As U2's 'City of Blinding Lights' blared through the halls of America University, in front of a crowd of 2,000, congressman Patrick Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, and the 'Lion of the Senate' Teddy Kennedy came out and passed the torch along to one Barack Obama. There were tears in the eyes of the crowd and as this event came to a close the great voice of Stevie Wonder rang through the speakers singing 'signed, sealed delivered, I'm yours' with a chorus of "Yes we can" providing harmony. As Chris Matthews so eloquently put it, "You want to know what the 1960's looked like, this is what they looked like".
Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours!
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Ugh. Like 80,000 year-old fatty Ted Kennedy has any interest in change. Why anybody cares who or what the Kennedy family endorses, I'll never know. Two great guys who died 50 years ago. And a legacy of hangers-on and own-horn-tooters that will last forever.
Well as far as any Democrat is concerned, a head's up, 7-Up is pretty good news coming from the Kennedy Dynasty. I was pleased to see Barak take S. Carolina last weekend, the first primary state with a significant African American population. Brad, I must admit I am getting pretty psyched on the idea of Obama being the Democratic nominee. I'm looking forward to seeing the video when I get home (I can't see YouTube vids at work).
The Kennedys are hardly united behind Barack -- it's just the famewhores who are piling onto Obama.
RFK's kids are all supporting Hillary.
I don't care what either side has to say about today's politics, though.
I'm motivated as well Matt. I've been following politics since I was in 4th grade and got to be the Ross Perot in the class debate going against a kid playing Bill and a kid playing Bush, and I've never seen an electorate so mobilized. My fear is though that if Obama loses so many young folks hopes will be crushed and they'll just give up on politics and chalk it up to buisness as usual. Also for what its worth Obama has much better campaign music. Much better than Hillary's KT Tunstall and Journey.
The Glisson Angle - (noun) an educated, romantic perspective one takes when understanding forms of popular culture, such as music and politics, due to the exchange of information with Brad Glisson (verb) a wrestling tactic in which one opponent taunts the other by describing various ways of rolling and smoking them
Dead on with your definition, Jay, very funny! I think I'm going to start using "The Glisson Angle" in everyday speech.
Great term you've coined there Seger, and it's so 'dead on' as Matt said. I do seem to base my opinions 50-50 on research and romance. I would start using the term in my every day lexicon but something tells me that might come off as a little bit pretentious.
By the by, for what it's worth I've made a conscious effort to listen to Obama's 'play list' at the end of his speeches. Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm yours", then Brooks and Dunn's "Only in America", and finally Jackie Wilson's "Higher and Higher". I think I want Obama to make me a mix cd!
One problem with Obama's music choice... NOT BLACK ENOUGH! (that was a joke, but it didn't have to be funny... or did it?)
re: "...describing various ways of rolling and smoking them." - jlikebob
example: "Fired Up! Ready to Go!"
Speaking of music being 'black enough' apparently when Obama came out for his victory speech in lily white Iowa his music was Jay Z's "99 Problems" which has the great chorus line of "I got 99 problems and a bitch aint one". Now that's what I call being black enough!
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