Oh, It’s Tuesday: Friends Don’t Let Presidents Drink Bud Lite
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Now I’ll give just about any wine a go. And I often answer, “Surprise me” when bartenders ask me if I want a particular brand of scotch, whisky or bourbon. Well drinks? I ain’t hating!
But there is one thing that I don’t truck with and that is bad beer.
So imagine my abject horror when Obama chose Bud Lite for the now infamous “Beer Summit.” Listen I know POTUSes are supposed to sacrifice for country and all that — but Bud Lite??? Seriously, eww!
Even in my most starving and (therefore hard-drinking) artist days, I did not abide Bud Lite. And furthermore, I did my civic duty by making fun of people who did. To their faces! So now I say, “Mr. President, hath ye no pride … or palate?”
Are the hearts of middle America worth letting a terrible concoction that looks like piss and tastes like hops-flavored water pass your lips? Methinks not.
I still don’t understand why President Obama didn’t choose a Sam Adams, since both the professor and the police officer came down from Boston to visit him. Sammie A ain’t great, but it will do in a pinch. I also would have accepted Pabst Blue Ribbon, but Bud Lite? No, no, no. When CH was not drinking with me in solidarity during my pregnancy, I told him he could drink Bud Lite since that wasn’t really beer and in my opin worst-tasting than O’Douls. He passed on that particular offer.
Of course this all begs the question: if you were to have the now-proverbial “beer with the president,” what beer would you choose? When I’m drinking beer unaccompanied, I usually go with a Guinness, but since it’s summer and on the East Coast, I’d say a Stella Artois, and save my beloved Negra Modela for the West Coast barbecues. But how about you? Let us know your beer of choice in the comments.
A New Belgium variety. Curernt love is Sunshine with a slice of orange. A step above a Blue Moon!
A New Belgium variety. Curernt love is Sunshine with a slice of orange. A step above a Blue Moon!
Any hefferveisen
Any hefferveisen
You'd have to stick with an American beer. I'd go with Shiner Bock or Fat Tire. But really, I'd prefer a nice California cabernet with the POTUS
You'd have to stick with an American beer. I'd go with Shiner Bock or Fat Tire. But really, I'd prefer a nice California cabernet with the POTUS
I'd drink the Redbridge, cause it's gluten-free and doesn't make my sinuses go haywire. But the Bridge is hard to find, so if pressed, I'll always answer "Make mine Stella…"
I agree BTW, if a bar only carries Bud Lite, I'll get a scotch. I can drink Miller Lite if it's around, but Bud gives me an instant headache. I do think it's funny how Fox & Friends were making Bud out to be a foreign beer because Inbev just bought Anheuser-Busch last year, made me chuckle.
I'd drink the Redbridge, cause it's gluten-free and doesn't make my sinuses go haywire. But the Bridge is hard to find, so if pressed, I'll always answer "Make mine Stella…"
I agree BTW, if a bar only carries Bud Lite, I'll get a scotch. I can drink Miller Lite if it's around, but Bud gives me an instant headache. I do think it's funny how Fox & Friends were making Bud out to be a foreign beer because Inbev just bought Anheuser-Busch last year, made me chuckle.
Yuengling… how can you go wrong with America's oldest brewery. It really is a stunning Lager.
Yuengling… how can you go wrong with America's oldest brewery. It really is a stunning Lager.
Choosing a good beer would earn Obama charges of elitism. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
I don't drink beer, but if I did, it would be a Belgian. There are some fine U.S. microbrews too, for those who need to support American businesses (such as Presidents)… but again, "elitist."
Choosing a good beer would earn Obama charges of elitism. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
I don't drink beer, but if I did, it would be a Belgian. There are some fine U.S. microbrews too, for those who need to support American businesses (such as Presidents)… but again, "elitist."