Voting for who we like

[Nemont]

Do You Like Me?
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
By Neil Cavuto


Do you know what I think will decide this election?

It’s not Iraq .It’s not the economy . It’s not tax cuts, or budget deficits .

No, what will decide this election is likability: Which candidate do we "like" more?

I know it sounds crazy, but I don't think it's all "that" crazy.

The most revealing political polls to me are the ones that ask, who would you feel more comfortable inviting to dinner, or a barbecue, or saddling up to at a bar. ”That" guy is usually "the" guy who gets the job.

Likability, approachability and “comfortability” matter.

JFK had it against a sweating Richard Nixon. He seemed amiable enough. Likable enough. Certainly presidential enough. Game over.

Ronald Reagan didn't look all that dangerous, after all in his debates with Jimmy Carter. Actually, he seemed warm and funny. A perfectly likable guy. Done.


And George W. Bush certainly was no Einstein in his debates with Al Gore. But he was real and he was the same guy in all those debates — no huffing, or hissing and, for Gore, no victory.

My point is people are people. They like to be around people they like, not people they don't.

If John Kerry can score on the likability thing, he just might win. If he can't, he won't.

That's not to say we don't vote with our pocketbooks. I think more of us vote with our hearts.

 

[Washington Hunter]

Nemont, thanks but that doesn't help...I still have nobody to vote for.

 

[JoseCuervo]

WH,

Does your vote in Washington even matter? I think Nemont and I are relying on you to provide the "correct" vote, as both of our states are already spoken for, as the Electoral College is concerned.

Who you gonna help, Nemont or me???

 

[Ten Bears]

decisions, decisions I wonder.

 

[Nemont]

Wh,
If it helps you pick My inlaws own a huge ranch with some great hunting and I welcome "friends"

Nemont

 

[FAIRCHASEBEN]

Nemont
That would sure knock me off the fence !
What time of year and how do I get a tag ?

 

[JoseCuervo]

WH,

I stock the good beer, you know, the kind in the "Green" bottles....

 

[FAIRCHASEBEN]

That's it , I just saw the Bush girls' pictures in Vogue Magazine .

They're young , They're pretty , They're rich , They're alcoholics !!!

That's so hot ! I'm votin for Dad !

 

[JoseCuervo]

FCB,

Go see the Bush vs. Kerry thread.... Before it gets deleted....

 

[Washington Hunter]

Nemont, so can I get in on the antelope hunt also? How about sharptails and/or pheasants? Any of those to be had on the ranch? Won't take much to sway me one way or the other.

EG, can I stop by for a beer on the way to Nemont's?

 

[Nemont]

WH,

Sharpies and Huns for sure. I won't let you shoot the sage grouse but we will have to go to another spot to get really good pheasant hunting.

I don't know if WHODC should come along as I don't think she really likes me at all.

Nemont

 

[WH's OutdoorsChick]

Originally posted by Nemont:
WH,

Sharpies and Huns for sure. I won't let you shoot the sage grouse but we will have to go to another spot to get really good pheasant hunting.

I don't know if WHODC should come along as I don't think she really likes me at all.

Nemont

Just wondering why Nemont would think I don't Like him, I LOVE EVERYBODY HERE!!!!!

EVEN Delw and Pawclaws

 

[Washington Hunter]

Nemont, sharptails are all I would go to Montana for anyway...I can hunt pheasants here in Washington. Not that I wouldn't shoot some pheasants if the opportunity came up.

 

[Washington Hunter]

P.S. WHODC has never said anything negative regarding you, and she has stated she will vote for whoever I decide on...so what will 2 votes for Bush get me?

 

[Nemont]

Wh,
I just exchanged messages with her and it was an misunderstanding on my part. No sweat. 2 votes would get you snipe hunting included and all the cold bud light you can hold. Unless you would prefer oly or rainier


Nemont

 

[JoseCuervo]

WH you are a slut....

But an enterprising one....

Nemont,
Oly and Rainier??? Dang, the state of Washington was famous for some LOUSY beer....

Although the commercials with the "Artesians" were pretty funny....

 

[Washington Hunter]

Nemont, what do you have..a stash of Oly beer you're saving for a special occasion? That stuff hasn't been made for quite a few years. Miller bought the brewery in Olympia a few years ago, and then just last summer they shut it down and just recently it has been sold to a water bottling company. Let's hope the water is better than the beer was!

 

[Nemont]

OOOPS, how a schlitz or a lucky lager.

Nemont

 

[Washington Hunter]

Nemont, how about I just bring the beer.

 

[WH's OutdoorsChick]

Originally posted by ElkGunner:
WH you are a slut....

But an enterprising one....

ROTFLMFAO

Newmont, If WH gets beer, I want to come along and I want some Guinness....