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Home Front: Politix
"Want a theme, Kerry? How about ’Love Story’"
2004-05-03
ScrappleFace, natch.
(2004-05-02) -- As Sen. John Forbes Kerry struggles to find a theme for his presidential campaign, former Democrat presidential candidate Al Gore today offered his suggestion--The Theme from Love Story.

According to a report in The New York Times, Mr. Kerry has been through at least six different themes, none of which have "caught fire" with the American public.

Mr. Gore said, "It’s important that any campaign theme has universal appeal which crosses ideological boundaries. As most voters will recall, the main character in the novel "Love Story" was based on me. And even though that was way back in the days when I was trying to convince someone to invent the Internet, The Theme from Love Story is a timeless classic."

Mr. Kerry, who according to his campaign co-chair is so "thoughtful" that "it takes him a while to say things" responded to Mr. Gore’s suggestion by saying, "Where do I begin..."

A Kerry spokesman promised a more complete response in the coming days.
Posted by:Steve from Relto

#12  Fool on the Hill

Refer to the Actual Lyrics in #5
Posted by: BigEd   2004-05-03 8:11:37 PM  

#11  .com - Sorry, but Ross Perot already used that in 1992.
Posted by: BigEd   2004-05-03 8:04:52 PM  

#10  Odd - link function is no longer working as before... When the above link fails, just strip off the "http://www.rantburg.com" prefix that doesn't need to be there and voila! Instant memory trip!
Posted by: .com   2004-05-03 7:59:32 PM  

#9  I offer Napoleon XIV as a candidate tune...
Posted by: .com   2004-05-03 7:56:28 PM  

#8  Thanks Sgt.DT I wasn't gonna be the first to admit total ignorance. :)
Posted by: Shipman   2004-05-03 6:34:50 PM  

#7  So THAT is what a "shrimper" is. Thank You.
Posted by: Sgt.DT   2004-05-03 3:51:49 PM  

#6  The primary reason that Kerry will lose is because he is a Yan-kee. But he will really get creamed when he is discovered to be a shrimper(*), like Dick Morris and Michael Jackson.

(*) a sucker of toes.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2004-05-03 2:25:34 PM  

#5  I still say it's "Fool on the Hill"
Lennon-McCartney

Day after day alone on a hill
The man with the foolish Grin is keeping perfectly still
But no body wants to know him
They can see that he is just a fool
And he never gives an answer
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
Sees the World spinning round . . .

Is this John Kerry or what?

Posted by: BigEd   2004-05-03 2:13:57 PM  

#4  "You're So Vain" isn't it?

You know..... maybe it wasn't Beatty after all.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-05-03 2:03:12 PM  

#3  Dancin' with Myself also came to mind...Tipper should like it.
Posted by: hairofthedawg   2004-05-03 1:15:05 PM  

#2  Nah, it just has to be this:

I’m just a gigolo and everywhere I go
People know the part I’m playin
I pay for every dance, sellin each romance
Ooh, what they’re sayin?
There will come a day when youth will pass away
What’ll they say about me?
When the end comes I know I was just a gigolo
And life goes on without me

Chorus:
I ain’t got nobody
Nobody cares for me
Nobody, nobody cares for me
I’m so sad and lonely
Sad and lonely, sad and lonely
Won’t some sweet mama
Come and take a chance with me
‘Cause I ain’t so bad
Posted by: Steve   2004-05-03 11:45:30 AM  

#1  "You're So Vain" isn't it?
Posted by: Frank G   2004-05-03 9:46:13 AM  

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