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As Digby noted, here's some of the last of the pre-election day hissy fit we're seeing from the "very delicate rightwingers whose fragile sensibilities have been repeatedly assaulted by the Animals in the Democratic Party during this campaign."

Dana Perino says Obama rally with Jay-Z and The Boss was like watching a male enhancement ad.:

Yes, this fount of wisdom was once press secretary for the president of the United States of America:

And not only does Perino (inexplicably) think that watching an Obama rally with Jay-Z and The Boss is like watching a Cialis or Viagra commercial, she also thinks it reflected the Democratic War on Women because Jay-Z reworked the lyrics from "99 Problems" to the following: "I've got 99 problems, but Mitt ain't one."

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The Huffington Post got the details of this funny snub by the New Jersey Governor. Video by FoxNY of Christie recalling his meeting and speaking on the phone with Bruce Springsteen.

BOSTON -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who was effusive in his praise of President Barack Obama when the two leaders toured damage from Hurricane Sandy last week, turned down a request by Mitt Romney to appear with him at a rally on Sunday night in Pennsylvania, The Huffington Post has learned.

Christie's decision will only add to questions among Republicans about what the governor -- who is up for reelection a year from now -- is thinking, and why he went out of his way to heap praise on the president, and then refused to appear with Romney.

The Romney rally was held at a farm in Morrisville, Pa., not more than 20 minutes from Trenton, the New Jersey capital. The physical proximity of the event to New Jersey only added to questions in the Romney campaign about why Christie chose not to come.

"You can't tell me he couldn't have gone over there for a night rally," a Romney campaign source told HuffPost.

An aide to Christie, who didn't want to be identified, cited the awkward optics of a political rally while the devastation of Hurricane Sandy is still very much being felt in New Jersey. And while that makes perfect sense, another more cheeky reason not to attend came over the weekend, as President Obama had Bruce Springsteen call Christie to thank him for his work on behalf of storm-ravaged New Jersey. The startstruck Governor was so in awe he said that he "wept". via AP/Fox News:

New Jersey's famously tough-talking governor finally got a hug from his longest-running unrequited love.

Speaking Monday at a briefing on storm recovery. Gov. Chris Christie revealed he unexpectedly spoke with Bruce Springsteen earlier in the day. Christie had been discussing storm-related matters with President Barack Obama when Obama handed the phone to Springsteen, who was traveling with him as part of a campaign trip.

Christie also said he got a hug from Springsteen at Friday's benefit concert for victims of Superstorm Sandy.

The famously liberal Springsteen had never previously acknowledged the Republican governor. Christie considers himself among The Boss' biggest fans and has attended hundreds of his concerts.

Christie has praised Obama's handling of the storm, while continuing to back Mitt Romney.

Christie says he wept at home after talking by phone to his idol, calling it a major highlight during a tough week.

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The hosts of Fox & Friends on Friday suggested that NBC should postpone a Hurricane Sandy telethon until after the election because making sure that the event did not benefit President Barack Obama was more important than helping storm victims.

NBC announced earlier this week that Christina Aguilera, Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen and Sting would all be performing a the Friday benefit concert, "Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together." Money collected during the one-hour broadcast will go to the American Red Cross Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.

But because most of the announced stars have supported Obama in the past, conservative media have panned the concert as "an ode to Obama’s grand and glorious leadership during Hurricane Sandy."

On Friday, Fox & Friends guest host Eric Bolling floated the idea that NBC had rushed the concert "to make President Obama look presidential."

"It does look like they are trying squeeze things in," co-host Steve Doocy agreed. "Where are the conservative performers? There aren't any on the list I saw.

Doocy recalled that during a telethon for 2005 Hurricane Katrina, singer Kayne West had declared that "George Bush doesn't care about black people."

"How is NBC going to control what the people say?" the Fox News host wondered.

Bolling noted that NBC had waited for 10 days to host an event to support victims of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

"It let the city get its feet under itself first," Bolling insisted. "This just seems like a rush job because the election is going to be three days after that."

"Is it a hurricane benefit or a concert for Obama?" Doocy added.

"I don't know," Bolling replied.

(h/t: Huffington Post)

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January 22, 2010 CNN

Hope For Haiti Concert Bruce Springsteen: "We Shall Overcome"

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December 29, 2009 CBS

Kennedy Center Honors Bruce Springsteen and The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart told a story about how as a young bartender in New Jersey, he’d play Springsteen every night in his 1976 Gremlin on his ride home after work. He said that when you listen to Springsteen, “You aren’t a loser. You are a character in an epic poem…about losers.” He praised The Boss for “emptying the tank” with every performance for his audience, and love for his art, family and country.