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Baby Boomer Theme Songs for the Clinton Campaign

By Calvin Massey

   Dan's post earlier today about Gore being more likely than Clinton got me thinking.  Then I found this essay from the UK's Guardian on real clear politics and I started thinking some more.  (Irrelevant aside: When Al Gore's father upset Kenneth McKellar to win a seat in the US Senate he reacted to McKellar's slogan, "Thinking feller? Vote McKellar," with the witty retort, "Think some more, and vote for Gore.")  Anyway, I concluded that the Clinton campaign has two as yet unacknowledged theme songs from the 60s -- Neil Sakada's "Breaking Up is Hard to Do," and Lesley Gore's "It's My Party (and I'll Cry If I Want To)."  Here are video clips of each performance, each vintage 60s.  Sadaka:

Gore:   

Full post as published by The Faculty Lounge on March 24, 2008 (boomark / email).