WASHINGTON – A girl does not live by politics alone, well, at least not exclusively. So when music, entertainment and celebration collide, sometimes I just cannot help myself. That goes double when it includes the Hollywood Bowl (where I’ve been many times), the Clintons (including Chelsea) and a spectacular female singing star.
Gaga — who also crooned a Marilyn Monroe-esque version of “Happy Birthday” to the former president, who celebrated his 65th in August — suggested that the audience should get “caught up in a little Bill romance.” She then launched into her 2009 hit as she slipped off a skirt that covered the lower half of her nude-colored bodysuit, wiggling her booty as she did so. As the video below reveals, Bill and Hillary Clinton both had a good laugh … – Lady Gaga serenades Bill Clinton with ‘Bad Romance’
I’m a huge Lady Gaga fan. Only she could take a page from Marilyn Monroe and not only add to it, but obliterate it.
This should finish your Monday in great style and maybe even put a smile on your face. If nothing else it will set you up for cocktail hour tonight.
More from the concert is below. (Gaga at around 22 minutes then serenades Hillary, too.)
Taylor Marsh’s new e-book, The Hillary Effect – Politics, Sexism and the Destiny of Loss will be published in November. Marsh is an author, Washington based political analyst, veteran national politics writer and commentator on national politics, foreign policy, and women in power. She has reported from the White House, been profiled in the Washington Post, The New Republic, and has been seen on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, CNN, MSNBC, Al Jazeera English and Al Jazeera Arabic, as well as on radio across the dial and on satellite, including the BBC. Marsh lives in the Washington, D.C. area. This column is cross posted from her blog.