Tuesday, January 10, 2012

A Nation Turns Its Lonely Eyes

New Hampsha


(CBS News Graphic, January 9, 2011)
Sitting on a sofa on a [Tuesday] afternoon,
Going to the candidates' debate;
Laugh about it, shout about it,
When you've got to choose
Every way you look at it, you lose
"Mrs. Robinson"
Simon and Garfunkle (1968)


2 comments:

  1. Recently the Turner Classic Movies channel showed Frank Capra's movie State of the Union, a generation earlier than the Mrs. Robinson song - Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, the young Angela Lansbury - well worth watching

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  2. Yes; the pre-Manchurian Candidate Angela was Teh Hot.

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