Dont Stop at DNC

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Originally Posted by michelej1

[What! There are many criticisms you can make of Don't Stop, but to say that it's a symbol of the Me Generation is simply ridiculous]

The Nation [excerpt] by  By Leslie Savan

http://www.thenation.com/article/the...k-for-hillary/

 A “yes, we can, but only around the edges” attitude is why Bill and Hillary Clinton’s political ads have rarely inspired. “Neither of the Clintons could attempt to harness the sweet, nostalgic searching of a song like America without looking ridiculous,” as Alexander Zaitchik writes in The Guardian. “There’s a reason Bill’s 1992 campaign song was Fleetwood Mac’s soulless Me Generation anthem Don’t Stop.”

Clintonian ads (like the one touting her experience that Cuomo had Bernie watch) are mostly aimed at a middle that was disappearing when Bill was first elected and largely doesn’t exist anymore. Bill got his chops at a time when Reagan dominated the map, and he and the DLC worked out a marketing style of mee-tooism: I’m a progressive person, but I’m not going to threaten business. Bill Clinton said the era of big government is over, and sacrificed Sister Souljah, the Glass-Steagall Act, and welfare as we once knew it in order to find his third way—basically, in order to harvest liberal votes while accepting corporate money.

It's also NOT soulless. The song has heart. Whether one likes it or loathes it, it came from a genuine place and is very much an anthem of healing.