Open thread: White House kegstand solves nation’s racial problems
posted at 5:45 pm on July 30, 2009 by Allahpundit
Alternate headline: “Teachable Moment Results In Nothing Much Learned.” I’ll be away from the computer while The Drink-up That Saved America is happening, sad to say, but we need a thread open so that commenters can document the inevitable media cooing about The One’s “brewski diplomacy” or “suds summit” or whatever stupid name they’re cooking up for this stunt. No presser or public statement is being planned by the participants as far as I know, but some reporter’s bound to corner Gates or Crowley afterwards outside the White House for the obligatory “productive discussion” soundbite. As for The One, he’s already on record as being “fascinated with the fascination.”
Fox News is normally my channel of choice, but given the humiliating lengths to which MSNBC’s already gone to hype this photo op plus the fact that Crowley and Gates should be walking in while Matthews’s show is on the air, you’d be a fool not to be watching “Hardball” right now. With any luck, we might actually see some tears. To entertain you while we wait for “news” to break, here’s an amusing report from Comic Con by Red State Update. Much like Crowley this evening, they’re surrounded by nerds who take themselves too seriously. Mild content warning.
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I don’t know, Blatent, but the way I go through beer these
You can always go Ice House! Its better than the beast at least.
sluhser589 on July 30, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Biden just downed his 5th. Juicy-fruits will hit in about 5, 4, 3…
jbh45 on July 30, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Haven’t heard about that stuff in years.
Wonder if you can still find Miester Brau (sp)?
JamesLee on July 30, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Well, I was a military wife back then and we sure had great times on Buckroe Beach. Heh… they had a ferris wheel and a boardwalk and I’m dating myself so I’ll shuddup now like Joe Biden should shut himself up but he can’t do tha LOL
Key West Reader on July 30, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Yeah I believe so. The site mentioned just the midwest.
journeyscarab on July 30, 2009 at 6:55 PM
“Buuuurrrrrppppp!!!”…………
…………. Pardon me!
Seven Percent Solution on July 30, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Icehouse… Plank Road Brewery…?? Aren’t they owned by Miller now?
JamesLee on July 30, 2009 at 6:56 PM
I’m sure somewhere in the basement of the whitehouse Billy Carter hid a couple cases of Billy Beer. The way Barry has been acting like Carter, I’d swear somebody was giving it to him.
portlandon on July 30, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Miller acquired meister brau and made tranformed into miller lite.
jbh45 on July 30, 2009 at 6:57 PM
That’s because this is only a Precedent, not really a President.
progressoverpeace on July 30, 2009 at 6:57 PM
I wonder if Barry will play some drinking games
Pong with Cuffs…
Upstater85 on July 30, 2009 at 6:57 PM
lol
ahhh I gotta go!
enjoy everyone
wish I was drinking
hope some of y’all throw a few back
blatantblue on July 30, 2009 at 6:57 PM
We need a poll. What SHOULD have each of them have chosen as a beer?
portlandon on July 30, 2009 at 6:58 PM
The longer these fellas drink the more likely a few Polish jokes get tossed across the table. Please fellas, you know I’m right.
Gran Torino was a masterpiece of PC slapdown.
Limerick on July 30, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Here is an idea for a drinking game:
Every time Gates says “Yo Mama,” Obama has to down a beer.
Dave R. on July 30, 2009 at 6:59 PM
“Tap-side Chats”…?
RushBaby on July 30, 2009 at 6:59 PM
About time for Michelle O to saunter in too further trivialize the issues.
Biden: Here, Michelle, have a beer?
Michelle: Thanks, but no, Joe. Beer makes my butt look fat.
petefrt on July 30, 2009 at 6:59 PM
LMFAO!!! God, that RedState video is AMAZING!
lansing quaker on July 30, 2009 at 7:00 PM
BO – Pyramid, with a wedge of lime and a flower.
Gates – Colt 45
Crowley – PBR
Biden – Bud lite, and a shot of grey goose
jbh45 on July 30, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Hahah! We used to call it “Splatz”
And, I hope that professor gates gets a red stripe in his briefs… That’s why they call it Red Stripe.
Key West Reader on July 30, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Maybe they will relieve themselves in michelle’s magical garden…that’s what I call ORGANIC!
jbh45 on July 30, 2009 at 7:02 PM
I like how they just stuck Joe Biden in there.
This administration never seems to stop trying make Biden relevant by artificially sticking him in the middle of these situations. (see, “stimulus czar”)
toetotoetotoe on July 30, 2009 at 7:03 PM
LOL.
progressoverpeace on July 30, 2009 at 7:03 PM
MSNBC just reported that Southerners have lined up along the White House fence yelling errrrrrrrrrrrr…errrrrrrrrrrr.
