Long-Awaited Beer With Bush Really Awkward

Long-Awaited Beer With Bush Really Awkward, Voter Reports

November 16, 2005 | Issue 41•46

WARREN, PA—Although respondents to a Pew poll taken prior to the 2004 presidential election characterized Bush as "the candidate they'd most like to sit down and have a beer with," Chris Reinard lived the hypothetical scenario Sunday afternoon, and characterized it as "really uncomfortable and awkward."

Reinard, a father of four who supported Bush in the 2000 and 2004 elections, said sharing a beer with the president at the Switchyard Tap gave him "an uneasy feeling."

The president arrived at the bar via motorcade close to 3 p.m. After a sweep by Secret Service agents, Reinard was asked, for security reasons, to move from his favorite stool. Shortly after he had reseated himself, Reinard said he "was pleased" to welcome the president to the Switchyard.

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That scenario is just too plausible... and the photo is one piece of photoshop artwork.

I'm actually wondering if this is true! Therefore, this must be the Onion's finest piece!

a non-alcoholic beer-so I can see that being consistent with his image they were trying to puff up

you guys DO know Odoules is non-alcoholic =p

What a fantastic bit of satire. I could really see a conversation between Joe Blow and Bush happening in exactly this fashion.

and I almost fell for this. The Onion has hits and misses, but this is a direct hit. Whoever did the photoshop is an absolute artist, and that's who I want to have a beer with.