Popdose: Exit Music (For a Candidate): Hillary Clinton
JonCummings
· 1 year ago
This is absolutely brilliant. The credits are a hilarious touch. Nice to see Linda Tripp's name in print again.
Having been privy to the e-mail communications that resulted in this column, I know for a fact that it's just a coincidence that Eugene Robinson (frequenter of Countdown and Hardball and MSNBC primary-night coverage) called HIS column in this morning's Washington Post "Coda for the Clintons" and offered his own playlist of exit music for their campaign. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...)
His choices: "No More Drama," Mary J. Blige; "It's Only a Paper Moon" (relating to her self-delusions, capping with the lyric "But it wouldn't be make-believe if you believed in me"); and "Addicted to Love" (pertaining not to Bill's pecker so much as his thirst for adulation).
Zack
· 1 year ago
Thanks, Jon. I'd thought about using the Afghan Whigs song "Be Sweet" (as opposed to "Gentlemen") because it contained the lyrics "I've got a dick for a brain" but somehow it didn't feel right.
JonCummings
· 1 year ago
Right now I've just pulled up Motley Crue on YouTube, singing "Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)."
steve
· 1 year ago
Y'all are being too sly. Beatles - "I'm a loser"
Zack
· 1 year ago
Someone suggested that, or Beck's version when I asked these guys for suggestions. I don't see any reason to taunt Hillary, though. It's time to reconcile the way that a pair of well-matched rugby teams will do after a hard-fought game: by getting so drunk together on brown ale that it takes about a week before we can start seeing color again.
Old_Davy
· 1 year ago
It's all the same...the contenders rip each other apart during the primaries, but once one of them has been declared the candidate, they make up and the loser supports the former rival. It's a load of crap. Don't these politicians realize that we can see through all this rhetoric? Why can't they just play nice?
I expect the next 5 months to be BRUTAL, with McCain throwing the first punch right out of the box.
I would have included "What About Me?" by Moving Pictures in the OST.
DwDunphy
· 1 year ago
Ready for a sequel? There's a rumor going around that, due to bad blood with the DNC through all of this, Hillary's going to continue this travesty as an independent. I thought it was a bad radio shock-jock joke two weeks ago (well, back then it was), but word from Clinton's camp (via NPR) is that tonight's speech is not a concession speech, she plans on staying "on the stump" and, most tellingly, she does not consider a vice presidential bid an option.
I hope it's all crap, but after seeing this attack dog trying to break the neck of long-dead rabbits for 4+ months, I would not put it past her.
steve
· 1 year ago
Wouldn't surprise me at all. She definitely won't concede tonight (mark my word). The Clintons will do anything. They do indeed feel entitled. I still think she will get her way and win - they'll find a way. No holds barred.
I can only hope that for once the four names (counting VP's) on a general election ballot this November won't include Bush or Clinton. It would be the first time since 1976. Yes, since 1976. Dynasties are not what America is about. We need to stop this NOW!!! No more Bushs or Clintons!!!
steve
· 1 year ago
Told ya. No concession. She lost LEGITIMATELY by delegates well before her speech and still did not concede. What a deplorable person.
Maria
· 1 year ago
Going to Iraq, and winning, is absolutely the correct thing to do. I know you're probably surrounded by a bunch of idiots that think they know politics and others that lament missing the fun of the late-60's, but they are wrong.
Zack
· 1 year ago
Define "win."
JonCummings
· 1 year ago
Yeah. And then define it again, and again, and again, and again...
And then, finally, someday reconcile the type of "win" you can actually accomplish with the number of Americans and Iraqis you've killed.
Nah, on second thought, don't bother. Instead, just toss around a bunch of lame insults like "a bunch of idiots that think they know politics" or "lament missing the fun of the late-60s." That seems to be your grand plan for the next five months.
steve
· 1 year ago
I'll define winning in Iraq. It would be Iraq as a stable democracy that also brings stability to the region. And the chances of it happening are about as good as Kim Jong Il, Fidel Castro, and Ahmadinejad going down to the local karaoke bar and singing "God Bless America" together....
Dan
· 1 year ago
That's funny. About 6 months ago someone asked Joe Scarborough what he thought "winning" in Iraq would be. His reply was that a positive outcome for Iraq would be that it is a "stable country" that "poses no danger to its neighbors or to the USA." And I'm thinking - THAT'S WHAT IT WAS BEFORE!!!!! There is no such thing as "winning" in Iraq. That's like "winning" the weather.
steve
· 1 year ago
I would disagree with you on that Dan in one respect - Iraq posed a danger to Israel before the war. Hussein would have loved to see Israel destroyed just like Syria & Iran.
