Reply #15: Hopefully, he won't encounter the same fate as Jon Bon Jovi

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http://www.injersey.com/thnt/story/0,21282,982955,00.html

Musician Jon Bon Jovi says criticism and intimidation won't stop him from speaking out in support of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., who raised $1 million at the singer's home last night.

"I've received hate mail at my house. I've had people drive by my home and shout things out," Bon Jovi told guests gathered outside his home along the Navesink River. "And I think that they question my patriotism because I decided to stand up and have a voice. And I stood up to have a voice because I think that's the most American thing that you can do."

More than 300 people attended the fund-raiser, including actors Meg Ryan, James Gandolfini and Steve Buscemi, both of HBO's The Sopranos, and Richard Belzer of NBC's Law and Order: Special Victims Unit...