Poll Shows Voters Prefer Bush at Barbecue

[Champ]

HAMDEN, Conn. - Voters would rather flip burgers and drink beer at a backyard barbecue with President Bush (news - web sites) than Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites), according to a national poll that found Bush leading Kerry on "regular guy" qualities.'

Half of the registered voters surveyed said they would rather have a barbecue with Bush, while 39 percent chose Kerry and 11 percent either didn't know or would not answer the question posed by Quinnipiac University pollsters.

More voters also would trust Bush, 46-41, to run the family business. But voters were evenly split on whether they would rather have Kerry or Bush teach their children.

Mickey Carroll, the director of the Quinnipiac Polling Institute, said these offbeat questions were asked to try to get a peek at the personal, regular-guy qualities of each candidate.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=816&ncid=816&e=4&u=/ap/20040526/ap_on_fe_st/barbecue_poll

[GiovanniC]

1. Well It's a Good Fuckin' Thing

Because if we get four more years of Bush, this whole fuckin' globe will be one huge, smoking barbeque pit.

[Justice]

4. Amen to That

Don't you think the BBQ was a push poll question - you could instantly imagine Bush at a BBQ cuz all the pictures are at the ranch, he is dressed in jeans, ready for a BBQ.

What if the question was which would you rather going biking with -- or horseback riding with - hmm. wonder what the answer would be then?

Anyway, stupid questions.

[Champ]

7. seconded (n/t)

[Dudley_DUright]

33. Excellent point

I think I would prefer to play hockey with John Kerry anyway. I would love to see the chimp on ice skates however. Yet another way to fall flat on his face! :evilgrin:

[SoCalDem]

2. Hey... Even I draw the line at cannibalism

:evilgrin:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

8. that was my first thought too!

[MisterP]

31. my first thought was "chimps are afraid of fire"

[jpgray]

14. LOL, I think we all want to rake him over the coals (nt)

[Vickers]

36. You owe me one keyboard

cuz I just spewed all over this one!

Bwahahahahahahahaha!

[Missy Vixen]

3. Oh, it's more important to drink beer

and flip burgers than it is to keep the country solvent, get our kids some education, and PUT PEOPLE BACK TO WORK!

Again -- will this election be decided by those who think that the person in the White House should be "just folks"? * wouldn't even stop the motorcade for most of these people, let alone sit around in their backyard with them.

Julie

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

5. Goddamn push polls...of course they want Bush..who wouldn't want a drunk

at a party....please can we eliminate the beer drinking, pool shooting, burping farting, navel circumnavigating white male stereotype from REASONS TO ELECT A FUCKING WORLD LEADER????

[i_c_a_White_Ghost]

6. These polls crack me up

like who cares?

[kimchi]

9. I'd like to tell Bush a thing or too also: doesn't mean I LIKE him! n/t

[drscm]

10. Trust * to run the family business? What?

Do they expect his daddy and daddy's friends to keep it solvent?

[Champ]

12. The voters must not have heard about Bush's failed businesses

Or it didn't matter, some people will find any reason to justify what Bush does.

[progressiveBadger]

11. Yes, that is the quality I look for in a president

Someone who looks good in a kiss the chef apron.

[Champ]

13. Ha

:hi: from Mesa.

[progressiveBadger]

21. right back at ya

:hi: from Gilbert

[Blue-Jay]

15. I'd love to have Georgie at a BBQ!

Really.

Somebody has to pick up the paper plates, and that's about all he's qualified to do.

[Sequoia]

16. Wait till they get that brain wasting disease CJD

from all that Texas beef. I think the chimp already has it the way he acts most of the time. With Kerry we'll go sailing on his yatch.

[PfNJ]

17. "run the family business" where??

straight into the ground?? like every other business (and country) he's ever been in charge of?

How long until we see a poll: "Americans prefer Bush 45-42 when asked who they would rather have marry their sister, blah, blah, blah".....

I guess Quinnipiac is really having a tough time trying to prop up this Miserable W. Failure and his Misadministration, huh??

[imax2268]

18. I would go to one if he was there...

but I would have to keep a close eye on my beer cooler and the scotch...!

[movonne]

19. More voters also would trust Bush to run the family business....

are they nuts. How well did he run his businesses.

[Old and In the Way]

27. Proves that the media has failed in informing the public.

Absolutely ridiculous that some could choose Bush given the facts of his business failures, inside trading, and sweetheart buyouts by people looking to curry favor with Poppy.

Pretty sad indictment of American ignorance.

[Renew Deal]

20. He'll be the guy doing kegstands and belly bombing the pool.

That could be fun. :smoke:

[lancdem]

22. They should ask these questions after people

get to know Kerry, then we'll see if the results are different.

[cally]

23. Of course, voters want the Acting President at their barbeque

I would too if I didn't despise him. Most would like the pRresident rather than the challenger. After all, * does have more power and influence. I think this is a dumb poll! As for the family business, * has access to lots more insider deals and uses them. If you wanted to amass wealth and didn't care about values, then I too would choose the chimp. Stupid, meaningless questions that do not measure what they say.

[GOPBasher]

24. More voters would trust Bush to run the business?????

Are they on crack? How many businesses has Bush caused to go bankrupt? And now he's bankrupting our entire nation. I don't think someone who gives us a half trillion dollar deficit in one fiscal year can possibly be a good businessman.

[calimary]

25. I would too, actually!

Imagine how much barbeque sauce I could spill down his shirt!

