“I SAID BE CAREFUL, THAT OLD MAN IS REALLY A COMMIE:” “That song is an awful choice for a political campaign. It’s not about hope and promise. It’s about looking for America and not finding it. The lovers hop on the bus hopefully enough, but by the end they’re out of cigarettes and out of things to talk about, and she’s flipping through a magazine rather than looking out the window at the country rolling by. . . . A sad, superannuated song for a sad, superannuated candidate.”

Related: Time: The Democrats Stumble Toward 50 Shades of Socialism.

Update (Ed): Didn’t the Democrats “stumble” hard into a big steaming heap of socialism seven years ago, along with Time’s chief rival in the opinion business?

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