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Who was Dion DiMucci?

“They call me the wanderer
Yeah, the wanderer
I roam around, around, around.”

This is the refrain from The Wanderer which was a 1968 hit song by Dion. His full name was Dion DiMucci, but he always just went by Dion. Back then if you said a song was by Dion DiMucci, there would have been a lot of “huh” or “whose he?” (For those of you not old enough to remember Dion, or perhaps too old to remember, his other hit songs were Runaround Sue and Teenager in Love.) Everyone recognized him only by his first name, Dion.
That first-name-by-itself recognition reminds me of a lot some of today’s Democratic politicians. For instance, Bernie. Everyone knows who that is, as his last name is no longer necessary, and in fact is often misspelled, Saunders. Beto! I have some difficulty recalling what his last name actually is. Kamala! Is there any one else named Kamala other than you-know-who?
However, those Democratic presidential candidates who are not well known solely by their first names, namely Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker, are actually kinda singing. If you are quiet and listen you can almost hear them repeating a Dion-esque refrain:
“They call me the panderer
Yeah, the panderer
I roam around, around, around”

Sen Warren is pandering to the young college students on some days, promising them free college tuition or on other days, she is pandering to recent college graduates, promising them that she will figure out a way to forgive their college loan debts. Promises that she knows will not be kept.
Similarly Sen. Booker is pandering to African Americans, promising them some sort of reparations for slavery. Perhaps he is worried about the black vote because as a group, blacks have done quite well due to the policies of President Trump. These Booker slavery reparation promises are promises that will not be kept.
We are a long way from the Dems choosing their nominee, and I predict a lot more pandering as some of the potential candidates find themselves falling behind the pack. Things like increasing the nation’s minimum wage, expanding Social Security, or implementing some sort of jobs guarantee are fruits all ripe for pandering along the campaign trail.
Don’t be surprised when you hear these words, very much like those sung by Dion:
“I’m the type that likes to roam around
I’m never in one place, I roam from town to town.
Cause I’m the wanderer
Yeah, the panderer
I roam around, around, around”



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