Given the level of narcissism it takes to be a presidential candidate nowadays I 'm not sure of any candidate I would want to have a beer with--out of all 17 Republicans and three Democrats. From past campaigns I think Obama and Howard Dean. Obama because he is a huge sports fan and that's easy to talk about; Dean because he is very smart and I would want to hear his political analysis.

He's entertaining though. I can't think of too many people that I've had a beer with who I'd want to actually vote for. Trump would at least be a lot of fun. The only other candidate that might be vaguely interesting as a drinking companion would be Carson.

Sassenach wrote:He's entertaining though. I can't think of too many people that I've had a beer with who I'd want to actually vote for. Trump would at least be a lot of fun. The only other candidate that might be vaguely interesting as a drinking companion would be Carson.

Bernie--just to hear how far he'd like to take his socialism. It would be entertaining to be an expert on Bernie.

Marco--I'd love to have him explain his religious transformations. And, I perceive him as more of a regular guy.

Cruz--I'd like to ask him how to vet SC nominees.

Kasich--I'd like to see if it's possible to get him mad. Once that was accomplished, I'd stick him with the bill.

I will share with this group how very disappointed I am that Bernie didn't perform better against the criminal. What a great shame. I'll hold out a bit of hope for Super Tuesday but to quote 80% of every Star Wars script ever written, "I've got a bad feeling about this."

As for sharing a drink with one of these people. I would have to go with Carson just because he strikes me as such a kind person. In a lot of ways, he just doesn't belong with these piranha.

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Of all of them, Trump because it would be total chaos and he'd probably wind up getting lamped.

I don't think you guys know who Donald Trump is... You won't be having a drink with him and he won't be getting "lamped".
He might serve you Trump vodka if there is any left in the basement. Another of his marketing failures..

The Donald has never smoked cigarettes, drank alcohol or done drugs. His older brother, Fred, was an alcoholic for many years and warned Trump to avoid drinking. Fred ultimately died from his addiction

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http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2015/07/1 ... nald-Trump

Well, if he is the source I will take it as being as reliable as anything else he says.

But in the right pub, even a sober loudmouth will get a good lamping.

I suspect Trump would get along just fine in most rough boozers. He's an OTT eccentric after all, people would love him, especially if he was buying the drinks.

I would want to have a conversation with Mrs. Clinton. She would be the one I need to understand the most. Also, Carson would be an enjoyable one I could enjoy an evening with.

Brad, the 'who would you most want to have a beer with' test is not about who you'd most like to quiz on their policy positions, it's about who you can imagine would be good company on a night out. Anybody who answers that question with Hillary Clinton is surely not telling the truth...

I'd have a Shmaltz with Bernie to learn as much as I could about his father's family.

Sassenach wrote:Brad, the 'who would you most want to have a beer with' test is not about who you'd most like to quiz on their policy positions, it's about who you can imagine would be good company on a night out. Anybody who answers that question with Hillary Clinton is surely not telling the truth...

I suspect even Hillary would agree with that.

No, I would want to just talk with her. I do not see her in a good light AT ALL. And that is a problem. I need to have a human interaction with someone that I do not see as having any redeemable quality.

I would talk with her about her grandchild, her dreams, her regrets and what her perspective on eternity was.

sass

Trump would at least be a lot of fun

I doubt it.
Vanity Fair called him "a short fingered vulgarian" for a reason.
His constant need to be the center of attention and his narcissism would wear thin pretty quickly. And his apparent lack of intellectual curiosity a real bore.

The notion that Hillary is "not fun" seems to be driven by the same media memes that made so many Americans think Trump was something he's not... How do people know this? Or is just something that is so repeated by the right wing media echo chamber that it starts to have its own life?

I don't quite get it. She has a great many loyal friends who speak highly of here whenever they are asked about her on media I've seen. ... that has to be the result of their personal interactions. In the senate she has many close friends and the respect of many. (Compare that to Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio ) . Hell, even some of the emails that were revealed recently are pretty funny.

She married a guy who is routinely described as the one almost all Americans want to drink a beer with... and I doubt he would have settled for a complete bore.

Frankly, she's the brightest best qualified of the remaining candidates. Her debates with Sanders have been civilized, intelligent and worthwhile. And I'm very sympathetic to Senator Sanders.

I remember her conversations with the Black Lives Matter group that confronted her in August. She was respectful, listened and responded without pandering, or giving in to their over reach. (They wanted an apology for her, for the anti-crime legislation of the 90s, because it was racist.) http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/18/politics/ ... r-meeting/

I can't imagine many of the other candidates having this kind of conversation. Perhaps Sanders and Kasich.

If people actually do vote for someone who is the most fun in a bar, I think its a sorry assed way to make an important decision. And if that is the majority of Americans who vote this way (and I highly doubt this), then you deserve Trump.
Boris Yeltsin was a fun drunk you know. What did it get Russia?

rickyp wrote:The notion that Hillary is "not fun" seems to be driven by the same media memes that made so many Americans think Trump was something he's not... How do people know this?

25 years of observation.