| Posted: 07 August 2008 at 1:31pm | IP Logged | 3
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Don't know if this has been previously been touched upon in this thread--and I'm obviously not gonna wade through 183 bloody pages to find out!--but if not then it needs to be. Entertainment Weekly asked Obama and McCain about their pop culture influences and one of the questions posed was who their favorite superhero is.
Obama picked Spider-Man and said, in part: "The guys who have too many powers, like Superman, that always made me think they weren't really earning their superhero status. It's a little too easy.''
McCain, meanwhile, picked Batman because, "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.''
Certainly not awful choices, by any means, but I couldn't help wishing they'd demonstrated a bit of comic book cred and said something like the following...
McCain: "The Punisher, because he served in 'Nam, just like me. And if he's not too old to blow away evildoing scum, then I'm not too old to be president."
Obama: "The Black Panther, because he proves a man of color can successfully lead a country with both strength and compassion. Plus, he's married to a real hottie, just like me!"
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