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For President Obama and Angela Merkel, the Beer Lacked Bite
New York Times ^ | June 8, 2015 | by Julie Hirschfeld Davis

Posted on 06/08/2015 3:21:14 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

KRÜN, Germany — It is a tale of beer summitry gone awry.

The day after President Obama clinked glasses of Bavarian ale with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany in a picturesque village square at the foot of the Alps, the town’s mayor confirmed that his beverage had been nonalcoholic.

Mr. Obama’s carefully choreographed sausage-and-beer moment with Ms. Merkel – complete with townspeople in traditional dress and long alphorns serenading them – was intended in part to showcase the leaders’ warm bond after a period of recent strains in their relationship.

“It was a very fine beer,” Mr. Obama told reporters on his way out of the town. “I wish I was staying.”

But it didn’t take long for rumors to begin flying that the beer had been nonalcoholic. The White House dismissed them.

“I’m not aware of what kind of beer the president was served, but I’m confident that he did not order a nonalcoholic beer,” Josh Earnest told reporters. “I don’t know what he was eventually served, but I would be very, very surprised if he ordered a nonalcoholic beer.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: beer; beersummit; failure; fraud; muslim; obama; obamafail; photoops

1 posted on 06/08/2015 3:21:14 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

In a country with the best beer in the world and Zero drinks the watery stuff? Figures.


2 posted on 06/08/2015 3:26:04 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Completely ineffective fake... and the beer is too.


3 posted on 06/08/2015 3:27:04 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (The 1st amendment is the voice and the 2nd is the teeth of freedom. Obama wants to knock out both.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If it isn’t fake, it isn’t Obama.


4 posted on 06/08/2015 3:28:10 PM PDT by CMailBag
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
...maybe the translation from Ebonics to Austrian got screwed up.

they should have hired this guy again....


5 posted on 06/08/2015 3:34:43 PM PDT by spokeshave
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To: colorado tanker

He’s a Muslim.


6 posted on 06/08/2015 3:35:01 PM PDT by kiryandil (Egging the battleship USS Sarah Palin from their little Progressive rowboats...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The imposters version of “I didn’t inhale”.
His minions got the word that the shiftless lazy imposter was tipping a brew at 11:00 a.m. and it wasn’t polling well.


7 posted on 06/08/2015 3:39:13 PM PDT by RS_Rider (I hate Illinois Nazis)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Beer summit fail


8 posted on 06/08/2015 3:43:58 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Funny how Hollywood's 'No Nukes' crowd has been silent during Obama's Iranian nuclear negotiations.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
“I don’t know what he was eventually served, but I would be very, very surprised if he ordered a nonalcoholic beer.”

Apparently he couldn't tell the difference.

9 posted on 06/08/2015 3:44:59 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Funny how Hollywood's 'No Nukes' crowd has been silent during Obama's Iranian nuclear negotiations.)
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To: kiryandil
The sausage dogs were excellent though.


10 posted on 06/08/2015 3:48:02 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Funny how Hollywood's 'No Nukes' crowd has been silent during Obama's Iranian nuclear negotiations.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Obie ordered a very tall cool one...

large enough in fact... that merkel was inspired to begin spinning her famous fish stories


11 posted on 06/08/2015 3:49:02 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: colorado tanker
shhh dont tell...




12 posted on 06/08/2015 3:56:12 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: kiryandil

He’s a Muslim.

Did he eat sausage too? (pork)
But then again, if you lie, cheat or kill to advance islam all is forgiven.
So whats a little pork and beer!


13 posted on 06/08/2015 3:59:10 PM PDT by Isabel2010
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To: colorado tanker

Muslims don’t drink alcohol.


14 posted on 06/08/2015 4:16:20 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (ISIS: Islam's Reformation)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

15 posted on 06/08/2015 4:22:00 PM PDT by jaz.357 (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: spokeshave

I loved that event!! I am still laughing about it.


16 posted on 06/08/2015 5:54:25 PM PDT by Gator113 (~~Cruz, OR LOSE~~ Ted Cruz is the only true Conservative in this race.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Zima is non-alcoholic?


17 posted on 06/08/2015 6:50:57 PM PDT by Oppressed_Citizen
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
That's a hefeweizen. It definitely has alcohol.
18 posted on 06/09/2015 2:49:19 PM PDT by HenpeckedCon (What pi$$es me off the most is that POS commie will get a State Funeral!)
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