A good question to ask house guests or a catchy slogan if you’re Pabst Brewing. But it becomes a more complicated question when you’re the leader of the free world, where every action and every decision is analyzed. Yes, when you’re the president of the United States even your choice in beer is scrutinized.
Recently, President Barack Obama stopped at Ziggy’s Bar in Amherst, Ohio, about 30 miles outside Cleveland. The president stayed about 90 minutes, stopping to talk with patrons and pose for photos. In those photos, the president is seen drinking a Miller Lite draft and later, a bottle of Bud Light.
The photos created headlines about the president’s “carefully orchestrated appearance” designed to appeal to “working class” crowds and his choice of beer was presumed to be evidence of that.
It’s a logical conclusion, as Bud Light has been in the political spotlight before. It was President Obama‘s beer of choice for a 2009 White House beer summit with Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and policeman James Crowley.
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