How Barbecue Sauce Can Win You Elections

While nobody ever became president because of a great barbecue sauce, (except maybe Lyndon Johnson), a great tasting sauce served to large crowds or small gatherings can win you friends. This is a crucial stage in any realm of influence and is not a bad thing even if you are not running for public office. Having more friends and being more popular is important for the mayor, the president, or just to be a good neighbor.

Lyndon Johnson was the Vice-President and in charge of the space program when the Mercury Astronauts were pioneering the program. If you have ever seen the movie The Right Stuff, you will remember how he honored the seven men near the end of the movie. He threw a big Texas barbecue for them! I can assure you they had a great barbecue sauce on those ribs that day. Johnson, due to the tragic events of John F. Kennedy being assassinated became president, and most assuredly threw a few barbecues while in the White House.

It is well documented that many small town mayoral candidates have had big cookouts at local parks to not only fund raise, but to gather support. Do you think at these events the barbecue sauce is a good one, or an awful version that is not much more than glorified ketchup slapped onto the meat? I am quite sure they use a good sauce for their event, or they probably lost the election. How could anyone vote for someone that serves him or her bad food? It is a known fact that, their stomachs influence men heavily. With this in mind, it would be only a fool who would chance his reputation or political career with providing a horrible grilling sauce at a fund raising event.

Ultimately, an outstanding barbecue sauce will probably not land you in the White House, nor with a sweet gig like an ambassadorship to the Virgin Islands, but if you plan on using a cookout for any kind of fund raiser or signature drive, you better make sure the sauce is right, and the food is good. If not, you may wind up with little support, less money donated, and even in the worse case scenario someone leaving your sphere of support to help out your opponent who had the perfect sauce on their ribs at their cookout fund raiser. Don't fall victim to this type of political suicide; go find yourself that election winning sauce.