Both Gates and Crowley brought their families to the White House and they toured the East Wing together before the sit-down. Gates brough his kids, fiance and father. Crowley brought his wife and kids. The men met POTUS in the Oval Office before moving out into the Rose Garden.
During the sit-down, the family members were given a tour of the West Wing.
Mimi Hall/USA TODAY
Washington Bureau
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annem says
thanks. now I can go to bed
joets says
I bought molson golden as a protest.
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p>Never doing that again.
bob-neer says
Or the Buckler?
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p>I must admit even I was taken aback a bit by the latter.
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p>Molson Golden isn’t bad. Crisp. To the point. But owned by Coors, hence undrinkable.
joets says
Molson Golden is gross. However, Coors light is my fav of the cheap beers. Blue Moon is also owned by Coors and is delicious.
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p>Is Joe a recovering alcoholic? buckler is n/a…remember Bush drinking the o’douls? No uncommon for people who are in that boat.
sco says
It’s probably the best thing that Coors puts out, which is like being the tallest munchkin or the the least indicted speaker of the MA house.
johnk says
of fruit and beer. Is it acceptable. Did he have an orange wedge with his Blue Moon?
noternie says
with the follow up that “that’s the way the maker suggest drinking it.”
sco says
I just hope this proves that people who enjoy fruit in their beers can peacefully co-exist with those who do not.
johnd says
My guess is Obama’s handlers protested that it would be two black guys and only one white guy so they snagged Biden to even off the teams. Race comes into play even handling/diffusing a racial situation.
johnk says
johnd says
Imagine if he did…
jimc says
Odd.
peter-porcupine says
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gary says
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jimc says
I still think the choice of Bucklers is odd. Ginger ale tastes better.
kemo says
This was a learning moment? I hope you all learned something!
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p>The only thing missing was Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder singing Ebony and Ivory…
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p>Livin’ together in perfect harmony…
side by side on the piano…keyboard…oh Lord,
why can’t we???
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p>I know you are all humming and singing that song in your head now ADMIT IT!
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p>Ahhh… Everything is resolved now.
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p>Well, until some good old boy – white guy appears to be breaking into his house, the neighbor calls the police, a black police officer shows up, the white guy gives the cop a healthy piece of his mind to the point he finally gets arrested for disorderly conduct, charges dropped, the Pres can say I don’t know what happened, but clearly (Black Cop or White Guy…take your guess) acted stupidly. The country is obsessed again and sides are polarized. No appology from anyone. POTUS slips in the polls and a majority of Americans thinking he “acted stupidly”. POTUS says oops, I should have calibrated my words differently. Let’s all meet at the White House for some beer.
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p>Let’s all calibrate!
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p>I know it was an honest effort to accomplish something, but the whole scene just looked so artificial and forced to me. The jackets and ties, the table in the middle of nowhere on that enormous lawn, the pretzel’s in a silver bowl, beer brought on a silver platter, served by a guy dressed and looking like he ought to be working at the most expensive restaurant in DC. Shoulda made the scene look a little more “mainstream”. Something more people can relate to. I don’t know… I’m sure a lot of the Pres’ “handlers” logged in a lot of hours to make that scene just right. It just seemed to fall flat.
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p>Atleast the media can move on to something important now! 10% and climbing unemployment? Healthcare compromise? North Korea referring to our Secretary of State as a silly schoolgirl? Where is Michael Jackson’s prosthetic nose?
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peter-porcupine says