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Something to Agree On
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
... Sen. John McCain: "Batman. He does justice sometimes against insurmountable odds. And he doesn't make his good works known to a lot of people, so a lot of people think he's just a rich playboy." ...
Obama is Spiderman, McCain the Dark Knight
Political Punch —
The Oprah Effect on Obama | Main Obama is Spiderman, McCain the Dark Knight August 07, 2008 11:37 AM Entertainment Weekly sat down with Senators John McCain and Barack Obama for some Pop Culture Q&A -- with some surprising answers. McCain's favorite film/TV president, for instance, is President David Palmer, played by Dennis Haysbert, on 24."He’s fabulous," McCain says. "He’s a guy who makes tough decisions, he takes charge, he’s ready to sacrifice his interest on behalf of the interest of the country." And what of the fact that on the show Palmer ...
McCain Is A Pop Culture Freak
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
... The Republican presidential candidate tells Entertainment Weekly he enjoys Dexter, a quirky drama about a loveable serial killer, that his wife enjoys Big Love, about polygamist Mormons, that President David Palmer on 24 is the model of a tough TV president, and that, if he could be a superhero, he'd be Batman because "does justice sometimes against insurmountable odds. And he doesn't make his good works known to a lot of people, so a lot of people think he's just a rich playboy." Oh, and McCain likes Usher. ...
Line of the Day–McCain at the Movies
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
... From a silly little piece 1 in Entertainment Weekly (yes, redundancy alert), I found this amusing from their pop culture Q&A with John McCain: ...
politics has surpassed "hollywood for ugly people"
skippy the bush kangaroo —
... and here. but here are some snippets of the presumptive democratic and republican presidential candidates views on movies, tv shows, "american idol" and which superhero they want to be. ...
Capital Poll: McCain Way Ahead in Alabama
The Hollywood Liberal —
... In a set of interviews on pop culture, Entertainment Weekly asks the presidential candidates, “If you could be any superhero, which superhero would you be?” Sen. John McCain : “Batman. He does justice sometimes against insurmountable odds. And he doesn’t make his good works known to a lot of people, so a lot of people think he’s just a rich playboy.” ...
Pop go the candidates
Yourish.com —
Both Sens. McCain and Obama passed their all important interviews with entertainment weekly. (via memeorandum)
I have to admit that Sen. Obama’s choices were not pretentious as I had expected. I should have given him more credit. In fact March Ambinder focuses on certain choices and observes:
In some ways, Obama has the tastes of a 72 year old man; McCain has the tastes of a 47 year old whippersnapper. Who knew?
However for their choice of on-screen Presidents McCain prefers Dennis Haybert’s David ...
Remainders: The shoe drops
Jonathan Martin's Blog —
... of oil.
He gets back in the habit of blaming Congress.
A Romney donor alleges that he was illegally pressured to give.
Senator Lieberman attacked by flying birthday cake.
A year ago, McCain lamented that our culture gives Paris Hilton too much attention.
Americablog releases annotates some oppo research onto Jonathan's leaked McCain memo.
MoveOn plans a campaign to push back against drilling.
Cindy McCain enjoys Big Love (What may this mean for Romney's veep chances?)
Brendan ...
