music, politics

Everyone needs a soundtrack - even politicians.

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.

_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."

Man, I didn't think it was possible, but Barack Obama just got even more boring. Wesley Clark continues his streak of cluelessness, because he will, mark my words, back down. I'm thinking in a matter of weeks. Plus, I'm sure that's a Tom Petty song, but I won't rip the General on that, cos it may be an AP error. Well, Cash covered it, but still. Stupid liberal media.

Meanwhile, John Edwards picks a song everyone in America is sick of already for a campaign with nearly two years to go. Nice work. And, since there are two Americas, which country is he claiming to be "ours?"

Hillary appeals to the nation's young people, and to women, by picking two songs by dudes: one about the fall of the Berlin Wall, and some ridiculous boomer cock-rock. A woman on the radio talks about revolution, when it's already passed her by...

Kucinich... completely oblivious. Dodd... more boomer shit everyone's tired of. His picks are extra ridic because they have absolutely no connotations outside of like love or whatever.