Limerick on July 30, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Had to have Biden there so it would not be two black guys against one whitey I suppose.
Bulldogger on July 30, 2009 at 7:04 PM
If Machelle my belle shows up, the boilermakers will appear (along with a ball gag for bin biden)
Ris4victory on July 30, 2009 at 7:04 PM
No mention of Guinness?
My favorite beers are from Belgium lately. A new superstore with more beers than Obama/Biden gaffes opened up near me recently. It’s beer heaven.
I’d better stock up before the new MA alcohol tax, bastards…
It’s too bad, Crowley had a lot of nice local brews to chose from:
Harpoon
Long Trail (VT)
Wachusett (Great Octoberfest Ale)
Opa-Opa (damn fine beer, brewed out here in Western MA)
Sam Adams
reaganaut on July 30, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Heh, add some uric acid to the lead in that lettuce? Yum!
petefrt on July 30, 2009 at 7:05 PM
Happy Coptoberfest everybody.
Ronnie on July 30, 2009 at 7:05 PM
petefrt on July 30, 2009 at 6:59 PM
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Biden: Actually Michelle, it’s making it look pretty good.
dont taze me bro on July 30, 2009 at 7:06 PM
hang on, Crowley is going to give a press conference shortly, or so they say. . .
Willie on July 30, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Oopah!
jbh45 on July 30, 2009 at 7:06 PM
The Precedent’s old private doctor just called private health insurance an “abomination”. Cool. Lunatics and America-haters everywhere.
Beer for all!!
progressoverpeace on July 30, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Uh. The White House Cook makes your butt look fat, Michelle. Stop. Eating. Now.
Key West Reader on July 30, 2009 at 7:07 PM
It makes my heart sick and sad when I remember all the good words and the broken promises. My father was the first to see through the schemes of this man. My father had sharper eyes than the rest of our people. You might as well expect rivers to run backwards as to believe anything this man says.
Hinmahtooyahlatkek on July 30, 2009 at 7:07 PM
One quick question. I know we are all having fun with this, but I have to ask, how many of you would actually turn down a request for a drink with the President, whichever President he or she happened to be?
Myself, I would attend. I may not like a single thing that Obama seems to stand for, but I would in all honesty probably enjoy a chance to talk with him one on one, and would at least be respectful even if I didnt’ agree with a word.
*shrug* Maybe I’m being naive, but what would you all do?
JamesLee on July 30, 2009 at 7:07 PM
I know, I hate Bud too. Guinness all the way.
Cr4sh Dummy on July 30, 2009 at 7:07 PM
I think I’m going to go into hibernation for about 3 years. Wake me up when not everything is turned into a trite conversation about race that I don’t want to hear anymore.
cheesebiz on July 30, 2009 at 7:08 PM
Now they are saying Prof Gates had Sam Adams lite and Biden had a non alcoholic beer.
artchick on July 30, 2009 at 7:08 PM
Thanks for sharing that.
Del Dolemonte on July 30, 2009 at 7:09 PM
I’ll answer. President or not I wouldn’t drink with some. Carter is #1 on my not worth cowgas list. If he asked I’d sue him for asking.
Limerick on July 30, 2009 at 7:09 PM
So, which is more ridiculously childish and embarrassing event, this moronic beer over The Precedent’s racial-grievance mongering and impenetrable stupidity, or Shrillary’s ‘reset’ nuclear button given to the Ruskies that was mistranslated by the geniuses at State and read ‘overcharged’ (as in ‘ready to explode’)?
It’s tough. The competition for stupidest act by this administration is not for amateurs, or anyone with an IQ over 62.
progressoverpeace on July 30, 2009 at 7:10 PM
mmm…Belgian…Chimay, Delirium Tremens, Duvel, & Lindemans Kriek Lambic are my favorites.
racecar05 on July 30, 2009 at 7:10 PM
Whence cometh the renowned Coyote Syndrome.
petefrt on July 30, 2009 at 7:11 PM
CNN had a ‘suds summit’ countdown clock on screen.
america has gone round the bend.
DrW on July 30, 2009 at 7:12 PM
ha!
I’m not usually a Red State Update fan…but this one’s hilarious!
JetBoy on July 30, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Don’t fret. Congress is passing a resolution, next week, that rivers run backwards. It’ll all be good.
progressoverpeace on July 30, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Fat Tire definitely makes the cut. Also,
Guinness
Rogue Dead Guy Ale
Heineken
Red Stripe
Corona
Fosters
Hoegaarden
Julius Echter Hefe Weissen, made in Wurzburg. Correct me if I’m wrong. Man, that’s the nectar of the Gods.
