In world of politics, a song can say so much

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"Forget stump speeches and campaign finance reports. If you really want to know what's in the hearts and minds of politicians, snoop around their CD collections -- the songs they blast while cruising the Beltway reveals far more than their sound bites. That's why we were thrilled when the Democratic presidential hopefuls were asked at a debate to name their favorite song.

Al Sharpton: The flamboyant New Yorker went with "Talking Loud, Saying Nothing," a 1972 slice of funk by James Brown. Sharpton said the choice was a reference at the empty rhetoric of Republican leadership.

Good thing -- when we first heard the choice, we thought he was following the musical example of H. Ross Perot, who somehow thought Patsy Cline's "Crazy" would make a dandy campaign song. "

http://www.floridatoday.com/!NEWSROOM/peoplestoryA12385A.htm