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Demeralda
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LOL why on earth do we do this to ourselves?
Neither one would be invited to my BBQ unless they agreed to do Jaeger bombs. Haha.
Poll: Obama beats McCain as barbecue guest
7/2/2008, 8:25 a.m. EDT
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — People would rather barbecue burgers with Barack Obama than with John McCain.
While many are still deciding who should be president, by 52 percent to 45 percent they would prefer having Obama than McCain to their summer cookout, according to an Associated Press-Yahoo News poll released Wednesday.
Men are about evenly divided between the two while women prefer Obama by 11 percentage points. Whites prefer McCain, minorities Obama. And Obama is a more popular guest with younger voters while McCain does best with the oldest.
Having Obama to a barbecue would be like a relaxed family gathering, while
inviting McCain "would be more like a retirement party
than something fun," said Wesley Welbourne, 38, a systems engineer from Washington, D.C.
Party label means a lot, with three-quarters of Democrats picking the Democrat Obama and the same number of Republicans picking McCain, a Republican. Independents are about evenly split.
"John and I would probably have a lot to talk about," said Republican Michael Mullen, 53, of Merrimac, Mass., like McCain a Navy veteran.
One in six people saying they'd vote for McCain prefer Obama as their barbecue guest; just one in 20 Obama backers would invite McCain.
The AP-Yahoo News survey of 1,759 adults was conducted online by Knowledge Networks from June 13-23 and had an overall margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2.3 percentage points. The margin of sampling error for subgroups was larger.
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Polling site: http://news.yahoo.com/polls |
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:16 am |
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Dave Starr
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If you could invite someone, other than those 2, to your barbecue, who would it be, and why?
I'd invite a man I knew in the service, LtCol. Jack W Bomar. I doubt that he'd remember me, it's been 40+ years, but I really admire him. If you're interested, Google the name & look at the first & third links. |
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:32 am |
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twotap
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Thats a nobrainer, everyone knows old white dudes dont no nothin bout barbecuin. |
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:38 am |
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Demeralda
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Can I invite Harold and Kumar? |
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:20 am |
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