But NO WAY would I want him to run my family business, unless I wanted the bank account to look like the inside of Al Capone's vault.

[KansDem]

26. Not this crap again!!!

The media pulled this stunt 4 years ago with Gore and Bush. Now they're doing it again???

Watch for the "Halloween mask sales" this year! In October of 2000 I saw a "news" feature which said that Bush masks were outselling Gore masks. The conclusion? The prediction that whoever's mask is selling more will when the election.

Let's see if they try THIS shit again... :eyes:

[MAlibdem]

28. I don't trust Quinnipiac

and those idiots who would trust Bush to run their company clearly don't know about Harken and Arbusto.

[mot78]

29. But voters were evenly split on whether they would rather have Kerry or Bu

"But voters were evenly split on whether they would rather have Kerry or Bush teach their children."

I wouldn't even trust * to look after a pet goldfish. :wtf:

[Cleita]

30. I would rather go to a roast with Bush as the roastee. n/t

[fudge stripe cookays]

32. I used to have a subscription to Good Housekeeping,

but last summer I got the 4th of July issue.

In it, in the big backyard barbeque section full of recipes, ideas, and trivia in the middle, they had a question:

"What Famous Person Would You Most Want to Have at Your Barbeque?"

When I read that like 65% of people wanted Shrub, I decided immediately to let my subscription lapse. Haven't picked up an issue since.

[Fleshdancer]

34. and yet I've never been to a bbq and thought .....

"gee, the guy sitting next to me drinking a beer should be president"

[Champ]

37. lol

That's true.

[doni_georgia]

35. I prefer Bush barbequed on a spit - does that count?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

38. Yeehaw! And, watch NASCAR and wresslin' after.

And, little Miz Laura could put on her ruffled apron and fetch the beer and serve up the vittles to the Goober-in-Chief.

[BlueStateGirl]

39. Of course, drunks are very entertaining.

[Champ]

40. Just curious-have you seen this yet?

There is a video of Bush drunk about midway down the page, it's actually pretty entertaining. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/bush/bush.html

[BlueStateGirl]

41. Yes. It cracked me up. I can't even really hold it against him

I work in bar. I see poelpe like that all the time.

Only... they aren't ,and have no desire to be, our President.

[Cheswick2.0]

42. This just proves that half the population

has an IQ under 100.

[smirkymonkey]

43. When will people realize that * is NOT a regular guy?

He is an elitist, filthy-rich, old establishment carpetbagger!

We need to get the word out about this, becuase the reason a lot of people like him so much is that they think he's "one of them".

Not only is he not one of them, but his agenda shows nothing but contempt for the average citizen. God, how can people be so stupid!

If he came to your barbecue, he would drink all your beer, wipe his barbecue stained hands on your wife's dress, piss in your flower bed, make a pass at your son and puke all over your guests.

[Generator]

45. Yes and these reactions to polls drive me insane

Look, assholes, you don't want your beer buddy for president, and if you do, you deserve your beer buddy for president. Congratulations! Yes, you too American voter can be just as dumb as your leader.

[scared]

44. Are people as dumb as stumps or what?

They would rather have Bush run their family business? What, run it into the ground like he has all his other business ventures? Are people that ignorant of his past dealings? God Oh-Mighty it just boggles the mind.

And of course we have his stellar life as a drinking, drugging thieving, lying son of a bitch. Yea, I really want him teaching my children. Not! I really don't want my child thinking that slander and torture are qualities worth following.

46. Split on Teaching Our Kids?

The Idiot in Chief?

We are in SERIOUS trouble. that is the wose news I've heard for some time.

[yella_dawg]

47. Half these so-called poll respondents

would prefer the illiterate, inarticulate, and ignorant to teach their kids.

Sorry, I just don't believe that.

[checks-n-balances]

48. I'll concede that W could win THIS poll. They didn't dare ask which which

was preferable as PRESIDENT, now would they?

It's time the USA get educated on how shallow that is - putting that much stock into candidates who are the best Good Old Boys, as though that's a quality that matters.

Anybody can go to a barbeque.

Very few are presidential material.

Including The Chimperator.

[Sparkly]

49. "People aren't voting for Chef Boyardee"

One of the primary candidates' former campaign managers said that on one of the talk shows earlier (sorry I can't remember who)!

I just don't get it, anyway. The Chimp has all the appeal of nails on a chalkboard, imo.

[Champ]

50. kick

:kick:

[greenbriar]

51. see what they meant to say was

the majority want to BBQ bush

[Hubert Flottz]

52. Who would you rather have guarding your momma in jail?

Who would you rather let count your money?

[lakeguy]

53. Me and a few of my friends would like

to see Bush at our weekly BBQs. He would come away from one of those lookin a wee bit worse than he did after he "fell" of his bike/wagon/whatever you wanna call it!

[vetwife]

54. I saw that stupid poll on TV..how many americans get invited

to a barbecue with leaders of the free world..Especially Misleaders who would not give you air if you were in a jug. If they all think that way. I suggest they all show up at the white house for a meal and see how fast they get turned away. without 50 grand in ya pocket Bubba, you ain't going in and eat nothing and even with 50 grand, you will only get Crisco..placed on your head ! You might accidently see something like Bush boozing, falling, cussing and praying all at the same time and most people have cameras at BB-Q's.
They are the only ones with cameras. How stupid is America anyway !