Apparently Hillary Clinton is trying to find a new campaign song and she has asked people to vote on her web site for which song she should use (after my run in with her staffer I looked for John Michael Montgomery’s “I Swear” but it wasn’t there.) I thought it might be fun to start a contest for the other candidates. This is not the place to give your opinions on the candidate (the IRS would love that!) but give a song and a brief explanation of why. Such as “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair” for Senator John Edwards of the $400 coiffure; or Lit’s “My Own Worst Enemy” for Newt Gingrich; or “Who Are You” by The Who for Mike Gravel (or a number of others.) Self described environmentalist Al Gore can have “It Ain’t Easy Bein’ Green” by Kermit the Frog and Rudy Giuliani (who seems to dress up a lot in dresses) can campaign to “Dude (Looks Like a Lady)” by Aerosmith. Here is list of the candidates – sing away:
Joe Biden
Sam Brownback
Hillary Clinton
Chris Dodd
John Edwards
Jim Gilmore
Newt Gingrich
Rudy Giuliani
Al Gore
Mike Gravel
Chuck Hagel
Mike Huckabee
Duncan Hunter
Dennis Kucinich
John McCain
Barak Obama
Ron Paul
Bill Richardson
Mitt Romney
Tom Tancredo
Fred Thompson
Tommy Thompson
*The earliest known American election campaign song was God Save George Washington, issued in 1780 and sung to the tune of God Save The King.
Comments (4)
For either Fred Thompson or Newt Gingrich: "Our Time Is Coming" by Brooks & Dunn.
May 17, 2007 4:58 PM | Comment Permalink
For Ron Paul. "My Life" by the Billie Joel
May 17, 2007 6:26 PM | Comment Permalink
For the "consistent conservative", Jim Gilmore, Johnny Cash's, "I walk the Line."
Ron Paul - "I'm not Running Anymore" by John Mellencamp. If you want to ruin your own campaign, suggesting 9-11 was retribution for American actions abroad is a great place to start. Ron Paul will be singing this song very soon.
John McCain - "Glory Days" by the Boss. Glory days, well they'll pass you by...
Tom Tancredo - "It's A Long Way To The Top" AC/DC. The debates have been just painful.
Mike Huckabee - "Hard Times For An Honest Man" by John Mellencamp. Can he get a little traction?
Hillary Clinton - "Get off of my Cloud" by the Rolling Stones.
Barak Obama - responding in kind to Hillary Clinton's campaign theme, "You can't Always get what you Want."
For John Edwards, I don't think there's any question, his campaign tune must be the theme from the musical, Hair.
"Gimme a head with hair, long beautiful hair
Shining, gleaming, steaming, flaxen, waxen
Give me down to there, hair!"
(and the chorus)
"Hair! Flow it, Show it; Long as God can grow it, My Hair!"
Fabulous.
May 18, 2007 8:50 AM | Comment Permalink
For Ron Paul: "Change the World" by Eric Clapton
May 23, 2007 11:18 AM | Comment Permalink