprah, Hillary Has Elton!! [VIDEO]

Hold me closer, tiny dancer...

by amiches 2008-03-17 02:06PM | 0 recs
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Re: Move Over Oprah, Hillary Has Elton!! [VIDEO]

I love Elton and would love to see this concert and pay to see it.  Woowooo!

by owllwoman 2008-03-17 02:14PM | 0 recs
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HILLARY HAS ELTON!!

Elton is such a hip and happening dude!!

More to the point, why should anyone care about celebrity endorsements?

by politicsmatters 2008-03-17 01:41PM | 0 recs
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Obama Baby

Move over Elton, says Obama Baby.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlPsuzCjP iM

by DPW 2008-03-17 01:46PM | 0 recs
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Can Elton John Vote?

by jkfp2004 2008-03-17 02:30PM | 0 recs
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Actually...

Assuming that Elton John is still a British citizen (I know he's been knighted and I'm pretty sure only UK citizens can be knighted), I'm actually a little curious about this.

How can a foreign national hold a fundraiser for an American candidate?   Wouldn't it be illegal for a candidate to receive funds from a fundraiser sponsored and conducted by a foreign citizen?  

I mean, don't get me wrong -- I don't care enough to actually check the FEC regs or even file any sort of complaint if the regs called such a thing a "no-no" -- but given the whole kerfluffle from the Canadian government over NAFTA, I guess you could say I'm heavily in favor of non-US citizens you know... keeping their noses out of our election.

Still - I'm genuinely curious as to who a citizen of another country can legally conduct a fundraising event for a US candidate.

by zonk 2008-03-17 02:49PM | 0 recs
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OK - I lied.

I WAS interested enough to look it up.

Per the FEC -- it's murky.

"Volunteer services" seem OK -- HOWEVER -- the FEC ruled in Advisory Opinion 1981-51 that an artist wishing to volunteer services for purposes of fundraising was not allowed.

Howard Metzenbaum's campaign in 1982 asked the FEC for an advisory opinion on the legality of this.  The FEC's advisory opinion pretty clearly says it is not:

Accordingly, the Commission concludes that a foreign
national artist would be prohibited by 2 U.S.C. SS 441e from
donating his uncompensated volunteer services to the Committee to
create an original work of art for the Committee's use in
fundraising.

Now... Advisory Opinions do NOT carry weight of law (they can, however, provide the basis for agency recourse -- fines, etc).

But - unless I'm wrong about Elton John being a UK citizen (wikipedia is unclear - but all signs seem to point to his UK citizenship) -- I think that Elton John conducting a concert to raise funds for Clinton is against FEC rules.

by zonk 2008-03-17 03:03PM | 0 recs
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I always thought Elton John would be one of the last to pick a side.

by Steve M 2008-03-17 02:38PM | 0 recs
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Beatles fan here...and fan of classic rock.  this is awesome

by kydem 2008-03-17 03:33PM | 0 recs
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I think everyone's missing a real point here--

this is a great sign of gay support for Hillary!

Great, great Diary!

If Obama supporters want to ruin our moment, go ahead and try.  But you can't.

Elton is as big a signal to the gay community as Oprah was to African American women (who had been more aligned with Hillary initially).

But I think this is fantastic, Rock legend.

And Elton's Oscar night party is 2nd only to Vanity Fair's.  He's as big in celebrity world as Oprah, an enormous asset to getting support of gay men and women, and just an all around cool and exciting event.

Great news.  And whoever said Oprah is the Queen.  Yours maybe.  I hear Elton is the Queen!  ("Tantrums and Tiaras," and wasn't he Marie Antoinette for his birthday?)

Elton is King and Queen.  

by chieflytrue 2008-03-17 10:52PM | 0 recs

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