Yes, I like beer, it makes me a jolly good fellow. I like beer, it helps me unwind, and sometimes it makes it makes me feel mellow.
Sam_I_Am on July 30, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Only if I could get Obama to shot gun a beer with me.
sluhser589 on July 30, 2009 at 7:12 PM
To chide Crowley for not noticing that Gates was a clean and articulate negro.
BitterClinger on July 30, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Nawwwww, this wins it, hands down. Obamaclown makes Shrillary look like a pro.
petefrt on July 30, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Then he’s not done his research, as the majority owner of the company that makes the stuff is Guinness. They even brew some Red Stripe in the British Isles now.
Del Dolemonte on July 30, 2009 at 7:13 PM
So Biden’s there for racial balance, huh? Shameless doesn’t even begin to describe…
Rational Thought on July 30, 2009 at 7:14 PM
Whence cometh the renowned Coyote Syndrome.
petefrt on July 30, 2009 at 7:11 PM
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Yep, root cause: beer goggles.
dont taze me bro on July 30, 2009 at 7:14 PM
I love Dead Guy ale…
ladyingray on July 30, 2009 at 7:15 PM
i hope the white cops are waiting for gates to drive away from the white house, pull him over, give fst’s, then arrest him for dui.
rjoco1 on July 30, 2009 at 7:15 PM
I’d refuse any of them if I were being used as a symbol for their poltical benefit.
a capella on July 30, 2009 at 7:16 PM
After age 35-40 or so, it’s not as difficult as you may think. Actually, once you realize you’re being suckered, it’s not difficult at all.
petefrt on July 30, 2009 at 7:16 PM
It would certainly depend on who it was. For The Precedent, I wouldn’t accept anything from him or participate in any of his kabuki theater antics. He’s out to kill America and I wouldn’t let myself be any part of that. I would love to debate him, though.
progressoverpeace on July 30, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Winner.
fourstringfuror on July 30, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Pilser Urquell
Proud Rino on July 30, 2009 at 6:39 PM
Wasn’t Urquell that nerdy black kid on TV? What are you, some kind of RACIST?!?
KS Rex on July 30, 2009 at 7:16 PM
=political
a capella on July 30, 2009 at 7:16 PM
That’s the first thing I thought when I saw Binen there.
Bulldogger on July 30, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Without hesitation. Sans doutte.
fourstringfuror on July 30, 2009 at 7:17 PM
I live on long island all my life and never heard of it. Just visited the web site. Ill put that on my to do list.
Greed on July 30, 2009 at 7:17 PM
if you are in that area, try to get out to Blue Point’s brewery
blatantblue on July 30, 2009 at 6:44 PM
I live on long island all my life and never heard of it. Just visited the web site. Ill put that on my to do list.
Greed on July 30, 2009 at 7:17 PM
Where at?
Southold here
blatantblue on July 30, 2009 at 7:19 PM
Yeah. It’s amazing, really. I never thought anything could have approached the stupidity of that ‘reset’ button, but here we are. Just think, they’re going to do stuff in a couple of weeks that’ll make this moronic beer summit look half-decent.
The curve has gone very, very, very low these days. It’s as if a 21/100 is in the top 1% now. Oy.
progressoverpeace on July 30, 2009 at 7:19 PM
yes, I guess that WOULD be a factor that I would have to consider. I was actually speaking in a generality, not necessarily in response to any specific event.
Sort of like getting a cell call on the way home: “Honey, can you grab some beer on the way home? The President is stopping by about 7:30″
But point taken, I would not want to be part of some distraction, or want it to be made into something that it wasn’t. And Obama probably would do both.
JamesLee on July 30, 2009 at 7:20 PM
Crowley to make statement soon on FNC. Here we go….
petefrt on July 30, 2009 at 7:22 PM
I would kick the turd off of my property. Property rights. Use them while we’ve still got them.
progressoverpeace on July 30, 2009 at 7:22 PM
Sam Adams is now being brewed at the old Rolling Rock brewery in Latrobe. “Glass-lined tanks”, y’ know?
Del Dolemonte on July 30, 2009 at 7:22 PM
Mr. Lee, generally speaking it’d be like sitting down with Britney Spears or Madonna or Brad Pitt or ______ insert celebrity name here.
We don’t have a leader, we have an Actor. This is why none of his bills will pass. He is not a leader.
Someone once said, all the world is a stage. Obama’s a stooge on a stage.
Key West Reader on July 30, 2009 at 7:25 PM
Beer Goggles. Tax them!
/Pelosi
Key West Reader on July 30, 2009 at 7:26 PM
Sam Adams?
