Lauren Mayer: When Politics Hands You Lemons, Write Songs

I realized long ago that I was way too thin-skinned for politics (having spent a college semester in DC as an intern for a liberal lobby – yeah, I am probably the only intern who never got hit on by anyone, much less politicans!)

But every now and then something happens to raise my hackles, so to speak.  For a pro-choice, pro-marriage-equality, Jewish-mother-who-secretly-yearns-for-a-gay-son, the GOP platform is a real hackle-raiser.  (And for a California resident, it’s also extremely frustrating – California is a reliably blue state so we’re totally written off in any major election, so without hundreds of millions of dollars to contribute, there’s not much I can do.)

But instead of developing an ulcer, I’ve channeled my energies into the following ditty:

I’ll be doing a new one every week during the run-up to the election, so I hope you enjoy!