The American Spectator

Political Hay

By now it's not news that Hillary Clinton has been casting about for a theme song for her campaign to return to the White House in 2008. She's asking her followers to vote for the winning tune from a menu of nine songs including the Temptations, "Get Ready." That one's got my vote if for no other reason than the lyric: "If you wanna play hide and seek with love, let me remind you, it's alright. But the lovin' you're gonna miss in the time it takes to find you, it's outta sight."

But Mrs. Clinton and her aides don't seem to vet these things too well. Who can forget her dramatic entrance into politics when, in 2000, she announced her Senate candidacy to the blaring strains of "Captain Jack"; Billy Joel's ode on masturbation, pornography, suicide and drugs?

Dubious though I am that Hillary will ever secure her party's nomination, I'd still like to make a contribution to the cause. Even though she may not make it, she should be big enough to help out future candidates by chronicling her meteoric rise from mere wife to Democratic royalty. So, with apologies to Sir Arthur Sullivan and especially to Sir William Schwenck Gilbert, I hereby submit the following:

p>When I was a lass I served a term br> As junior partner at the Rose Law Firm. br> I worked pro bono with a smile so bland, br> That they let me handle files for the Castle Grande. br> They let her handle files for the Castle Grande. br> I handled all those files so carefully br> That now I am the doyenne of the DNC. br> em>She handled all those files so carefully br> That now she is the doyenne of the DNC. /em>

topics:
Hillary Clinton, Law