What was President Obama thinking? His “Import” Beer Summit looked like an effeminate British lawn party. Instead of quaffing brews in frosted mugs, they should have been sipping tea in demitasse cups and playing croquet or badminton thereafter in their get-up. It was embarrassing to watch.
The cop and the prof wore their prim and proper suits and the similarly attired Prez and Veep merely doffed their coats as they sat stiffly around a white yard table. Their waiter appeared to be a Secret Service man playing gofer. It was simply horrific!
It makes one pine for the days when President Clinton serendipitously found pebbles on the Normandy beach and formed a cross in memory of those who had lost their lives there. Who is Obama’s p.r. person? Is he/she the same one who advocated flying Air Force One over New York City for a promo without telling anyone? Please!
Tags: barack obama, Beer Summit, Bill Clinton, Henry Louis Gates, Joe Biden, Joseph Crowley, Normandy
July 31, 2009 at 12:34 pm
What exactly is “effeminate” and “British” about having a beer with a bunch of guys?
And what did you expect the guests to wear when meeting with the President of the United States? Greasy t-shirts with the Sam Adams logo on them?
July 31, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Missra, the setting and the ambiance. Btw, Professor Gates chose Samuel Adams.
July 31, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Haha he did, really? Pssh, guess he gave in to peer-pressure after all. Well then, it wasn’t completely and Import Beer Summit.
July 31, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Excellent depiction, Jake. It made me laugh. The scene was reminiscent of Wimbledon circa 1908.
August 1, 2009 at 3:38 am
Beerfest at the White House was all very genteel. They could have been drinking tea and eating scones with clotted cream and jam instead of drinking beer. And where were the beer nuts? Didn’t see any peanuts of any kind.
August 1, 2009 at 10:53 am
Thanks, Tom B., for your kind words. Also, I appreciate your Twitter “heads up.”
Dave, did you notice Kiran’s apparent response to your comment?
August 1, 2009 at 11:50 pm
This whole thing reminds me of the time when Pres. Andrew Jackson, under pressure from the Whigs, conceded to ‘invite’ two of his political rivals to the White House for an “after hours affair for spirits and cordials”; once the unfortunate M________ Daniels and C_______ Naughton were seated and the whiskey was poured, Old Hickory promptly shot both of them forthwith.
Times sure have changed…….and for the better!