Jagger never forgot what "Mr. Jimmy" said, and used it to create an achingly extraordinary rock and roll masterpiece (with the beginning and closing chorus sung by the London Bach Choir):
Oh, you can't always get what you want
Oh, you can't always get what you want
Oh, you can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes, you just might find You get what you need
The song has been haunting me for the last several days. I have listened to it a score of times (the link is to the original 1968 recording which was used as a soundtrack for the House television series), during breaks reading a particular book.
And thus I have arrived at a conclusion: However much we want Sarah Palin, what we need is Rick Perry.
We also need air to stay alive. The North Koreans have plenty of air.
I think we need to set our standards a lot higher than Rick Perry.