Is Hillary Clinton incredibly uncool, or slightly cooler than you think? The choice of Celine Dion's super schmaltzy "You And I" as her campaign theme song seems intent on proving the former. In the YouTube pop politics sweepstakes, her fellow front runner gets Obama Girl ("I can hardly wait 'til 2008/Baby, you're the best candidate"), and Clinton counters with the Canadian queen of Vegas kitsch? Does it get any more staggeringly unhip than that? But the Sopranos spoof costarring Johnny Sac with which she made the annoucement, with the big lug sitting across from her expressing his fondness for onion rings and Smashmouth while Chelsea parallel parks, argues the latter.
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Maybe I’ve grown too cynical and hopelessly uncool, but I’d find it a lot easier to laugh about this typical political gimmickry if I weren’t terrified that too many Americans would cast their vote based on which campaign song or YouTube video they prefer or which candidate they’d most like to have a beer with. I’ve got no gripe against parody but after the disastrous past six years, I wish voters of both parties would look beyond style and focus a bit more on substance. That said, the prospect of suffering through a year of Celine Dion has me on the verge of losing my lunch.
Posted by Cindy | June 20, 2007 2:04 PM
Posted on June 20, 2007 14:04