I worked on a couple of campaigns and I can say that most often the lyrics are customized for the candidate. Carol Mosely Braun had a band that played nothing but customized songs for her cause. As for the movie Bob Roberts, it's my favorite and I love the songs. Sometimes my friends and I would sing the songs just to piss people off. I mean, the songs "Drugs stink" and "some people will have" are just wonderful. We tried like hell to get a copy but Tim Robbins didn't record just the songs, I guess he didn't want to give fuel to the Republicans. In most political science departments it's a cult favorite.

G. Ted terrabus@hotmail.com