# Peeps vs George W Bush **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 1, 2013, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-vs-george-w-bush/654505 "2013-04-01T05:41:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-vs-george-w-bush/654505/1 "2013-04-01T05:41:28Z")
Suspending all constitutional and logistical considerations for a moment, who would win in a presidential race today. Delicious, wonderful marshmallow Peeps or former president George W Bush? Who else do you think should run against Peeps? ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-vs-george-w-bush/654505/2 "2013-04-01T06:02:50Z")
I think the peeps would be seen by many as too elitist and intellectual, and not the sort of marshmallow treat you could enjoy having a beer with. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-vs-george-w-bush/654505/3 "2013-04-01T06:15:36Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > I think the peeps would be seen by many as too elitist and intellectual, and not the sort of marshmallow treat you could enjoy having a beer with. We’ll just have to make sure a few [pictures like these](http://thedecoratedcookie.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/beer.party1_1.jpg) get “leaked” to the public showing that peeps know how to have a good time!!! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-vs-george-w-bush/654505/4 "2013-04-01T07:26:39Z")
So is it the yellow ones that are gay? ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-vs-george-w-bush/654505/5 "2013-04-01T07:34:13Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > So is it the yellow ones that are gay? The Peeps can neither confirm nor deny this speculation at this time. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-vs-george-w-bush/654505/6 "2013-04-01T08:15:09Z")
I just don’t see why we have to change our traditional views and threaten the sacred institution of candy. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-vs-george-w-bush/654505/7 "2013-04-01T08:19:36Z")
Personally, after witnessing the blatant roasting of their kin, I would vote for any Peep that is still unroasted and consumed. Peep for POTUS! But not the yellow ones. Those are subversives. Green is acceptable, blue is better, but pink rules. That is what my grandchildren say and they are experts at peeps. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-vs-george-w-bush/654505/8 "2013-04-01T11:14:07Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > But not the yellow ones. > Those are subversives. This is true, but not the whole story. Let’s remember that yellow peeps were the original. For years, that was all you could find. Now? Blue, Pink, Purple, Green, etc have taken over. It’s time for yellow peeps to stand up and take this country back from the brightly-colored non-yellow hordes! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-vs-george-w-bush/654505/9 "2013-04-01T12:53:11Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Suspending all constitutional and logistical considerations for a moment, who would win in a presidential race today. Delicious, wonderful marshmallow Peeps or former president George W Bush? > > Who else do you think should run against Peeps? Put each candidate in a microwave oven. The first to explode wins. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-vs-george-w-bush/654505/10 "2013-04-01T13:09:09Z")
You’d want Peeps that are at least 35 years old, so… I guess the question is, how would you tell? ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-vs-george-w-bush/654505/11 "2013-04-01T13:38:50Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > You’d want Peeps that are at least 35 years old, so… I guess the question is, how would you tell? At that age they’ve been hardened by many years of experience. I thought the pink peeps were gay? Not that it matters, of course. I don’t care about my elected officials’ private lives, as long as it’s between consenting adults. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-vs-george-w-bush/654505/12 "2013-04-01T14:42:17Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Suspending all constitutional and logistical considerations for a moment, who would win in a presidential race today. Delicious, wonderful marshmallow Peeps or former president George W Bush? Reminds me of a Doonesbury strip from sometime during the Watergate days, when a pollster asks someone whether, if the election were being held today, they’d vote for Richard Nixon or the Easter bunny. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-vs-george-w-bush/654505/13 "2013-04-01T16:59:09Z")
Call me a racist if you wish, but I hate marshmallows! No freaking way I’d vote for one!:mad: ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-vs-george-w-bush/654505/14 "2013-04-01T18:44:47Z")
I suggest we microwave both and declare whichever is most awesome the winner. -note: I do not actually condone placing any person inside a microwave oven. ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-vs-george-w-bush/654505/15 "2013-04-01T19:04:59Z")
If we’re talking 35-year-old Peeps, well, Bush lost against a pretzel, no way he could beat a Peep. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-vs-george-w-bush/654505/16 "2013-04-01T23:22:55Z")
Let Angela Merkel eat both of them, whichever one she _doesn’t_ throw up wins! ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-vs-george-w-bush/654505/17 "2013-04-02T00:17:54Z")
> [@Kevbo](#): > > I suggest we microwave both and declare whichever is most awesome the winner. When the microwave emits pink smoke, you’ve elected a new Peep. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-vs-george-w-bush/654505/18 "2013-04-02T01:21:14Z")
Oh, what’s all this then? A potpourri of Popery? You’ve broken a cardinal rule… ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-vs-george-w-bush/654505/19 "2013-04-02T01:28:45Z")
I can’t commit to the Peep ticket without knowing who the Peep Veep will be. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-vs-george-w-bush/654505/20 "2013-04-02T01:43:41Z")
I, for one, and Dopinevitably, welcome our new marshmallow overlords. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-vs-george-w-bush/654505.md?page=2)