Beer Summit

Uniting enemies and diffusing the Nation's collective racial tensions... how are we still lacking a post on this monumental occasion for beer tonight at the White House. Not that I want to divert any more attention to the incident in Cambridge but I had to get a word in about the prominence of beer in the latest twists of what is turning into a larger discourse on race.

On the menu are Bud Light (Obama), Blue Moon (Crowley) and Red Stripe (Gates). Obama should have selected Allagash White to complete the Stars and Stripes trifecta. More than that an American craft brewery could have received a shout out here since they we're handed any bailouts in the stimulus package.

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