UNSOLICITED AND MISCELLANEOUS THOUGHTS ON THE BODY POLITIC

• Theme songs.  Politicians should do without a soundtrack.  "You're Still the One," was a decidedly inappropriate song for Ted Kennedy, following his speech at the Democratic convention.  Last night left me longing for the good old days of the Clinton dynasty and Fleetwood Mac.
  
• Get the Obama kids out of the picture.  Sure, they're cute.  Yah, they remind us of the future. Definitely, they add an element of spontaneity to a highly staged event.  But it's creepy.  Let's learn from the Mary Kates, the Jon Benets, the Patti Davis' nee Reagans.
• The high price of "Gasolina".  Let us all pray to a Gdashd that we don't believe in that music super star, Daddy Yankee's endorsement of John Mccain will respectively cripple Reggaeton record sales and the Republican bid for the presidency.