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Entertainment Weekly: McCain & Obama Like Music, Batman

 
Susan Davis reports on the presidential race. Paris Hilton is running for president , Barack Obama has been on the cover of People Magazine and US Weekly , and John McCain has help from a cameraman know for his “ obsessive attention to lighting .” So it should come as no surprise that the latest interviews granted by the presidential rivals are with Entertainment Weekly magazine where they dish on their pop culture favorites. Highlighting the generation gap between the 71-year-old McCain and the the 47-year-old Obama, the Arizona senator disclosed his penchant for ABBA, Roy Orbison , and Linda Ronstadt , but said he also enjoys Usher , who he saw perform when McCain hosted Saturday Night Live. “And I was very impressed with him,” spills McCain. A Vietnam veteran and former prisoner of war, McCain said “We Were Soldiers” is a “very good film” and identified “ Indiana Jones ” as his favorite recent flick. Why? “The old guy wins.” His first movie ever? “ ... (link)

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