In which the 'Who would you BBQ with' meme turns.

[SirNitram]

Stupidest meme ever: Which candidate would you rather have around for a beer/BBQ/cookout/etc? That's now how you decide Presidency, if you're sane.

Of course, it's still amusing that, after pushing this as a means of viewing candidates for years, the GOP finds it's turned against them.

AP Link, with other stories.

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.

More like a retirement party. McCain's age is an issue and no one brings it up. Haha.

[rhoenix]

...This one of the most weak and retarded memes in modern times.

That said though, if I had to pick based on who I'd like to hang out with, it would have to be with someone intelligent, who has interesting things to say - which would count McCain right out.

[Derek Thunder]

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.

Increasing evidence that party identification will be a bigger factor in who wins this fall compared to previous elections. There's been a fairly strong surge in democratic registration. Hopefully they'll turn out.

[General Havoc]

Stupid or not, just to answer the question, I would rather have a barbeque with Obama. Even though I think McCain might have more interesting personal anectdotes to talk about, I get the impression from him that he'd be something of an asshole in person, and I deal with enough of those already.