What is with all the beer-drinking analogies?

Sparkly

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Tue Aug-31-04 11:21 PM
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What is with all the beer-drinking analogies?

This guy on MSNBC (don't know who it is) is saying, AGAIN, that people "want to have a beer" with the Chimp, but not with Kerry. "Maybe white wine with Kerry, but even if he had a beer he wouldn't drink it out of the bottle."

WHY do they keep repeating this crap?! Kerry is more likely to drink beer out of a bottle than Chimp is, at least in public. (You can drink Kool-Aid with Chimp, though.)

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kixot

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Tue Aug-31-04 11:24 PM
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1. As if.

It's like they want to pretend that W is any less of a product of affluence to give him a rustic appearance meanwhile he acts and speaks like someone who's never spent a waking moment without a silver spoon up his ass or done an honest days' work in his miserable life.

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jpgray

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Tue Aug-31-04 11:24 PM
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2. Remember, Bush can't have beer

Pundits seem to have selective amnesia on this point. I remember when someone brought it up to Wolf Blitzer on being asked about the 'having a beer with factor', Wolf seemed nonplussed and asked 'Well, he could have a non-alcoholic beer, couldn't he?'

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Sparkly

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Tue Aug-31-04 11:27 PM
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3. Exactly!!!

I think it was GQ, maybe? The reporter had sat down with a couple of beers with Kerry. Wolf repeated the "People would rather have a beer with Bush" line.

The guy said well, you couldn't have a beer with Bush anyway, but -- and he went on and on about how comfortable Kerry was, how at ease, what a regular guy, what a great conversation they had, etc... And at the end, Wolf came back with exactly what you said, "Well you could have a non-alcoholic beer with the president, couldn't you?"

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Fleshdancer

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Tue Aug-31-04 11:27 PM
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4. I'm not voting for a drinking buddy, I'm voting for a PRESIDENT!

I HATE this ridiculous question. How many beer buddies do you have that you would want as President? Me? None. Not even myself. I want someone 10 times smarter than me and I think I'm pretty damn smart.

When you cast a vote for a politician, you are the employer and they are the potential employee. You listen and compare all your candidates, and then you pick the one you want to do the job. No drinking, no partying, no dating...the one who is best qualified to do the job.

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Sparkly

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Tue Aug-31-04 11:29 PM
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5. Also a good point. Kerry sounds and acts like a PRESIDENT.

And no amount of scripting can make that Chimp sound or act like a president.

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Fleshdancer

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Tue Aug-31-04 11:37 PM
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6. And here's the ultimate disgrace about all of this....

In both this election and the last election, the RNC has insulted all Americans by backing the village idiot. Our choice should NEVER be the Intelligent vs the Idiot. 2000 should have been between Gore and McCain but the Texas $$$ won.

On a completely different note: MSNBC afterhours is now talking about some sort of "lobster martini" being served at some after party at the RNC convention. But hey, Bush is the beer guy, right? (and lobster martini? wtf?)

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Old and In the Way

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Tue Aug-31-04 11:39 PM
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7. Exactly, Gloria.........the media is really insulting the American

Edited on Tue Aug-31-04 11:40 PM by Old and In the Way

electorate with this meme. I think they gave up trying to convince us how smart Bush is, so now they are pushing his drinkability. Of course, beer advertisers like this, but the last measurement of how I rate a President is on his drinking habits.

And I wouldn't much want to have a beer with him anyway. IIRC, he dumped one on my back at the Forefather's Inn in Arundal, ME back in '71.......

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mark11727

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Wed Sep-01-04 12:17 AM
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8. Right...! I'm waiting for the day a telephone survey asks me that...

...so I can answer,

What kind of stupid effing question is THAT?

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iwantmycountryback

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Wed Sep-01-04 12:18 AM
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9. I might rather have a beer with Chimp than Kerry

Doesn't mean I want him leading our country. I can't believe the media actually spouts this shit. Just because you might like a guy personallly more doesn't mean he can fucking crush Al Qaeda!

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