Rockers wrap up get-out-the-vote tour in D-C
WASHINGTON Thousands of people packed an arena in the nation's capital Monday night for the conclusion of a get-out-the vote tour featuring some of the world's top rockers. Bruce Springsteen, R-E-M, Bonnie Raitt and Pearl Jam were among the headliners urging people to head to the polls November second and cast their ballots for Democrat John Kerry.
Not everyone was jumping on the bandwagon. Demonstrators gathered outside to protest the musicians' anti-Bush, anti-war stance.
One carried a sign that read "rockin' for bin Laden," and another, wearing a Saddam Hussein mask, said the concert tour has hurt the morale of U-S forces overseas.
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