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sarahchristine:

The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

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when i graduated from college, i got a job at a weekly newspaper about 45 minutes away from athens. i spent election night ‘04 calling precincts and drinking scewdrivers. at 2 a.m., when it was pretty obvious that bush had won, i took one of the most depressing drives of my life.

when i got home, i discovered my roommates in the throes of a sad-sack 30th birthday party for our friend jake. we were getting old, and our president was an imbecile, and our country backed an imbecile, and we were drunk.

anyway, the despair in the room manifested itself in repeat viewings of the band performing this song on “saturday night live.” i wonder what song those guys watched on repeat on election night this year. probably something by wham, since brandon is totally gay for obama.