"Obama's mentions of alcohol consumption could have been a subtle attempt to contrast himself with Romney, a Mormon, who does not drink......."
....and including this statement in the article was a not so subtle ploy by Reuters to insert Romney's religion into the "news".
16 posted on 08/17/2012 5:02:34 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage
(Galileo: In science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of one individual)
During Obama's "beer summit" with Sgt. Crowley at the White House, the only person who drank a real beer was Sgt. Crowley. (He had a Blue Moon. The others had non-alcoholic beer.)
Of course it was smart not to let Joe Biden drink something alcoholic--he might have blurted out something stupid.