Democratic Presidential candidates name their favorite hits!
Carol Moseley Braun: “You Gotta Be,” by Des’ree.
Lovers, they may cause you tears / Go ahead release your fears
Al Sharpton: “Talking Loud and Saying Nothing,” by James Brown.
Huh! Like a dull knife, it just ain’t cuttin’ / Just talkin’ loud then saying nothin’
(J Note - reminds me of the Dead Milkmen song “Gonna Beat My Wife. Just sayin’…)
John Edwards: “Small Town,” by John Mellencamp
All my friends are so small town / My parents live in the same small town / My job is so small town / Provides little opportunity
John Kerry: “No Surrender,” by Bruce Springsteen
The walls of my room are closing in / There’s a war outside still raging / You say it ain’t ours anymore to win
Howard Dean: “Jaspora,” by Wyclef Jean.
Depwi mwen piti mwen te kite Ayiti / Gen sa ki al Brooklyn gen sa ki al Miami (It’s Creole, okay?)
Joe Lieberman: “Don’t Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow),” by Fleetwood Mac, and “My Way,” by Frank Sinatra
Why not think about times to come / I’ll state the case of which I’m certain
Dennis Kucinich: “Imagine,” by John Lennon
Imagine there’s no Heaven / It’s easy if you try
Dick Gephardt: “Born in the U.S.A.,” by Bruce Springsteen
Sent me off to a foreign land / To go and kill the yellow man
Bob Graham: “Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes,” by Jimmy Buffett
If we weren’t all crazy / we would all go insane
My first thought it: Dean listens to the Fugees? Well, okay, maybe not exactly, but still. Huh.
I wonder what Wesley Clark’s favorite song is. Perhaps we’ll find out soon enough…
