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Campaigns seemed to be a lot nicer way back when. At least the ads were better. Here is a cute little ad for Eisenhower from 1952. Don't you wish political ads were still like this?
If you were voting in 1960, you might have heard this little jingle on your TV set.
It's Monday. I'm on fall break, and I've been given a pass to a musical freebie. Hmm. No excuses this week. I've decided to show my blue roots, and if you're offended . . . so am I. My mind is buzzing with the debate as I'm afraid I'm turning into a political junky who ingests large amounts of news reports and political analysis of the upcoming election. Since we've always been a political family, I'm just grateful that my kids are now adults, and I no longer have to blush when they ask about "Trumpisms". So, here is the truth. I despise Donald Trump. I hated him ever since the eighties when my husband had to deal with him over the phone to try to collect a payment. The Donald had leased equipment to run his business, yet refused to pay bills. As the in house attorney, my husband had to call Trump to get him to pay up. The pond scum haughtily condescended upon my husband as he spat out lies of how he didn't owe him anything, and Mitchell was wasting his time. As a result, my husband threatened to repossess the equipment and essentially shut down Trump's casinos. With that at stake, Trump finally paid his bill. So, this post is dedicated to the tiny-fingered, Cheeto-faced, ferret wearing shit-gibbon. Gotta love the British. They know how to insult better than anyone! First up is Carly Simon.
Next, did anyone catch the Hamilton star's song on the Saturday Night Live?
And here's a final ditty in case you're still here.
This week's theme is songs about music, so I immediately thought of American Pie by Don McLean––an American classic that I never grow tired of. He sings about "the day the music died" . . . but it didn't really, even though there was a horrific plane crash that ended the lives of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper.
Here's Don McLean singing "American Pie."
And the music whose artists died, but the songs are still alive.
Every year, we choose characters to put on our walls for CLUE. This year, I made characters for the new Pixar movie, The Secret Life of Pets, that was released on July 8th. Check these out.