The Sam Adams, former tax collector turned Boston Tea Party terrorist?
Really?
Limerick on July 30, 2009 at 7:29 PM
For Obama, I wouldn’t even have taken the phone call.
AZCoyote on July 30, 2009 at 7:29 PM
Key West Reader on July 30, 2009 at 7:26 PM
.
She’s bitter because she knows beer goggles never worked on her!
dont taze me bro on July 30, 2009 at 7:29 PM
Did he choke on it? Did it run out his nose?
petefrt on July 30, 2009 at 7:29 PM
Shots for everybody let the healing begin hic….
Dr Evil on July 30, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Wow your out there. Ive been out to shelter island a few times. Im in Baldwin on the south shore (Nassau county)
Greed on July 30, 2009 at 7:30 PM
No way in hell I’d go either. It’s simple for me, they have shown their character. More accurately, the lack thereof. I won’t waste my time with individuals like that.
Sam_I_Am on July 30, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Progressoverpeace and Obama, one on one
Progressoverpeace and Obama, one on one
For his Teleprompter see how Obama would run
For his Teleprompter see how Obama would run
He would run after
His Telepromter like on it depended his very life
And Progressoverpeace would cut off his tail
With a carving knife
Did you ever see
Such a sight in your life?
Cheshire Cat on July 30, 2009 at 7:32 PM
Bottoms up, gang (but not you, Michelle). The next round’s on me!
petefrt on July 30, 2009 at 7:33 PM
The People’s Cube has some great ideas for the beer they chose these guys are great at photo shopping.
http://thepeoplescube.com/red/viewtopic.php?t=3793&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=
Dr Evil on July 30, 2009 at 7:36 PM
Up next commercial for SuperBore…Summit Beer, made of select cowpies and hops.
Limerick on July 30, 2009 at 7:38 PM
I think it’s just her Genes.
PaCadle on July 30, 2009 at 7:40 PM
I wouldnt go either it looks like a real sausage fest.
Greed on July 30, 2009 at 7:40 PM
Crowley is being used, but is still trying to maintain some class and professionalism
Willie on July 30, 2009 at 7:43 PM
Heh heh. I hope you don’t get any extra secret service attention for referencing a tail. If a cop can be immediately fired and called a “cancer” for using the dreaded word, “monkey”, to describe a maggot in an email, who knows what sets them off, these days?
progressoverpeace on July 30, 2009 at 7:44 PM
Crowley: Joe Biden nice guy, nice to the families and talked about unrelated topics. You go Joe, saved us from an idiot like Sarah
Willie on July 30, 2009 at 7:46 PM
Plus if he didnt go they would say its because hes really is a racist.
Greed on July 30, 2009 at 7:47 PM
They’re going to call him a racist next week, anyway. Gates will probably give a whole lecture series on the racist nature of Sgt. Crowley.
progressoverpeace on July 30, 2009 at 7:50 PM
If you listen closely, you can hear the song, “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” by War playing in the background.
Special K on July 30, 2009 at 7:58 PM
People’s Cube is the best conservative comedy site evah. Anybody here at HA who hasn’t browsed it, give yourself a treat.
petefrt on July 30, 2009 at 8:00 PM
And now Biden, who’s knocked a few back by now, decides to sing along!
“I’d kinda like to be the President
Then I can show you how your money is spent!”
“Why can’t we be friends?
Why can’t we be friends?”
Special K on July 30, 2009 at 8:01 PM
While Obama’s a Chicago thug, the stunt you described is more the style of Crowley and his buddies in blue. As a matter of fact there have been DUI & D&D convictions overturned after cops compelled people to drive drunk or go out drunk in public.
rokemronnie on July 30, 2009 at 8:03 PM
The Cambridge PD evidence room has a good stock. Those rich Harvard kids can afford good blow.
rokemronnie on July 30, 2009 at 8:05 PM
Nah, that would be racist. All my black friends laugh because I won’t use blunt wraps. The brothers Braunstein are good enough for me.
rokemronnie on July 30, 2009 at 8:07 PM
No doubt about it. Crowley has been used and snookered.
Sometimes, more often lately than before, I think taking the high road against the radical left is little more than a futile martyrdom. Crowley, for all his patriotism and professionalism, has been snookered by our Community Oranganizer in Chief.
petefrt on July 30, 2009 at 8:08 PM
And Obama joins in,
“Sometimes I don’t speak too bright
but yet I know what I’m talking about”
“Why can’t we be friends?
Why can’t we be friends?”
Special K on July 30, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Thanks for that. I laughed so hard!
shibumiglass on July 30, 2009 at 8:10 PM
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