Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., reacts as he as he is asked about running for president during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Sanders has made it official, telling The Associated Press in an interview that hes running for president. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Much has been made about music in this election cycle. As , Republican nominees have been for using songs without musicians’ permission. The Democrats have enjoyed nods from , and , and one of them even , albeit centuries ago.
That candidate in question is Bernie Sanders, who if you couldn’t tell by that whole I-recorded-a-folk-album thing, is the junior Senator from Vermont. That means he represents the state that gave us, depending who you ask, one of music’s greatest villains or heroes. No, not the Vermont Symphony Orchestra — . And as if you couldn’t guess, Bernie is very pro Trey:
Bernie Sanders calls one of the country's great bands at a Maine rally, thanking its drummer for his support.
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Sanders calling Phish “one of the country’s great bands” is up there with the most controversial stances he’s ever taken, and will probably polarize the 99% of music listeners who hate the band with a fiery passion.
But it’s only slightly more offensive than Hillary Clinton’s pure vanilla playlist of her favorite songs, which plays like some Sirius XM pop algorithm (two American Authors songs, Pharrell’s “Happy” etc.):
