Go Getter

A while back, I was having a conversation with my wife about the machinations of Lee Attwater, and how on his death bed he was apparently apologizing for his divisive ways. Around about the same time I was watching a documentary series by Adam Curtis called The Century of the Self, which in its fourth installment talked of how Bill Clinton on the advice of Hillary, enlisted the help of Dick Morris, (a master of poll-driven politics, big money and the champion of triangulation). This helped Bill Clinton win re-election in '96. I was working on my new record at the time (Better For The Metaphor), and it prompted me to write the song Go Getter, an up beat sing-along about the moral ambiguity of "do anything to win" politics, something that is front and center of Hillary Clinton's current campaign.