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Barack Obama and John McCain name their favorite movies

August 8th, 2008 by Scott Marks

Bambi and Born Free. After years of George Bush, doesn’t America deserve a grown up for a President?

If the next Commander in Chief was elected strictly on the basis of their favorite films I’d write in Richard Nixon. At least the old fascist bastard had the courage to name the M rated Patton. When asked what film he prized most, Johnny McCain chose Walt Disney’s Bambi!

Bambi? What a load of politically correct, family values crap. Unless the scene where the hunter blows Bambi’s mommy to smithereens has a similar effect on McCain as Viagra, I can’t imagine him coming home after a hard day stumping the War on Terror and unwinding with a bunch of adorable animated woodland creatures. He probably looks to Triumph of the Will for laughs.

Not that I have anything against Bambi, and while it’s one of Disney’s crowning achievements, something tells me Johhny isn’t in it for the artistry. He wouldn’t know a multi-plane camera from an F16. McCain said it brought him to tears. Me too. It’s a great film, but a calculated selection that’s safe for grandma and grandpa as well as their gun-totin’ grandkids.

Obama’s choice of movies seems even more calculated and less heartfelt. His pick is a film set in Kenya so his African American constituents won’t feel slighted. Not unlike Bambi, it’s an inoffensive, family safe tearjerker. At least he didn’t choose Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.

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