… might appreciate Joel Stein’s latest TIME column, in which he attempts to find the perfect campaign theme song for Republican presidential candidate Gary Johnson, “such a long shot in the GOP race that he’s the only one who would meet with me.”
I played Johnson some options on my computer. I thought Notorious B.I.G.’s “Mo Money, Mo Problems” reflected his small-government, low-taxes campaign theme. More important, Notorious B.I.G. is unlikely to complain about Johnson’s using the song since Notorious B.I.G. is dead. But Johnson didn’t like it. Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” hinted at Johnson’s participation in Ironman triathlons, but he didn’t dig that either. He also didn’t like Shooter Jennings’ “4th of July.” “The only problem with country music is that it kills plants,” he said, sipping his nonfat chai latte. I was starting to think we would really need to pump up Johnson’s red-state credentials.
