Posted on Saturday, 5th July 2008 by Bruce
According to the results of a recent Yahoo! News poll, more Americans (52/45) would prefer having Barack Obama sucking their suds, loading his plate up with their potato salad out on their decks, than they would John McCain.
According to one commenter, having Obama over for a cookout “would be like a relaxed family gathering”, while hanging out with McCain would be “more like a retirement party.”
Of course, you don’t have to be a devotee of Emily Post to know that you never show up at someone else’s backyard barbecue empty-handed.
So here’s the question: Obama and/or McCain are in their car, headed for your Weber, when they pick up the phone to ask “what can we bring?”
What do you respond?
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July 5th, 2008 at 8:17 am
Strong Border Control, and a promise to have tough immmigration laws.
But….I know that’s just wishful thinking.
July 5th, 2008 at 9:05 am
How about some good old-fashioned common sense? (Course, that leaves both of them out, doesn’t it…)
July 5th, 2008 at 10:48 am
I bet John McCain knows a thing or two about beer. I’d have him pick out his favorite and bring it over.
Obama? Petit fours. I think my party wouldn’t be hoity toity enough for him, so he’d have to bring his own fancy food.
July 5th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Bring something hell, I want to see ‘em stay and help clean up afterwards.
July 5th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Just bring your self, and lots of stories John.
I’ll bet McCain has lots of stories that would leave most of us in awe. If he would talk about his years in captivity, I think it would be amazing… and probably stunning.
July 5th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Barack, bring Tony Rezko along… There is this house that I want to buy, but I need a little “creative assistance…”
July 5th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
I would ask Barack to bring his family, and his great sense of diplomacy.
I would ask McCain to bring his Depends, because I do not have the accesibility in my bathroom for the elderly.
July 5th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
McCain – Bring Diet Mr. Pibb. I don’t really like Diet Mr. Pibb, but if it’s the only thing to drink at the picnic, I guess I’ll just hold my nose and drink it.
Obama – Bring some Oreo cookies. You know why.
July 5th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
I’d ask ‘em both to bring someone with a personality.
July 5th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
I’d demand Barak bring his original birth certificate, not the fake his campaign and Kos cooked up.
July 5th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
I think my party wouldn’t be hoity toity enough for [Obama], so he’d have to bring his own fancy food.
What part of McCain’s massive wealth and connections makes you think he’s not the hoity-toity one? For example, If you asked McCain to bring the mustard, do you think he knows where they keep the Grey Poupon in all ten of his houses?
I hate this meme (though I also hate the word “meme”) that Democrats are always some kind of “elite” and the Republicans–no matter how much richer, no matter how many more years they spent in prep school, no matter how more well-appointed their lifestyle–are somehow the salt of the freaking earth. Ugh.
July 5th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Hey BO: “Where’s the Beef?” or anything of substance.
John: I promise you there will be no rice dishes at this picnic.
July 6th, 2008 at 8:21 am
Well I’m just a “typical” white guy with absolutely no white guilt, so I doubt that Barack and his lady and I would have anything in common to talk about unless, of course, he wanted to discuss all of his accomplishments qualifying him to be Commander-In-Chief of the most powerful country in the world. Then I’d be (can I say this?) ALL EARS.
I would be interested in learning more from John McCain about how he survived his time as a P.O.W. Mental toughness and an ability to survive against the odds is an admirable characteristic.
July 6th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
11, Jay, I seriously doubt RICH Democrats like Doyleone, Kohl, Kennedy, Obama, etc. would even deign to appear at your place.
I’m tired of both your lies and your propagation of false rhetoric. Democrats aren’t poor, nor do they seek to elevate the poor. The seek to keep people down by taxing away their income so that they don’t better themselves and are dependent upon a government run by them.
July 6th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
We’re all going to be in a workcamp for joking about this. Hopefully I’ll be in the same one as Heather and Dad29.
As for my answer, I’d tell McCain to bring some delicious Coors beer so we could have something to drink after the good stuff’s gone. I’d tell Obama to bring some Mr. Beef and red hots from Chicago, and then I’d ask him to leave.
July 6th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
prosqtor, nobody’s going to a work camp. We can joke about our political candidates… well, for now, at least.
Mr. Beef = Good. New York Bagel & Bialy (Touhy Ave) = Good. Leona’s = Good. There are at least a few good things about Chicago. Those are the three that come to mind. Plus the museums, of course.
And, if Obama honors Patrick’s request and brings his buddy Mr. Rezko, there will no doubt be plenty of Panda Express for all. They have, like, 400 locations, scattered about the Illinois Tollway System. (nudge-nudge, wink-wink)
We won’t need to dirty plates at all… HeatherRadish will be pleased…
July 6th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
My goodness — I’m never eating at Panda Express again. I’ve not really followed that thread in the “Unsavory Associates and Benefactors of Senator Obama” story, but I didn’t realize that.
Maybe not a work camp, because the last thing anyone on the Left wants to expect of someone is to work (especially if it *gasp* makes them money). I ought to refer to them as “Diversity Education Centers” or “Mandatory Volunteer Community Service Opportunities” instead.
July 6th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Well, at least now you know how Panda Express obtained a rather formidable Tollway Oasis presence under Rezko’s franchising tenure.
Chicago/Rezko/Obama politics… Follow the money… (And here you thought it was due to popular demand.)
July 6th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
prosqtor,
I TOLD you that I would make sure, once my party returns to power, that you got placed in a NICE work camp. Like, one that does pro bono work for gang members or something. Or weaves the counterfeit wallets and purses they sell at Brookfield Square. You’d like that, huh? Right?
I might even make some moves on behalf of the rest of you, too. Just because I think you’re all pretty cool for conservatives.
July 6th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Obama, hows about some beer, something dark, red, and cold.
Johnny, hows about… hows about… (sigh) I don’t know, just bring some chips or something… you sure you can make it?
Obama I can party with, I can trust Obama to be Obama, McJohnJohn… I just don’t know who’s gonna show up, Mclefty/Mcrighty/Mcconservative/Mcliberal, just can’t relax around that…
July 10th, 2008 at 7:52 am
Obama would bring an invitation to his inauguration at the White House.
And McCain could bring war stories.
It’d be a good day.
July 10th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Obama could always do a remake of the old Seinfeld show. As I recall, that was billed as a show about nothing too.