Tuesday, June 15, 2010  On top of everything else, Rand Paul
guilty of bad taste  The Rand Paul campaign is being
enthusiastically pounced on by the media for a number of
indiscretions, some general, and some that amount to simply not
towing the line on political fashion.  But I am surprised that
no one has commented on a matter of simple aesthetic taste that
I find quite disturbing.  According to news reports, the
Canadian band "Rush" has announced that it doesn't want Paul
using its music at campaign events.    Why would anyone use
Rush's music for campaign events, much less listen to them at
all?  Rush has to be the most pretentious rock band in the known
world.  I can just hear it now: all those culturally illiterate
music critics with absolutely no literary sensibility gushing
about how profound their lyrics are.  As we used to say in
California, gag me with a spoon.  The only reason anyone would
say this is that they are completely unfamiliar with
profundity.  Of course, when it comes to the poetic, the