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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'Just One' More Beer In Iowa: President Obama Visits The Pump Haus In Cedar Falls
. . . news that President Obama is ferrying White House homebrewed beer aboard his massive bus as he rolls through Iowa made headlines on Tuesday, and in the evening there was more sudsy action. Clearly wooing beer track voters, the President made a "surprise" visit to The Pump Haus bar & grill, located on Main Street in the town of Cedar Falls. Surrounded by patrons, the President ordered a Bud Light.
The bartender told the President his Bud was on the house, but the Beer Drinker in Chief argued . . . "No, no, no," President Obama said.
Ahead of his visit to The Pump Haus, President Obama told a crowd in Marshalltown about the Bud he drank on Monday night when he visited the Iowa State Fair.
"It was good. I might have another beer today. You know, just one, he joked. Mission accomplished.
read: http://obamafoodorama.blogspot.com/2012/08/just-one-more-beer-in-iowa-president.html
related:
Inside the White House: Beer Brewing
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021253227
(The President toasts with Iowans)
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'Just One' More Beer In Iowa: President Obama Visits The Pump Haus In Cedar Falls (Original Post)
bigtree
Sep 2012
OP
boomerbust
(2,181 posts)1. That's good
But he might want to sneak over the border to Wisconsin and have a beer or two. Just sayin.
postulater
(5,075 posts)4. Yeah, a real beer. Like Fat Squirrel.
BeyondGeography
(39,341 posts)2. Drinking Bud Light...I think that's called paying your dues
zbdent
(35,392 posts)3. um ... Muslims don't consume alcohol ... right?
postulater
(5,075 posts)5. Obama, playing to HIS base.
A base that Rmoney will never touch.
eShirl
(18,477 posts)6. he can have "another"cuz Bud Light don't count
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)8. Now this is a president you could REALLY have a beer with...
just sayin.