My Fair Palin

This clever post and its sequel at My Fair Palin- A Musical Fantasia- Part Two were written by an old friend of mine living in Manhattan.  Its very clever and funny too.  Anyone who loves musicals will enjoy this pair of posts.

Stansfield Blog: My Fair Palin- A Musical Fantasia- Part One

As I’ve followed the current presidential race and occasionally posted my thoughts here, the responses I’ve been receiving have been- well, negligible, to be honest. I’m confident only that two people are actually reading this blog- and one of them is my sister.

That said, there are clearly people who at least are aware of the fact I’ve been opining on the election, (even if they’re not reading what I have to write), because more than one has expressed surprise that I’d have the nerve. After all, who the heck do I think I am? I’m just a guy who hangs out at piano bars and goes to the theater (when he can afford it).

And then it hit me- I am eminently qualified to write about this years campaigns precisely BECAUSE of my love of musical theater. The ups and downs of this election season have been nothing if not theatrical. So, I got to thinking- what exactly would the McCain Campaign look like if it were staged with music? What would the “arc” be? With apologies to Lerner, and Lowe, this is what I came up with. (I was once told that every household has at least one copy of the cast album of the musical I’m about to lovingly rip-off, so if you can’t follow along without it go put it on the record player. What, people don’t have those anymore? I’m screwed.)