SOS. The ship is going down. Send help.
Was the Trump campaign signaling to be saved when it played a video clip of the theme song from the 1997 film “Titanic” Friday at rally for the Republican nominee in Montana? Maybe, but Celine Dion wasn’t about to throw them a life preserver. The singer’s management team and record label instead responded to the former president’s use of her hit, “My Heart Will Go On” with this statement: “In no way is this use authorized, and Celine Dion does not endorse this or any similar use. .
..And really, THAT song?” Picking a ballad associated with one of the worst maritime disasters ever wasn’t a wise choice for a campaign that’s been taking on water since President Biden stepped out of the race and Vice President Kamala Harris stepped in.
New polling shows Harris ahead of Trump by 4 percentage points in the key swing states of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan, flipping the narrative from the past few months. Politicians using pop songs out of context is a given during campaign season, but Republicans seem to have a knack for selecting music that’s totally inappropriate for the moment. Incumbent George W.
Bush adopted Orleans “Still the One” which begins with, “We’ve been together since way back when / Sometimes I never want to see you again.” Did he express the quiet part out loud? Then there’s the truly appropriate music selection, but not in the way the campaign planned. Ronald Reagan famously tried to .