On this day a half-century ago, The Beatles released their fourth UK album, “Beatles For Sale.” One of the songs was this one: “I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party.”

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Ed Kilgore is a political columnist for New York and managing editor at the Democratic Strategist website. He was a contributing writer at the Washington Monthly from January 2012 until November 2015, and was the principal contributor to the Political Animal blog.