But the war was still the worst foreign policy blunder in a long long time.
TaylorTSides
· 1 year ago
Well timed post. Good thinking ahead!
matthew
· 1 year ago
"even though Hillary probably won’t get to be president in her lifetime"
Is there then a possibility of her being president after her lifetime, because this I would pay to see.
Zack
· 1 year ago
Hillary/Tarman in 2048! I'll be 73, so like many members of that generation I'll be willing to vote a straight Zombie ticket by that point.
eric
· 1 year ago
I think the key song here might be Tom Petty - I Won't Back Down.
Operation Chaos continues!
JonCummings
· 1 year ago
Best of luck, Eric. I hear that Rush has already moved on to "the rumor." Will despicable, lying Republican attacks never cease? You should be ashamed to associate your political beliefs with these people.
Zack
· 1 year ago
To eric's credit, that would have been a good song for the soundtrack.
eric
· 1 year ago
You can check what Rush is actually saying each day, rather than depending on what you "hear," by logging on to rushlimbaugh.com. Most of each show is transcribed there. I don't listen all the time, but I recall him quoting another Democrat (an Obama supporter) as legitimately worried that there is a Michelle Obama tape yet to surface -- if that is the rumor you're referring to. It hasn't been a major focus, AFAIK, but I probably catch one hour of the show max each day.
The biggest problem for Obama will be the public record of what Obama has said, written, and voted for in the past. And the fact that he can't disassociate himself from the people he's been associating with for the last 20 years. It's already all out there -- no need to invent things. It just needs to be repeated. And repeated.
I won't back down, either. I'm still bitterly clinging to my guns and religion. Run, Hillary, run!!! I'm sure she'd say that she ain't no-ways "tahhhrd" (tired). :)
JonCummings
· 1 year ago
Wow. You're a dittohead too. That explains a lot.
Isobel
· 1 year ago
I enjoy your music but you're wrong about the situation concerning the primaries. If the number of people who voted for a particular candidate doesn't matter then what does? Democracy=will of the people. Obviously the people have made their choice and the DNC has misguided us yet again.
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Having been privy to the e-mail communications that resulted in this column, I know for a fact that it's just a coincidence that Eugene Robinson (frequenter of Countdown and Hardball and MSNBC primary-night coverage) called HIS column in this morning's Washington Post "Coda for the Clintons" and offered his own playlist of exit music for their campaign. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...)
His choices: "No More Drama," Mary J. Blige; "It's Only a Paper Moon" (relating to her self-delusions, capping with the lyric "But it wouldn't be make-believe if you believed in me"); and "Addicted to Love" (pertaining not to Bill's pecker so much as his thirst for adulation).
I expect the next 5 months to be BRUTAL, with McCain throwing the first punch right out of the box.
I would have included "What About Me?" by Moving Pictures in the OST.
I hope it's all crap, but after seeing this attack dog trying to break the neck of long-dead rabbits for 4+ months, I would not put it past her.
I can only hope that for once the four names (counting VP's) on a general election ballot this November won't include Bush or Clinton. It would be the first time since 1976. Yes, since 1976. Dynasties are not what America is about. We need to stop this NOW!!! No more Bushs or Clintons!!!
And then, finally, someday reconcile the type of "win" you can actually accomplish with the number of Americans and Iraqis you've killed.
Nah, on second thought, don't bother. Instead, just toss around a bunch of lame insults like "a bunch of idiots that think they know politics" or "lament missing the fun of the late-60s." That seems to be your grand plan for the next five months.
And I'm thinking - THAT'S WHAT IT WAS BEFORE!!!!!
There is no such thing as "winning" in Iraq. That's like "winning" the weather.
But the war was still the worst foreign policy blunder in a long long time.
Is there then a possibility of her being president after her lifetime, because this I would pay to see.
Operation Chaos continues!
The biggest problem for Obama will be the public record of what Obama has said, written, and voted for in the past. And the fact that he can't disassociate himself from the people he's been associating with for the last 20 years. It's already all out there -- no need to invent things. It just needs to be repeated. And repeated.
I won't back down, either. I'm still bitterly clinging to my guns and religion. Run, Hillary, run!!! I'm sure she'd say that she ain't no-ways "tahhhrd" (tired). :)