Which Democratic candidate would pass the stupid ''who I'd have a beer with'' test?

[yurbud]

Since that was supposedly what helped Bush win in 2000 (besides his brother purging black voters in Florida and the Supreme Court appointing him), I wonder which candidate has that quality in our batch.

You could say how valid a measure it is the replies

[Swamp Rat]

1. I'd like to buy Al Gore a beer

I'd like to buy Al Gore a lot of beers until he got real drunk, then I'd have him sign the "Draft Al Gore" petition. :D

[yurbud]

8. that would be funny.

[yurbud]

10. some people are mean drunks, but Gore would probably get more likable and easy-going

the more you got in him.

[Kurovski]

42. LOL!

Do it! Do it now! :D

[Fading Captain]

2. Biden is the only answer

We know how this question is used.

And quite frankly, I think it's bogus.

But knowing that, the answer is Biden. He's got that macho tough guy thing about him.

Edwards was made to look a little out of his league in the gruff department, sitting next to Cheney in 04.

Obama is too Metrosexual.

Hillary is a woman, which, accepting the pretext of this question, basically eliminates her.

[yurbud]

5. your kidding. I could think of a lot of descriptions of Biden, and macho aint on the list

smarmy, smug, corporate, suit, shit-eating grin.

In any bar, he would be a combination of Frasier and Cliff Claven.

[Froward69]

25. you seem long winded too

Hillary and Edwards are sucking that corporate tit pretty hard these days. Imagine a drunk Edwards... probibaly would want to fight the pinball machine.

[Froward69]

22. Hillary is a MARRIED woman too

[pnwmom]

24. Are you saying that Hillary, being a woman, can't drink beer?

Or that you are a guy and so only can have a beer with another guy?

By that reasoning, Hillary should get all the women's votes and the other candidates would divide up the men's votes.

[Froward69]

26. no i am saying

she is married, albiet for show, but still married. I wouldent insult Bill that way. unless he were there of course. then ill buy. Besides she is too old for me.

[pnwmom]

39. All the male candidates are married, too, which I guess means they

are off limits for beers with women. So Hillary should get all the women's votes, right? And the guys split the men's votes.

:shrug:

[Dr.Phool]

30. Gotta be Biden!

I got to spend a day, one on one with them all, and it's Biden hands down. My second thought, after talking to him for 10 minutes was, "Let's you and me go upstairs to the bar and have a few". My first thought was, this guy is a bullshitter, extraordinaire.

[Gold Metal Flake]

3. First choice is Biden.

I think he'd have the best stories and would tell them the best way. Second is a tie between Gravel and Dodd. Dodd would have great stories about the functions of Congress. Gravell has all that great history of the Nixon years, but he tends to ramble.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. Beer and bullshit go together. Biden (the mouth that never closes) wins hands down.

[yurbud]

6. when you put it like that, Biden makes sense.

[yurbud]

7. I'd get him good and drunk and then challenge him to see who could punch other guy in face softest

and let him win.

[Bozita]

9. A better question: Which of the Republicon candidates knows what beer is?

How about, "Whose Gulfstream V would you like to fly in?

Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!

Kerik will take care of security.

[yurbud]

13. Republicans don't have any beer candidates. They're evenly divided between umbrella drinkers and

moonshiners.

Rudy and Mitt are umbrella drink guys all the way.

The rest are moonshiners except Fred who pretends to be a moonshiner but is actually a closet umbrella drinker.

[Bozita]

17. YES! Which of these guys would you share an umbrella with?

Republicons could relate.

I think you've got it, yurbud.

[sutz12]

11. All of the above? Or any of the above?

:)

[Richard Steele]

12. Anyone who'd have a beer with me isn't fit to be President.

Who in the HELL would want a President who reminds them
of their drinking buddies?

[fenriswolf]

14. i would love to have a beer with dennis

and get to know him and his policies better, unfortunatly given that he is a vegan he probably doesnt drink.

[kster]

15. Gore because, I'd like to know how it was to stand up to the corporate toadies

and their corporate masters and fight for a hand count of the ballots, to be sure that the corporate vote counting machines counted the ballots correct, and fight for it against all odds.

That to me is Courageous, I would like to have a beer with Al Gore.

HES THE MAN!!!

