The Front Runners
Fred Thompson is actually LEADING the Republican Presidential field in the latest Rasmussen poll, though just by 28% to Giuliani's 27%, which more than doubles Thompson's performance in the last Rasmussen poll, just three weeks ago. This despite (or because?) most Republican voters have no idea what position he has on just about any issues. To judge by his performance on Law and Order. we know Thompson is hard on criminals...and cigars. For his position on the rest of the issues, well, maybe Thompson can do a miniseries.
Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton has announced in a new web video filmed in a diner that for President Clinton is now so whipped she has him eating carrots instead of onion rings, and that her campaign theme song is Celine Dion's "You and I". Frankly, I don't know which I find more disturbing. Granted, I don't care for onion rings myself, and I actually like carrots. But ex-Presidents should get at least as much say in what they eat as New Jersey Mafiosi. And what kind of self-respecting diner sells baskets of carrots? Don't tell me, I never want to go there, anyway. (And, okay, the "reveal" of the song doesn't occur during the video; it cuts off right before anything happens, in another self-conscious reference to the last episode of "The Sopranos". But "You and I" is the song she picked.)
Now, what's my problem with Senator Clinton's theme song? It seems to advocate a huge increase in the budget for NASA, which I'm not sure we can afford right now. The song says, "Sailing like a bird high on the wings of love/
Take me higher than all the stars above." I don't think we can afford to send a prospective President toward another star, much as there are those who would advocate it. The song also says, "I can see your love shining like a light." If Senator Clinton can in fact see the love of a sizable portion of the electorate shining like a light, then I think Bill Clinton has a solid case for alienation of affection, or something of the sort. If she's got millions of voters loving her like that, well, I think it suggests something untoward.
My suggestion for a Clinton theme song? Bring back "the Macarena". It's the Forbidden Dance, you know. It could give her edge.
