What do the second most powerful men in the world listen to?

The US presidential election long ago turned into the only show in town. When Russia invaded Georgia, it wasn’t George Bush’s comments that were being played and replayed on CNN but McCain’s and Obama’s. Both men are very much the same animal. If McCain modified his stance on off-shore mining and tampered the warmongering tendencies just a bit, he could easily pass himself off as the white Obama. So how then to pick between two candidates who have embarked on campaigns that have been most notable for their crowd pandering than anything else? You judge them on their iPod playlists of course. Barack Obama’s Most Played Tracks: Fugees - Ready Or Not Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On Bruce Springsteen - I’m On Fire The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter Nina Simone - Sinnerman Kanye West - Touch The Sky Frank Sinatra - You’d Be So Easy To Love Aretha Franklin - Think U2 - City of Blinding Lights William - Yes We Can John McCain’s Most Played Tracks: ABBA - Dancing Queen Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou ABBA - Take A Chance On Me Merle Haggard - If We Make It Through December Dooley Wilson - As Time Goes By The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World Frank Sinatra - I’ve Got You Under My Skin Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline The Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Note: These playlists were more than likely selected by teams of highly-educated PR monkeys who’ve studied social sciences and public trends to the point where they can predict what music you want your presidential preference to listen to. They’re so highly trained they can read the parts of your mind that you can’t. If Barack Obama likes jogging to Cop Killer and John McCain has Girls Girls Girls as his bedside alarm, you and I will never, ever know about it.