[Naturyl]

16. Gore or Biden

Kucinich has my vote, but he might be a bit flaky over beer. Gravel might be good, but he's a bit intense for kicking back with a cold one. Gore and Biden strike me as the best bets.

But I'm not looking for a drinking buddy. I'm looking for a PRESIDENT.

[Bitwit1234]

18. Colbert -- on the Stewart show.

[DeepModem Mom]

19. From all I hear, that would be Bill Richardson -- despite his disappointing debate performances. nt

[Kiouni]

20. Biden would be a fun drunk. N/T

[Oeditpus Rex]

21. Kucinich

Dude's from CLEVEland. Ergo, he drinks beer. Or boilermakers.

Gore drinks scotch on the rocks.

Obama drinks beer.

Clinton drinks margaritas and the occasional martini or vodka gimlet.

Edwards might have a beer at a barbecue, but he prefers bourbon. Neat.

Richardson drinks beer.

The rest of 'em... :shrug:

[Lilith Velkor]

23. I had a beer with Gravel a few years ago

It was fun. We talked about direct democracy.

[yurbud]

28. any more details?

[Lilith Velkor]

35. Wasn't my first one that night, details are kinda fuzzy

I just remember thinking "wow, this old guy in a suit is pretty cool" because those guys usually don't talk to anarcha-punk freakazoids like yours truly.

I didn't even know who he was until I heard he was running for prez.

[shadowknows69]

40. Somehow I think Gravel would be a anarcha-punk freakazoids

if he was a few years younger. He'd still be a much better President than Bush, and the soundtrack to the evenutal movie would be better.

[Lilith Velkor]

45. He was real excited about the internet.

He said that we are on the brink of it being technologically possible to have direct democracy, something about a National Initiative (think I'll go look it up after I post).

This was at a party at the home of an ancient hippie. The antiwar movement was very very small back then, you had your punks, clean-cut young communists, elderly hippies (most anarchists here are actually in this demographic), a few Democrats here and there, some libertarians, and spooks masquerading as any of the above.

I actually thought Gravel might be one of them...at first. :rofl:

on edit - check out www.ni4d.us

[CalebHayes]

27. Who wouldn't want to party with Obama and Ludacris ?

[NuttyFluffers]

29. oddly, Hillary. she'd have much juicier stories.

and i'm sure she's a sassy drunk. she'd definitely be good back up in a bar.

and to think, i have no real interest in her being president. she'd just be better to have a beer with. funny that.

[stlsaxman]

31. Biden strikes me as the most likely to go for a beer with me...

Clinton wouldn't have one with me unless i contribute the uppermost limit for an individual and then only after showing my receipt to her security chief.

Dodd might be great for a beer, but it might have to be imbibed on K Street, and i AIN'T goin' there.

Edwards would be great to have a beer with but I don't want to interrupt him as he tries to convince southern voters he'd be a great guy to have a beer with.

Gore hasn't declared yet that he would have a beer with me. however, he hasn't said he won't, so i just keep waiting, hoping and praying that one day SOON he'll give me a call. He has my number and everything!

Gravel might be fun for a Halloween beer- telling me how frightening the other candidates are...

Kucinich.. sure, yeah i'd go for a- waitaminute- does he even drink?

Richardson, yes, let's go have a beer. i've run out of clever things to say. maybe we can get Barrack to join us- hold on... where's Obama? -

Hey WHERE'S OBAMA!?!?!?!?

[shadowknows69]

32. I believe Obama is outside smoking a blunt with Ludacris

[applegrove]

33. I think Clinton would be the most interesting. She would be fun that

way. I'd love to pick her brain. Obama I think would be the most fun in a regular way.

I'd go out for a beer with the top 7.

[slackmaster]

34. My first choice would be Clinton

Bill Clinton.

[baldguy]

36. Obama looks like a beer guy.

[FredScuttle]

37. I'd have a beer with Obama

so I could throw it in his face for being so thick and stubborn regarding McClurkingate

[2rth2pwr]

38. I like to see Kucinich really hammered

and tell us the ufo story.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

41. Who would change the most as they got more hammered?

Or, who most would change their lying ways
and tell the unvarnished truth for once?

[Javaman]

43. None, I want a sober pres for a change. nt

[Generator]

44. All of them but Hillary

whom I'd want to get totally tanked to hear the REAL story. That would be worth all the other combined if possible.

[Beelzebud]

46. Gravel without a doubt.