NBC's Andrea Mitchell Pitches Feminist Anthem for Hillary Campaign Song

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Over the weekend Chris Matthews asked the panel on his syndicated program to answer Hillary Clinton's call to help find an official song for her campaign and while Matthews and most of the media panel suggested songs that stressed Hillary's perceived positives, NBC's Andrea Mitchell topped them all when she offered Helen Reddy's 70s' feminist anthem: "How about 'I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar?'"

When New York Times columnist David Brooks, the one resident conservative on the panel, suggested a not so celebratory song title, Hall&Oates 80's hit, "Maneater," Mitchell cringed, letting out a painful: "Oooh!"

The following exchange occurred on the May 20th edition of the syndicated The Chris Matthews Show:

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Chris Matthews: "Anyway before we go to break a lighter moment here. Hillary Clinton is choosing her campaign song right now she says and she's asking for our suggestion."

[Hillary Clinton Web site video: "It's something we've been struggling with, debating, agonizing over for months. So now I'm turning to you the American people. Here's the issue. What do you think our campaign song should be?"]

Matthews: "Her Web site lists 10 tunes to choose from but rather than buy into her multiple choice we've gathered some own tunes of our own with a bit more bite. For instance this gets right to the Hillary's la difference, in this campaign."

[Audio clip of Tom Jones' "She's A Lady": "She's a lady. Whoa, Whoa, Whoa. She's a lady. Talking about that-"]

Matthews: "Or how about this one that hints at what she might do to her Republican rivals."

[Photoshop picture of Hillary Clinton with Rudolph Giuliani and John McCain in background]

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[Audio clip of Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'": "These boots are made for walking and that's just what they'll do, one of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you."]

Matthews: "I, of course, like this one we're gonna show right now which plays up her biggest campaign asset."

[Video clip of Hillary walking with Bill]

[Audio clip of The Angels' "My Boyfriend's Back": "My boyfriend's back and you're gonna be in trouble. Hey la, hey la, my boyfriends' back! When you see him coming better cut out on the double."]

Matthews: "That song is so fraught with possible meanings. Now Katty Kay do you have an idea for what will spruce up this campaign with the right lyrics and tune?"

Katty Kay, BBC: "Well I would say one that it's not gonna be is Stand By Your Man."

Matthews: "Oh God!"

Kay: "But perhaps how about 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun?'"

Andrea Mitchell, NBC News: "How about I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar?'"

Matthews: "Oh a little feminist front-line action there. David?"

David Brooks, New York Times: "I was starting with Evita then 'Maneater' but-"

Mitchell: "Ooh! Ooh!"

Brooks: "-then I think she should go for just 'Jesus Christ Superstar.' Just do the whole-"

Matthews: "Oh my God! Bob, do you have a thought here?"

Bob Woodward, Washington Post: "I think the person who suggested in the campaign that she do this is gonna be fired by next week."

—Geoffrey Dickens is the senior news analyst at the Media Research Center.


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Just liike her husband, Hilar

Just liike her husband, Hilary cannot make a decision without going to a focus group or consulting. She cannot make her own decisions because she knows that she will destroy her campaign. They are the same person even though they loathe each other. Every move, every pants suit, every time she uses an accent, it is all pre-planned well ahead of time and every second of every event is controlled.

Well she is married to a gu

Well she is married to a guy that had Dick Morris take a poll as to where he should vacation; that's how he ended up in Jackson Hole. And right after the election he went right back to Martha's Vineyard.

These people are so smarmy it's unbelieveable. I seriously want to throw up every time I see her. I simply cannot understand how people can NOT see through her obviously phony solicitation, the head nodding, the "let's have a conversation." Did you notice when she wears the black pantsuits now, she wears a bright scarf over it? Comeon, tell me that wasn't the result of focus-group polling. And every time she's on a stage, she looks out into the distance, then gets an amazed look on her face, and points, like "Oh my God, look who's here!!! She is so phony, so scripted, it's pathetic.

If she really took an honest poll, her song would end up being "Witchy Woman."

"Swarmy" How appropriate.

"Swarmy" How appropriate. I love it!!!

Hillary's song

I was thinking, and I'm not sure why, it should be

Puff the Magic Dragon

Then after reading your two comments - I figured:

American Woman ( stay away from me )

If Mrs. Clinton wants to be t

If Mrs. Clinton wants to be taken seriously, she needs to get over her overt sexism.

My suggestion? "If I Ruled the World'.

If Mrs. Clinton wants to be t

If Mrs. Clinton wants to be taken seriously, she needs to get over her overt sexism.

Yes, indeed, QueenMum.

Oh , Yeah , well---

Oh , Yeah , well---Bill's is this big!!!!

Geoffrey, what song did you t

Geoffrey, what song did you think Mitchell should recommend?

How about ""Puff th

How about ""Puff the magic dragon" to show what would happen if only everyone would just grow up?

This is an easy one..."T

This is an easy one..."The Bitch is Back"

I only have thighs for you?

I only have thighs for you?

You folks have picked some

You folks have picked some good ones for Hillary. I might have a candidate for "Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right.." but he sure as hell ain't Hillary ;). Imagine the irony factor if by some fluke she's his eventual opponent... Ah, politics.
JMR

Good one, sarc.  As I read t

Good one, sarc.  As I read the word 'clowns' your suggestion, "Send In The Clowns" suddenly popped into my mind.

