There are two songs that hit me kinda deep, and these two songs fire of neurons to Barack Obama, and why I feel the way I do about my politics.
These two are considerably different, and speak to two different dimensions of supporting Barack.
"With my own two hands" by Ben Harper (full song, scroll down a bit, click it). Might has well been written by the campaign; it's bang on.
"Right right now now" by Beastie Boys (full song, scroll down, click second to last).
As far as an original song, I bet a million bucks that there are many mainstream (<-- using the term loosely) artists that would love to write such a song. A song that is right for them that speaks to many. One need not be chosen. I wonder if the campaign could encourage musicians to write songs for themselves about how they feel about politics now.
Two weeks ago it was because Democrats weren't living up to their campaign promise of ending the extreme partisanship of recent years. The votes in congress were going straight down party lines, so they are just as partisan. (That was the idea at least)
Now they have made a compromise. My first reaction was: okay, they tried to send up what they wanted and were vetoed, expected this to happen more, so they passed what they could, making a compromise. I'm all for compromising, and I don't blame the Democrats for not having a two-thirds majority. Our country needs more compromising, that's been the problem. But the bashing becomes stronger. And where is Obama in this?
