It wasn’t that long ago that famed singer-songwriter and proud Jersey boy, Bruce Springsteen, stood with John Kerry on a huge stage and played his music for a better tomorrow. While it didn’t work out so well in 2004, Bruce is back in the limelight with his outstanding Seeger Sessions record and his unapologetic political views. He doesn’t like Ann Coulter either. Witness the Boss’ interaction with CNN’s Soledad O’Brien:

Springsteen was asked by Soledad O’Brien if getting flak about his political views, such as backing John Kerry in 2004, made him wonder if musicians should try so hard to be taken seriously on topical issues.

“They should let Ann Coulter do it instead?” he mused, with a chuckle. Then he said, “You can turn on the idiots rambling on, on cable television, every night of the week — and they say musicians shouldn’t speak up? It’s insane, it’s funny,” he said, laughing.

He called politics “an organic part of what I’m doing. … It’s called common sense. I don’t even see it as politics at this point.”

Bruce: Anytime you want to come to DoubleSpeak headquarters and do a session, you are more than welcome.