Ouch

I can't even hear that song without thinking of the scene in Reservoir Dogs...


"Stop global warming! Asphyxiate a liberal!" -
Show us how far you're willing to go to stop "global warming"

Dude... lighten up..

Why would Andrea do this?I me

Why would Andrea do this?

I mean don't you first have to be a real woman before feminists take you under their wings. My point is... I never considered Hillary to be much of a woman and even less of a lady.

Help a wounded soldier here...

http://newsbusters.org/node/12877

My point is... I never cons

My point is... I never considered Hillary to be much of a woman and even less of a lady.

Another Clinton Presidency....this time with pants!!

Talking Hillary show tunes.

Talking Hillary show tunes...if I can voluntarily blow my own trumpet for a moment..

(And who better than me: it's my trumpet, I know where it's kept, and it is well oiled)..

Please check out my latest YouTube effort which I've just posted

Hillary Clinton Talks Jive...

It's mildly amusing! Which is still five levels above Al Franken

The debate is over: so-called "manmade global warming" is a crock.

Very nice, JackI still was im

Very nice, Jack

I still was impressed with Rush's proposal for a theme song for the Hildebeast:  Sir Mix-A-Lot's Baby Got Back.  It starts out, "I like big butts!"

"Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb (insert terrorist-supporting nation here)"

Thanks STL -- Yes, I heard

Thanks STL -- Yes, I heard Rush on that. I was wondering if he'd also considered

Big Bottomed Girls by Queen.

Maybe that's my next vid!

And there's also a Spinal Tap toon referncing amply proportioned ladies, I can't quite recall that one at the mo.

The debate is over: so-called "manmade global warming" is a crock.

FAT bottomed girls, not big

FAT bottomed girls, not big bottom girls, lol.

Now
GET ON YOUR BIKES AND RIDE!

ckc -- ah yes, of course.ho

ckc -- ah yes, of course.how could I forget. Thanks for the correction.

Though i was in the the right buttpark, sizewise.

Anyone remember the Spinal Tap song. I's driving me nuts.

The debate is over: so-called "manmade global warming" is a crock.

Spinal Tap?  It goes a littl

Spinal Tap?  It goes a little something like this:

Big Bottoms, Big Bottoms,

Talk about mudflaps,

My girl's got em................

Excellent, Jack!  Loved the

Excellent, Jack!  Loved the fro.

Yes dahlia. Not many people

Yes dahlia. Not many people realize Hillary actually invented the AFRO in the late sixties as a sign of solidarity with the maids she used to see at her rich white friends' mansions.

Which is, of course, what first attracted her future husband Bill. That and Hillary's fat ass.

The debate is over: so-called "manmade global warming" is a crock.

Great job, Jack....and I love

Great job, Jack....and I loved how you dubbed in Barbara Billingsley from Airplane!!!!

No RINOs in '08 - Vote for a true conservative!

SJ53! Thanks man. Much app

SJ53! Thanks man. Much appreciated. You talk jive, blud!

And well done picking up the Airplane dub!

The first time I heard Sister Hillary do that I thought of the Jive lady... So I rented the DVD and it was even better than I remembered, seems to fit together rather well.

The debate is over: so-called "manmade global warming" is a crock.

Tom Jones's...."She'

Tom Jones's...."She's a beee otch, whoa whoa whoa, she's a beeee otch"

....wait, that's not the lyrics. Sorry I don't know what came over me.

That is Edwards song

Believer

In case you missed it Rush has that 'I Am Woman" done up right for John Edwards, so sorry. and candidly many of these comments will drive me from the site.

I am sure I will be missed. I think the editors could have caught and dumped many of them. and should have.

Norto

Well, Norto, you doesn't has to read or participate in the threads that you don't like.   That's what I generally does.   ;^>

BTW, one of the things that makes this site very good is that for the most part it's community-monitored and there's a kind of loose community standard.  Posts don't go through a filter or editor first, but those that are flagrantly offensive are dumped. 

Hillary Clinton's capaign the

Hillary Clinton's capaign theme song is and always will be the Imperial March from Star Wars. 

I don't know why, I just felt

I don't know why, I just felt compelled to post this link in this particular thread.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/22/AR2007052201405.html

Her song should be Elvis sing

Her song should be Elvis singing: The Devil In Disguise

Andrea Mitchell topped them a

Andrea Mitchell topped them all when she offered Helen Reddy's 70s' feminist anthem

Feminists just love women that enable men to cheat on and demean them, I guess?

Supreme Court,  National Security,  Borders,  Fiscal Restraint, my litmus test for President.   

It's worth noting that Matthe

It's worth noting that Matthews introduced the segment to inject a little humor into Clinton's polling (albeit very lite humor), and everyone on the panel played along with jokes, except Mitchell with her "I Am Woman" suggestion.  I think she is such a die-hard Hillary fan that the satire of the segment went right over her head.

galvanic I Am Devil Woman i

galvanic

I Am Devil Woman is more like it

The debate is over: so-called "manmade global warming" is a crock.

That's one of those things th

That's one of those things that is so true, you're not supposed to say it, botg.

The best song for Hildog woul

The best song for Hildog would be 'Before he cheats' by Carrie Underwood.

MRS BILL CLINTON

hear me "SCREECH"