American Political Culture Today

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A couple weekends back, I was listening to Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion. And Renée Fleming [the great soprano] sang “In the Bleak Midwinter.” But the lyrics to this beloved and touching carol were changed, in order to celebrate Barack Obama. The original carol is about Christ. But, in this version, Obama was the central figure. What is happening to us?

The new lyrics, if you’re interested, are

In the bleak midwinter
At the Christmas feast
A family leaves Chicago
And travels to the East

For a public mansion
In Washington, D.C.,
In a time of trouble
And festivity.

All across the nation,
Sea to shining sea,
People watch the passage
Of that family.

And our loving wishes
Go out to them there.
All the nation breathes
A silent, hopeful prayer.

Ну-ну.