Obama beer sparks controversy

[crankmob]

http://www.wwl.com/Obama-beer-sparks-controversy/3951383

mmm.. looks tasty!!

[Ian David]

1. Anyone who has a problem with this should Google "Bush Drunk Olympics" n/t

[YOY]

20. And there shines the difference between a guy downing a cold one and a fucking drunk.

n.t.

[babylonsister]

2. Welcome to DU, crankmob, and some of these comments are

ridiculous! Poor guy can't catch a break anywhere!

From the OP:

One caller to WWL complained, "People are losing 5, 10, 20 thousand dollars a day in the stock market, and he's sitting there drinking a beer!" She also said, "It's insulting... there's a lot of people suffering." She insisted President Obama should not publicly have fun during a time of so much pain.

"That's the craziest thing I've ever heard in my life," one man called in to reply. "He didn't mess up the country, first of all... let's be real now. A man's gotta take some down time."

"She needs to get a life," another called responded. "We all need to lighten up."

Another man said, "Aww heck, you know, ain't nothin' wrong with it. He's takin' a little break, knockin' him down a cold one."

However, another woman was upset about the courtside presidential beer. "The president is the president 24 hours a day. I don't think he should drink on the job."

[havocmom]

4. the man got more done in 30 days than his predecessor has in a lifetime

Beer seems a fair exchange for the work he puts in.

[tangent90]

6. I shudder to think what they'd be saying if he'd had a glass of French wine

:scared:

[babylonsister]

7. Haha! No kidding! I just can't believe how ignorant people can be. nt

[Sultana]

3. *rolls eyes*

:wtf: Aren't these the same idiots who said they prefer drinking beer w/ * than John Kerry?


edit, LOL at the last one, I am guessing she turned a blind eye to the number of vacation days * took during his presidency.

[GrantDem]

5. OH MY GOD!!!

How dare he drink a beer!!!

:sarcasm:



Cheers Mr. President :toast:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

8. I don't get it.

Which is the problem? A guy drinking a beer? Or some dipshit losing 20,000 dollars a day playing the stock market?

[DebbieCDC]

9. He shouldn't "drink on the job"?????

Jeebus lady are you effing nuts or what?

Maybe he shouldn't "sleep on the job", or "eat on the job" either.

Gee, I didn't hear them yelling with ChimpShit went on vacation five or six times a year "on the job".

[The Hope Mobile]

12. Actually he took 77 separate vacations in those 8 years so almost

an average of ten separate vacations/year. But whose counting? :)

[spanone]

10. wow, ONE LADY complained.....

[TK421]

11. So let me get this straight...those callers who objected to Obama having a beer

( at a sporting event, no less ) didn't like it because this is a difficult time in the country? Are these fucking people for fucking real? :rofl: It could take years for this economy to fully recover, so I guess he shouldn't drink any alcoholic beverages, or have seconds on dessert, or.....oh-fuck it!!! :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[ContinentalOp]

13. They're just jealous cause their guy can't handle his drink and has to pretend to be a teetotaler nt

[guitar man]

14. hmmm

I googled "Obama Beer" and got 570 news hits. "Obama Beer Controversy" only gave me one. Seems the "controversy" is the creation of one Dave Cohen at WWL radio, AM 870. My, how some people get themselve confused with somebody important. :eyes:

[Lyric]

15. "He shouldn't drink on the job"

I guess the wine served with state dinners is out, then. Moran.

:eyes:

[Kitty Herder]

16. Oh, fer fucks sake.

Some people will make a controversy out of nothing. :eyes:

[trackfan]

17. Anybody who begrudges the President, or anyone else for that matter,

a beer, is utterly mad. I believe they deserve the DEATH PENALTY for their madness. That's my opinion, so FUCK EVERYONE ELSE.

Thank you, and good night.

[alcibiades_mystery]

18. Outrage FAIL

:rofl:

[CTyankee]

19. I think he is modeling responsible drinking behavior.

He's showing that you don't have to be a teetotaler or a falling down drunk. There is a way to have a beer and enjoy yourself without getting hammered at a sports event.

He's an excellent role model for young people.

[FrenchieCat]

21. Sounds like they've got nothin'!

[LiberalPersona]

22. I wonder if

she was that angry when Bush spent all that time on vacation while our troops were dying by the thousands. Or when he sat there doing nothing for a while after he was informed that the country was "under attack."

[paparush]

23. "Beer is God's way of telling us that he loves us and wants us to be happy." - Ben Franklin

"Now son, you don't want to drink beer. That's for Daddies, and kids with fake IDs." - Homer Simpson

[damntexdem]

26. But in heaven there is no beer.

That's why we drink it here.

[n2doc]

24. At least he's one person who isn't going to drink and drive!

Sheesh, we finally have a prez I'd want to have a beer with, who actually drinks beer, and some idiots have to get mad about it...

[damntexdem]

27. Not even drive for a basket?

Well, maybe he doesn't drink before that.

[damntexdem]

25. Wow, to think: if he stops drinking beer, people won't lose money in the stock market any more.

If only he had known!

;-)

[graywarrior]

28. Obama drinks a beer while republicans eat shit