2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Would this have been so horrible? [View all]Hekate
(98,600 posts)"Kathy I'm lost, I said, tho I knew she was sleeping. I'm empty and aching and I don't know why. Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike -- They've all come to look for America..."
I know that song by heart, back from when it first came out. Want me to sing the rest of the album? It's very angsty.
When Bernie picked that one as his campaign theme, I was frankly baffled. The song is not one of hope in a bright tomorrow. It's about two young people who kinda run away together, smoke all their cigarettes inside the bus, and then as she sleeps he begins to brood over his lack of direction in life and probable failure.
Bernie had and has his fans, okay. But the entire Convention where Hillary was officially nominated reminded me strongly of Reagan's motto Morning in America. (The RNC, in stark contrast, was Armageddon on steroids.) Hillary truly had the more optimistic and inclusive message, and she won by 2.5 million votes more than Mad King Donald.
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