Where political song and dance is more than metaphor

The fuss leading up to Iowa’s first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses is the subject of “Caucus! The Musical” by Robert John Ford, now in rehearsals for a late December opening in Des Moines and, in another version, a staging in New Hampshire. “What the candidates do is all song and dance,” Ford told the Los Angeles Times.
Among the musical’s characters is one described as “Pat Robertson blended with a bit of Sam Brownback.”
The lyrics of one song, “Anything for a Vote,” include the lines “Bill Bradley washed my pickups” and “Kucinich cured my hiccups,” as well as this:
“It was caucus week in ‘88
“When Mike Dukakis stopped quite late
“And asked, ‘What can I do to win your trust?’
“I said, ‘For starters, you can clean
Behind that soda pop machine,
“’Get rid of all that grime and all that dust.’
“As he was scrubbing down the floors,
“And Windexing the cafe doors,
“I kicked back and enjoyed a root beer float.
“Why tell him I’m Republican
“Until he got the dishes done?
“Anything for a vote.”
Posted by Rhonda Holman

4 Comments

  1. Chas.
    Posted October 13, 2007 at 1:37 am | Permalink

    Good Grief Rhonda… Thats all RUSH will need for a whole new set of goofy song lyrics for his show!! Thats too bad!!

  2. CapnAmerica
    Posted October 13, 2007 at 10:56 am | Permalink

    Polls in Iowa are pretty meaningless BECAUSE

    the anti-democratic caucus system means that only people with 2 hours to kill on the coldest night of the year get to “vote.”

    It eliminates the most progressive segments of society–the working poor.

  3. outlander
    Posted October 13, 2007 at 11:18 am | Permalink

    Interesting. So the working poor are the most “progressive”. So what does “progressive” mean then Capn? In a political sense, I mean.

    Most easily fooled?Easily bought off by promises?Or just stupid enough to vote Democrat?

  4. J M Walker
    Posted October 13, 2007 at 12:59 pm | Permalink

    I, for one, cannot even phantom listening to Hillary sing, “I’m gonna wash that bit** right outta Bill’s hair.” That would indeed set music back too far.

    Or picture Obama singing, “Black is Black, I want my babes back.”

    Or, heaven forbid, Brownback singing, “Bring me all yer sheep (hehe).”