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Why McCain, and not Bob Dole

Alan Keyes has forced John McCain to withdraw his claim, advanced at the MTV Awards, that his favorite band is Nine Inch Nails, the popular techno-industrial satanic-goth combo. After Keyes drew attention to some of their more, um, robust lyrics, McCain conceded that “it was a poor choice.” Instead of whacking McCain for being a Tippered wimp not man enough to stand up for his favorite pop group, media boomers jeered at Keyes for failing to spot that the famously laugh-a-minute senator had been making a “joke.”

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Why McCain, and not Bob Dole

Alan Keyes has forced John McCain to withdraw his claim, advanced at the MTV Awards, that his favorite band is Nine Inch Nails, the popular techno-industrial satanic-goth combo. After Keyes drew attention to some of their more, um, robust lyrics, McCain conceded that “it was a poor choice.” Instead of whacking McCain for being a Tippered wimp not man enough to stand up for his favorite pop group, media boomers jeered at Keyes for failing to spot that the famously laugh-a-minute senator had been making a “joke.”