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Spider-Man or Batman? Jeff Bridges or Dennis Haysbert? ABBA or Javanese flute music? Candidates Barack Obama and John McCain stated their positions on these and other world-shaking pop cultural issues in exclusive interviews with Entertainment Weekly. Whose finger do you want on the button? (Of the remote control, we mean.) See their picks, and then exercise your right to vote — in our polls — and determine which man's (pop-culture) platform you endorse!

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Obama vs. McCain: The Great Presidential Pop-Culture Debate

By Benjamin Svetkey | Oct 15, 2008

See Barack Obama and John McCain's movie (Brando in ''The Godfather'' or ''Viva Zapata!''?), TV (''Seinfeld'' or ''M*A*S*H''?), and music endorsements (Sinatra or Usher?) -- then vote in our polls on their picks

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