[Ale] To the Chief.

30 July 2009 @ 07:37 pm

[Ale] To the Chief.

President Barack Obama, right, and Vice President Joe Biden, left, have a beer with Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., second from left, and Cambridge, Mass., police Sgt. James Crowley in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington Thursday, July 30, 2009.

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recumbentgoat on July 31st, 2009 12:24 am (UTC)

one of your links i think you're missing something

but--was just saying elsewhere--what's Biden thinking in all of this. lol

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schmiss on July 31st, 2009 12:26 am (UTC)

Comment from TeresaKopec on Twitter:

Crowley: Biden "told a few stories that were unrelated to the topic at hand." Yeah, that's sort of why we love him.

XD

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princessrugger on July 31st, 2009 12:29 am (UTC)

man, to be a fly on the wall. or, you know, lawn chair.

all these photos are begging to be macro'd.

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recumbentgoat on July 31st, 2009 12:30 am (UTC)

ETA: oh, you fixed already.

--i may as well just add that it sucks that its going to hurt Obama in the end for having to 'mediate' this or have a 'teachable' moment. that's some damn tragic mulatto crap right there. smh

though i realize that he's the kind of guy who'd want to get something constructive out of this. i just think that everyone will use this to save face...where the entire point will be missed on poc getting racially profiled and/or having to deal with poorly trained/racist cops. or the other myriad issues facing poc in a white racist world. and the fact that this shit went down in Cambridge--the white liberal elite utopia shouldn't be lost on anyone either. smh

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ladypolitik on July 31st, 2009 12:34 am (UTC)

--i may as well just add that it sucks that its going to hurt Obama in the end for having to 'mediate' this or have a 'teachable' moment. that's some damn tragic mulatto crap right there. smh

OMG IKR.

And I completely agree.

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thedarkevilone on July 31st, 2009 12:57 am (UTC)

I was distracted by the beer and the pretzels in the snazzy sterling silver dish. What? I was amused.

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jessica_leah on July 31st, 2009 01:40 am (UTC)

Only one of them is actually drinking any, lol.

<3 the silver pretzel bowls!

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hawkward on July 31st, 2009 01:59 am (UTC)

Where's the REAL news -- what types of beer are they drinking?!

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beachtrees on July 31st, 2009 02:13 am (UTC)

I believe Obama had Budweiser and the police guy had Blue Moon. There was a post about it in ONTD politics awhile back and I can't remember what the other two had.

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manifest_now on July 31st, 2009 02:20 am (UTC)

none of em would win at a game of quarters... lol

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nonagon9 on July 31st, 2009 02:27 am (UTC)

God, this looks so... awkward...

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peapods42 on July 31st, 2009 02:30 am (UTC)

1. Ale to the Chief was the name of my friend's St. Patrick's Day party this year.

2. There is little point to pretzels if you are not going to drink the beer.

3. Why is he (not) drinking Budweiser, when he is from a city that boasts Goose Island Brewery? I'm just sayin'.

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__idle_tuesday on July 31st, 2009 02:31 am (UTC)

oh to have been a fly on the shrubbery. i wonder what joe biden said.

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alryssa on July 31st, 2009 02:47 am (UTC)

is it just me or does it really look like there's a serious party happening in our potus' pants, because I wanna be invited. @_@

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luvangel330 on July 31st, 2009 03:44 am (UTC)

You cheeky naughty thing you ;)

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bluebombardier on July 31st, 2009 04:30 pm (UTC)

Is it wrong of me to laugh at how the policeman is wearing a blue(-collared) shirt and everyone else is in white?

And BUD LITE? I DISAPPROVE, MR. PRESIDENT. >:(

Also, facetious transcript of Beer Summit.

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buffy_usa on July 31st, 2009 05:43 pm (UTC)

sorry but i don't think obama should have said anything at all.

imo gates was being a jerk and the cop was being a jerk and them both being jerks made this more than it should've been and the potus should not be bothering himself with oprah nonsense.

i love my potus but this was SO OVERBLOWN. jmo.

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miss_opinion on July 31st, 2009 05:46 pm (UTC)

He didn't have to say anything but it wasn't wrong to say something. He made a mistake, so did the cop and Gates (though arresting Gates was rediculous). So what he made a mistake in talking. The talking heads in the media go on and on about how he shouldn't have said anything. It's as if Obama has to be perfect, and everyone else is allowed to give an opinion. His response a week ago was not over the line or disrespectful. But in the end he did all he can do to clear things up. I respect a President that is willing to make amends, after eight years of an overgrown child that couldn't think of ONE regret he had as President.

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miss_opinion on July 31st, 2009 05:43 pm (UTC)

Damn, if this is how you get to have a one on one drink with Obama, I'm going to get myself arrested ASAP!

=D J/K

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ladypolitik on August 1st, 2009 04:14 am (UTC)

Sheeeit. Im down if you are.

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glass_pyx on July 31st, 2009 09:55 pm (UTC)

Awesome :)

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pizzuti on July 31st, 2009 10:52 pm (UTC)

Don't get me wrong, this event in American history is beautiful.

BUT - it just me, or does the huge mob of press agents, the sterling silver pretzel dish, and the fanfare of a waiter-in-suit-and-tie giving each person one personalized beer mug sort of defeat the concept of "having a beer?"

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