One gets the impression from this particular bleat that, even in light of the anniversary, James Lileks isn't impressed either with minstrels spouting politics, or politicians who (pretend to) take them seriously:

I like Bruckner, and the Pet Shop Boys. I like 1930s pop music, except for country. So? These details give a false sense of intimacy, and while that’s fine for tweens swooning because the latest issue of Tiger Beat says that Bobby Sherman loves hot dogs and OH GOSH I LIKE THEM TOO!!!, it doesn’t really tell me much. I'd prefer to read an exchange like this:

"What would I do? Well, if North Korea launched a nuclear missile that so much as grazed the 12 mile limit of our westernmost Aleutian island, I wouldn’t hesitate to turn the entire country into a smooth sheet of glazed rock. You cannot take such an action lightly, because the world would be watching."

"But doesn’t that conflict with your previous remarks about how much you enjoyed Dylan’s music?"

"What the Sam Hell does Dylan have to do with it? We’re talking about war. He’s just a musician. I’m not likely to base my foreign policy on some obscure metaphors warbled over a six-string accompaniment. I like Bobby Darin too. Does that mean I have to consult with the mayor of Berlin just because I whistle Mack the Knife from time to time?"

Definitely RTWT.

One wonders if Kerry thought he was really speaking with Brando, or Col Kurtz. the
renegade Army Special forces leader turned
Montagnard leader, or Adam Steiffel, the
Oklahoma version of an oil tycoon, that held
the Nazi syn fuel patent in the formula, or
Ambassador McCallister, the ironically named
'Ugly American' who was based on a real envoy
to Cambodia, Lebanon, & Argentina. Seriously,
as much as I liked the Godfather series (except
for the slanderous take on Cuba) I find him
relying on Brando, is a scary thing, and it
doesn't bode well for the future. But it all
seems in character for the man, who rose to
prominence, slandering his fellow soldiers,
did a similar take on the intelligence forces
in the 1980s, and helped cripple both in the
1990s. This American Catiline, needs to be
stopped

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