The Beer Factor
It’s another reason why McCain-Palin is polling higher, uh, soaring … why the electorate is besotted with … never mind, crack this cold one and knock it back yourself. BBQ at Castle Argghhh!!!
The “beer factor” is that certain something that tells the electorate that, yeah, actually, they could feel comfortable to a sit down, drink a beer and shoot the breeze with the candidate. They could talk to him (or her) and he (or she) would be interested in what they had to say. More importantly, since the candidate was “like them”, they believed he or she would govern like the electorate would want.
Bush had the “good ol’ boy” thing going on. If you invited him to beer and barbecue, you’d expect him to spend his time telling stupid stories about this one time he and some other fellas went huntin’ and ol’ what’s his name tripped over a pile of cow cr*p and nearly blew Dick Cheney’s big toe off. They ended up scaring all the game away, driving into town, ordering a steak and drinking beer. Then he’d take another swig of beer and laugh like that story was still funny fifty times later.
Of course, he had that endearing way of saying “new-kew-lar” that everyone had a good laugh at including Bush.
You’ll want to pop the top for a beer with each of the candidates. Advisory: Always drink responsibly. Remember to keep your red meat levels where they need to be.
But it’s Monday, you shouldn’t be drinking at all. This is about serious politial and health-related developments, you lush. Important historic and contemporary beer imagery/links follow:
via Antique Beer Bottles, which has lots of important beer/bottle related links and features, notably Ask a Beer Question.
via Beer is the Answer.
Customize your own beer tube.
What doesn’t Apple do better? via Geekologie.
Beer musings and info, with food (see advisory above), at Baklava.
Talking beer glass for sale. I dunno, if you need your mug to tell you that, you probably won’t be able to hear it, anyway.
Beergirlsblog. What’s not to like? This girl is serious about beer. No, not that one. This one:
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 11:06 am on Monday, September 15, 2008
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