The Anointed One (song)
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"The Anointed One" is a song by indie-rock band Ted Leo and the Pharmacists off of their album Hearts of Oak. The song is about New Jersey Republican Congressman Mike Ferguson, who was a classmate with Leo at the University of Notre Dame.
Some clues in the lyrics below:
"when we were 19" (US college students normally range from 17-22)
"by the river bend" (the University of Notre Dame is based in South Bend, Indiana and the river is the St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan)
"we saw red, not green" (red for anger, green for money or for University of Notre Dame's predominant school color)