President Obama hammered an Irish beer(ale?) down and slammed the money on the bar and said ...

NNN0LHI

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Mon May-23-11 12:35 PM
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President Obama hammered an Irish beer(ale?) down and slammed the money on the bar and said ...

...I pay my own way. No fish hooks in his pocket like most Republicans I know.

Classy guy.

Heard that earlier on the news.

Don

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Taverner

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Mon May-23-11 12:37 PM
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1. Hate to say this, but got a link?

Only because I would love to post the shit out of that story!

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NNN0LHI

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Mon May-23-11 12:41 PM
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2. Don't have a link. It was reported on MSNBC about an hour ago

I will check to see if one of the news services has picked it up and post it later. After I go pee. First things first.

Don

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Elwood P Dowd

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Mon May-23-11 12:43 PM
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5. It's at the end of this video.....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x585843

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NNN0LHI

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Mon May-23-11 12:46 PM
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6. Thank you very much for locating that for Taverner

And also for saving me time looking for it.

:hi:

Don

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Maeve

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Mon May-23-11 12:41 PM
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3. If he drank Guinness, that's a stout

Would like to know what he did drink... :beer:

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Taverner

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Mon May-23-11 12:43 PM
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4. Stouts use ale yeast, so technically it would be an ale

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Maeve

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Mon May-23-11 01:09 PM
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18. I wasn't correcting, I was clarifying

Sort of like "it was an animal(mammal?)" and I said "a bear"--all three can be right, the last is just more specific (and speaks to the question mark of the original).
Slainte! :beer:

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Angry Dragon

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Mon May-23-11 12:47 PM
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7. European Guinness is GOOD..........

not so much American Guinness

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Maeve

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Mon May-23-11 12:54 PM
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12. If you can get your hands on Guinness Foreign Extra Stout, it's closer

It's hard to find, but worth it! :beer:

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Angry Dragon

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Mon May-23-11 01:01 PM
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15. Thank you ............ I will look for it

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Lance_Boyle

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Mon May-23-11 12:54 PM
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11. A stout, which is an ale. n/t

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Ghost Dog

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Mon May-23-11 01:06 PM
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16. Well, they sipped:

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OKDem08

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Mon May-23-11 12:49 PM
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8. meh...the US economy could use his attn

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jaxx

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Mon May-23-11 12:51 PM
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9. He can walk and chew gum at the same time.

Nothing is being ignored.

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PotatoChip

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Mon May-23-11 01:15 PM
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20. +1

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treestar

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Mon May-23-11 01:26 PM
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22. this is part of it

Keeping relationships with other countries.

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itsrobert

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Mon May-23-11 12:54 PM
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10. Nice, but how about the Air Fare on Air Froce One and the rest?

Of course if I got all those 'freebies' to go to Ireland, I could at least pay for my own beer.

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rurallib

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Mon May-23-11 01:11 PM
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19. ? ? Should he pay rent on the White House also?

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itsrobert

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Mon May-23-11 01:52 PM
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23. Nope, I guess the irony of someone saying they pay their own way

by chipping in 5 Euros in a Multi-Million dollar trip is lost on some.

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mistertrickster

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Mon May-23-11 11:34 PM
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26. Actually, if you listen to the vid, O slaps the punts down and says,

Edited on Mon May-23-11 11:38 PM by mistertrickster

"Listen . . . I just want you to know that the President pays his bar tab."

Cheers erupt . . .

(on edit--the Irish use euros now. When I was there, it was still punts, i.e., Irish pounds.)

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Welibs

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Mon May-23-11 02:28 PM
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25. Why is it someone asks about Obama's Air Force One costs but

BUSH SPENT 1100 VACA DAYS IN CRAWFORD THAT COST THE COUNTRY 17 MILLION DOLLARS WITH HIS BACK AND FORTH FLIGHTS. THE STUPD DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER TO SHOW UP FOR WORK FOR ALMOST 50% OF THE 8 YEARS WE PAID HIM FOR???

WHO CARES HOW MUCH AIR FORCE ONE COSTS FOR OBAMA. HE'S ON A DIPLOMATIC JOURNEY TO REPAIR THE HORRORS OF BUSH/REPUBLICAN REGIME THAT MADE THE WORLD HATE AMERICA MORE THAN AT ANY TIME IN HISTORY!

Sorry, I am sick of these coming up every single time Obama goes somewhere. It's so ridiculous while the GOP is giving away billions in taxpayer money to billionaires!

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pipi_k

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Mon May-23-11 12:56 PM
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13. Huh?

Paying for your own beer makes you a classy guy?

I dunno. Maybe it's just me, but I always thought "class" was about a whole lot more. Not that I have anything against Pres Obama, because I don't. I think he's a pretty classy guy anyway.

But really...I do know people of all shapes, sizes, and political persuasions who not only pay for their own beer (stuff) but for other people's as well.

That doesn't make them classy...

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mfcorey1

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Mon May-23-11 12:59 PM
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14. Just like many Presidents before him. Perks come with the job. Sorry it offends you. nt

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Cali_Democrat

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Mon May-23-11 01:08 PM
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17. Did he pay in Euros or Dollars?

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CTyankee

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Mon May-23-11 01:59 PM
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24. Ireland is one of the 13 European nations with the Euro currency.

Edited on Mon May-23-11 02:12 PM by CTyankee

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KamaAina

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Mon May-23-11 01:24 PM
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21. That would be President O'Bama

for the time being. :-)

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