<p>For McCain’s song (because everyone keeps saying he is too old)</p>
<p>I am not dead yet (from Spamalot)</p>
<p>I am not dead yet
I can dance and I can sing
I am not dead yet
I can do the Highland Fling</p>
<p>I am not dead yet
No need to go to bed
No need to call the doctor
Cause I’m not yet dead.</p>
<p>BODIES:
He is not yet dead
That’s what the geezer said
No, he’s not yet dead
That man is off his head</p>
<p>swimcatsmom…</p>
<p>Good one! :D</p>
<p>I didn’t say Obama could get elected Prime Minister of England or President of France (although maybe he could). President of the EEU is a different matter – all the nationalities would cancel each other out.</p>
<p>Anyway, lots of you, of all varieties of political persuasions, would probably like Joss Stone’s music. My kids even kind of like her, even though they’re generally pretty allergic to anything resembling soul music. As I implied before, her schtick is that she is a beautiful, young, white Brit who somehow has the voice of a middle-aged black woman from the Mississippi Delta. There are plenty of young white women who can do a passable Billie Holliday, but not so many who can sound like Koko Taylor or Big Mama Thornton. Think Janis Joplin, but with a deeper, richer, more trained voice.</p>
<p>She began her career brilliantly, by recording a bunch of early 70s semi-obscure soul standards (and one souled-up White Stripes cover) with an all-star line-up of semi-obscure but high-cred African-American musicians. (Betty White, Little Beaver, Tim Thomas, The Roots, among others.) She now records mostly original songs, but her original songs mostly sound like they came off of black top 40 radio in the 70s. One suspects she has plenty of help writing them.</p>
<p>Anyway, she is reasonably popular, including in the African-American community. Not Hannah Montana or Beyonce popular, to be sure.</p>
<p>Well, I guess I dont’ know from popular, at all. could not identify a song by Beyonce, hanna Montana, or Joss Stone. I am totally out of it.</p>
<p>Actually, JHS, I think the piece today about how George Clooney is Obama’s right hand man on image mangement is also potentially going to cause him some trouble.</p>
<p>Someone needs to start a discussion thread on the strange law of nature that Democratic male politicians are very cool, very sexy, very hip . . . and very prone to problems from all that. Talk about double edged sword.</p>
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<p>WHO’S cool??
WHO’S sexy??
WHO’S hip??</p>
<p>Al Gore?? Ugh!
John Kerry?? Double Ugh!
I don’t even thing Obama is all that hip - he’s a pretty goofy dancer! :)</p>
<p>Sorry mammall, I just don’t see it.</p>
<p>(It must be rough for McCain to think that he isn’t as cool, sexy or hip as he used to be! Especially when this young whippersnapper comes along!).</p>
<p>Whenever I think about how it s***s to get old, I console myself by dwelling on all the wonderful experiences I’ve had & useful wisdom I’ve accumulated.
That helps if I don’t look in the mirror too closely! haha!</p>
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Whenever my Mum complains about how it s</em></strong>s (not that my 85 year old Mum uses that term 
) to get old I remind her that it is better than the alternative.</p>
<p>You got that right, scm!</p>