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Republicans Revive Broadway Classics
Mitt Romney is liked but not well-liked. Herman Cain could sell ice cubes to Eskimos.
Images from post-World War II theater arise as “Death of a Salesman” meets “The Music Man” in a 21st century culture clash that defies rational explanation.
Like “Dr.” Harold Hill, who sold band instruments and uniforms without knowing how to read music, Cain is dazzling even stubborn Iowans with his 9-9-9 version of “76 Trombones.”
Alongside him, “inevitable candidate” Romney is looking like Willie Loman dragging sample cases through the territories, hoping his faith in a shoeshine and a smile will see him through.
What we have here is a weird political fever dream that scrambles American stereotypes into a new kind of stew.
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One Response to “Republicans Revive Broadway Classics”
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Sweet Jesse Ventura, I’m busting a gut…!
You da man Mr. Stein! YOU DA MAN!