Would you rather watch TV with Barak or John?

Apparently the War in Iraq and the Economy are not the only important issues to discuss if you are running for the highest office in the nation. The country needs to know what music is on your ipod (because apparently all presidents and president wannabes have ipods; remember the GWB ipod playlist release last year), what was the last film you saw, and post importantly, what tv shows you watch. In the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, EW put the prez wannabes to the test to see you has the better pop culture rep. In the end, I have to give it to John McCain because he kicked Obama's ass in this EW pop culture debate. He only had one slip up and that was saying he liked Usher, but we all go through that phase (mine was just when I was 10).


In an analysis of McCain and Obama's fav tv shows, I have to give this to McCain. Surprisingly he has great taste in television, unlike his counterpart Obama. Obama said his favorite TV show is M*A*S*H which is great in all if you died in the 1970s. M*A*S*H reruns are fun to watch on a Sunday afternoon, but Barak, there is other great television out there right now. Then he said he his other favorite show is the Dick Van Dyke show. Seriously Barak, seriously? A show about a homogeneous WASPy stereotypical 1950s man-of-the-house white family? I would rather watch Dick Van Dyke as a doctor who solves murders.

Then there is John McCain, who has watched television in the last 30 years. His favorite television show is Seinfeld, which really you can't complain about. He also said he likes Curb Your Enthusiasm, which gave him television street cred. Dexter is also one of his favorites which surprised me. Finally he said that The Wire is a great show. As much as I don't like his policies, I could totally hang out with this dude. We could sit around and watch The Wire together and have a grand ole time. ...Larry David, yea I know. It's scary.