Obama Grabs a Beer With Medal of Honor Recipient

[Historic NY]

http://gawker.com/5840469/

[11 Bravo]

1. What time was that picture taken!?!? Was it after 5:00 pm? If not ... well this is DU ...

so President Obama must be excoriated as a problem drinker.

[joshcryer]

2. Funny seeing the Fox News reporter who broke this on twitter being respectful:

http://twitter.com/#!/edhenryTV

Defends the President and says it wasn't "just a photo op..."

Apparently Meyers asked the President to have a beer with him and the President happily obliged. Really cool. :)

[bluestateguy]

3. Sounds like the Marine was the one who initiated the meeting, not Obama

So it seems fair to surmise that he wanted to meet the president.

[CakeGrrl]

4. But Cowboy Perry said that the military doesn't respect the office right now!

Wha happen?

[Hosnon]

5. Every time I see a picture of this area of the White House, I wonder:

Why the crappy patio furniture?

[TwilightGardener]

6. Yes, the White House basically has what I have on my patio--

the cheap wrought iron set from a big box. I would have expected better.

[Kennah]

17. But it's outdoor furniture! Do we really want a chaise longue outside?

[demosincebirth]

7. Well, if the government bought it, it probably cost millions.

[progressoid]

10. I have that crappy furniture!

I got mine second hand. I'm guessing they didn't get the same deal I did.

[Mimosa]

13. What a snobby thing to post!

Yikes. Sounds like something a UC TWIT would say.

[Hosnon]

14. What's a UC TWIT?

But I don't consider it a snobby remark (obviously). I generally expect the White House to have extremely nice furnishings, not something I've owned myself.

[Tarheel_Dem]

8. K & R

[corkhead]

9. They are un-American because they are not drinking their beer out of cans like god intended

Megan Kelley told me so.

godless smiley thingy :beer:

[Mr Gerrity]

11. Awesome n/t

[hedgehog]

12. Bud? Sam Adams? Coors? Enquiring minds want to know!

[KOfan]

15. Commander in Chief

He looks relaxed and confident in this pic.:thumbsup:

[Honeycombe8]

16. Great pic. And what a hero...when I heard about what that guy did & how humble he is...

it amazes me. He truly is a hero deserving of the Medal of Honor.

[watercolors]

18. White House makes its own beer , called HONEY BEER, its

made from the bee hives on the ground of White House!!