Indeed, the likelihood is high you’re running in the GOP presidential primary. Both Mike Huckabee and Ben Carson earlier this week tweeted out odes to Eagles guitarist Glenn Frey, who died on Sunday, and Chris Christie hardened the partisan split in an interview with John Heilemann:
This morning over coffee in NH, @ChrisChristie told me the death of GFrey hit him way harder than that of DBowie. pic.twitter.com/o3X1X58dXn
— John Heilemann (@jheil) January 21, 2016The implication, of course, is that if you were broken up over the death of a guy who once sang, You’ve got your mother in a whirl / She’s not sure if you’re a boy or a girl, you’re probably a liberal. Or worse yet, a socialist:
Bowie songs on PA at Sanders rally: "Starman," "Magic Dance." Sadly no "I'm Afraid of Americans."
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) January 21, 2016