It's The Same Old Song. Write The Feme Tune, Sing The Feme Tune.
Steve Urkel.
Posted to Politics on Tue Feb 06, 2007 at 02:49:21 AM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
The presidential candidates on the Democratic side of the coin, addressed the DNC's winter meeting last week and unveiled their choice of theme tunes.
The presidential candidates who addressed the Democratic National Committee's winter meeting Friday got to choose their tunes, and it was an eclectic mix that reflected personal favorites and not-so-subtle messages.
Some candidates requested two songs, one that blared as they approached the stage and another that played as they left the podium.
The selections:
_John Edwards: "This Is Our Country" by John Mellencamp.
_Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut: "Get Ready (Cause Here I Come)" by the Temptations and "Reach Out," also by the Temptations. (That would be The Four Tops, actually. Ed.)
_Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York: "Right Here, Right Now," by Jesus Jones and "Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" by Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
_Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio: "America the Beautiful"
Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois decided against using any music in keeping with the somber tone he sought to convey. Wesley Clark, who hasn't indicated whether he will run, entered to Johnny Cash's "I Won't Back Down."Everyone needs a soundtrack - even politicians.
Other than Kucinich's tasteful and traditional choice, what to make of these selections?
Liking Cougar-Mellencamp should be an automatic disqualification for the presidency, and inflicting that insipid, badly sung tune on your staff and supporters at every campaign stop verges on the criminal.
I can't tell if Dodd is trying to reach out to the blacks, or if he thinks he's funky. Maybe Both. He may very well even think that his pick is "edgy."
As for Hillary's selections of Jesus Jones and BTO, I can only say - WTF? It would be unfair to think Hillary likes those songs, but that she would pick them indicates her poor judgment (at least she didn't pick GFR's We're an American Band (inside joke)).
Obama's caught in a racial Catch-22: if he selected Jesus Jones, blacks would say "See, he's not one of us, he's a sell out to whitey" (if he selected BTO blacks would say BTO? WTF?). But if he selected The Temptations or The Four Tops like Dodd, whites would perceive him as a doctrinaire negro.
Wes Clark's selection shows he's a poseur who likes to think of himself as a badass.
So what songs should they have picked? What song would you pick as a theme tune if you were running for President?
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