Endorsements Phooey

Plotnik saw an article in the Morning Bird Wrap about the country singer Randy Travis performing at a benefit for Michelle Bachmann. Now Plotnik wishes Travis would take Bachmann, turn'er into overdrive and toss her off a cliff somewhere, but forgetting about politics Plotnik remembers that he likes Randy Travis's voice. The music bores him silly but he is always taken in by the sound of that pure country voice.

Now that it's politico season 24/7 for the next two years, there will be other singers and bands performing for various candidates, most of them doing it, Plotnik suspects, out of a commitment that is 10% candidate, 40% good business and 50% because their manager told them to. Musicians and politicians just don't partner up all that easily, because musicians like to take stands. They have to write or sing their songs about SOMETHING, not just against EVERYTHING.

So Plotnik is thinking he could invite Randy Travis and Bruce Springsteen and Mick Fleetwood and all the others who have done plugs for politicos, into one room, pull out the chips and guacamole and hang out with everyone having a great time. The musical compromise would probably be The Rolling Stones. The discussion would be about songs and music and guitar strings and microphones and other great stuff like that. Government would not come up. Politics would not come up. Maybe football, but maybe not.

Now, imagine a room with Michelle Bachmann, Rick Perry, Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney in it. What would be their choice of music? Plotnik thinks Yanni. They all love Yanni, he's sure of it. Bachmann's husband loves Barbra Streisand, of course. But the others adore Yanni.

Romney would be furious he couldn't talk anyone into watching the PBS Pledge Drive.

Plotnik thinks there would be a scuffle and Bachmann would be the only one left standing, though if she set foot in Texas afterwards Perry would execute her.