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Obama and McCain Go Hollywood
Published 7/6/2008 by James Joyner at Gone Hollywood
... For a second, I thought they had juxtaposed Barack Obama with Malcolm X (the newsprint version is grainier than the digital one). But the Obama as Will Smith and John McCain and John Wayne comparison is more apt. The illustration accompanies a Stephen Hunter feature entitled, “ Leading Men -Barack Obama and John McCain Want the Biggest Role in Politics, Yet Each Candidate Has Very Different Star Qualities to Offer .” The opening: Wonderful moment in John Ford’s “The Searchers,” from way back in 1956: John Wayne, as the surly, violent Ethan Edwards, signals to his young compadre ...

Is the Washington Post unfair in its election coverage??
Published 20 days ago by Greta Van Susteren at GretaWire
... The story, by veteran reporter and editor Robert G. Kaiser, was the kind of analysis that tells readers something they didn’t know. It was neither positive nor negative, just revealing and insightful. Another favorite was by Business reporter Lori Montgomery on how both candidates will have trouble lowering the deficit with their spending plans. A Style & Arts change of pace was movie critic Stephen Hunter’s look at McCain and Obama as film icons– McCain as John Wayne and Obama as Will Smith. Page 1 coverage ...