PHOTO: The next President enjoys a beer in Iowa

[Bluebear]

Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry sits for a beer during an unscheduled stop at Francie's Bar in Des Moines, Iowa October 30, 2004.

[Longhorn]

1. I would so much more enjoy a beer with Mr. Kerry

than Bush*!

[Arkana]

14. I know

I would prefer to sit down with a tall cold one and talk with someone I can have an intelligent conversation with.

[Fenris]

2. FINALLY! A PRESIDENT WHO CAN DRINK A BEER!

[Mabus]

6. Oh, * can DRINK them

he just can't stop.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

26. Could you imagine having a beer with *?

He'd probably do one or more of the following

1. Stick you with the bar tab

2. Get sick and puke all over you

3. Grab the ass of the girl sitting at the next table

4. Get punch out by the girl's boyfriend while the guy's buddy kicked your ass

5. Fill in your suggestion

[jmowreader]

31. Or number 6...

He'd drink his beer. Then yours. Then everyone else's at the table. Then the beers of the people at the table next to yours. And then he'd start bumming cigarettes until he'd managed to smoke twenty.

Then when the tab came, he'd demand separate checks because he only ordered one beer.

[Peanut Gallery]

33. LOL

that about sums it up. Perfect.

[dave502d]

3. Nice picture,thank showing .

[Sugarbleus]

4. Ha! The UBL pic is too chilly........>:o]

Wooooot rub it in. Heeheheheheeh

[Weembo]

5. I think I'll share one with the new president

In spirit at least, on Tuesday night at my favorite refreshing adult beverage purveyor.

[Flammable Materials]

7. I want to find out what his favourite beer is ...

... and have lots of it handy on Victory Night!

[Az_lefty]

8. Normal guy runs for presidant!!!!!

:toast:

[snowbear]

9. Awesome photos P-turkey!

I especially love the 2nd one because he's taking a swig while listening and looking directly at the guy in front of him. :beer:

The first photo is great too though. Really shows off his Lance Armstrong "Live Strong" yellow bracelet. O8) Bush isn't cool enough, or caring enough to wear one!

Ah, heck.. I dunno which photo I like best! B-)

[Bluebear]

10. You can like em both lol

I like that it was an unscheduled stop, something * would NEVER do. And I bet George is a mean drunk. His sadistic streak probably really comes out.

[exsoccermom]

12. Ewwwwwwwww, and bush would be

real smary to talk to. Yuck. By the way, we went for the Boston Ale for election night. Seems appropriate.

[Zen Democrat]

11. Where's Tweety? I guess JK's particular who he drinks with. n/t

[Malva Zebrina]

13. clever photo op

cannot be matched by Bush --ever. Must kill Bush to see it. This Kerry campaign has been run by someone who is a genius. The goose hunt, the drinking out of the bottle beer photo op, the athletic bicycle rides--I bet Bush is seething with envy at not being able to perform as well as this vibrant man, John Kerry.

[progressivebydesign]

16. Umm.. Kerry really rides bikes..

You're making it sound like he's a fraud. Which he's not.

[Malva Zebrina]

28. I would never call Kerry a fraud!

You are reading something into it that is not there. Chill out.

[evilqueen]

19. Kerry is REAL... shrub is NOT. n/t

[Malva Zebrina]

29. I agree five hundred percent

no way do I think otherwise.

[Warren DeMontague]

15. Not only can he drink a beer...

I'd wager he can make it though a basket of pretzels without hurting himself, too.

[mac56]

17. Any idea what brand that is?

nm

[jmowreader]

32. Looks like a Bud bottle

It's a brown longneck, so it could be just about anything.

[Oreo]

18. Could this knock Bush off the wagon?

Sweet tasty frosty beer! Must...have...beer!

[Maiden England]

20. people like to elect a guy 'they could have a beer with'

can't exactly do that with Georgie Porgy can you? Maybe a whole bottle of rye.....scratch that, maybe a whole case of vodka
:shrug:

[Ron Green]

25. I just now snapped to this! The whole "guy you can have a beer with" BS

that we've heard so many times when the "likability" factor is discussed....is referring to a FREAKING ALCOHOLIC!!! What is it they say? "One is too many, and a hundred are not enough." John Kerry is not only the one a thinking being would rather have a beer with, he's the one who can safely drink at all.

[Zen Democrat]

27. Bush was (is) a Scotch drinker.

[Pithy Cherub]

21. great pics!

Cheers and Bottoms up, Mr. President-elect Kerry!

[Dem_Loyalist]

22. What a great pic of a great man!

I'm curious though, does anyone know what the yellow band on his left wrist is?

[Larry in KC]

34. The yellow band...

...is a LiveStrong wristband, from the Lance Armstrong Foundation, fighting cancer and supporting cancer survivors. About 20 MILLION of them are out there now. I'm wearing one as I type.

[novadem]

23. I wonder if this is intended to be a subtle way of reminding the country

of the Shrub's DWI? If so, nice job Carville.

BTW, wasn't our man drinking Budweiser during the Red Sox game-watching party in his hotel room last week? This appears to be Coors Light. Get Colorado!

[Lex]

24. Love that picture!

Will be nice to have to have a man in the White House who can actually have a beer or two and not have to drink the whole 12 pack and turn into a nasty mean drunk whose wife has to threaten to leave him. (I'm looking at YOU, Smirk.)

[terrya]

30. I like that picture VERY much! So much for that "Kerry is unlikable"...

horseshit. That shows perfectly how warm and likable Kerry is.