US President Barack Obama is back on the Guinness – this time in a bid to boost job creation in America.
In the process, he refused a Budweiser and ordered the Guinness, despite the fact that a cold Bud was waiting for him.
The Mayor of Orlando also turned down the Bud and had a pint of the black stuff.
The Harp and Celt Restaurant and Irish Pub in Orlando was the chosen venue as the President took time out to meet unemployed construction workers. The official White House press pool reported that the bar ‘smelled like stale beer”
It played host to President Obama as he took a break from campaign fundraising to toast four builders looking to re-enter the employment market.
Just months after he tasted the real thing during his trip back home to Moneygall in County Offaly, the President had a taste for Guinness again.
The White House press pool report however, made the bar seem like a real gin joint and pointed out that the President turned down a Bud to drink a Guinness.
“The bar smelled like stale beer. It was mostly empty except some workers, WH staff and a couple of people in the back who appeared to be customers eating and drinking. POTUS (President of the United States) and the construction workers sat at a table near the door.
“The wooden table had a half eaten large plate of nachos in the middle. Apparently the construction workers had been eating them, as they had small plates in front of them.
There were 4 bottles of Budweiser on the table. Two were in front of construction workers and one in front of Mr. Dyer and POTUS, but POTUS, then Mr. Dyer, ordered a Guiness instead. One worker had a Corona, and another had a soda. Mr. Obama, seated with his back to the door, was in shirtsleeves. A lifesize cardboard pint of Guiness was propped up behind him in a corner.”
President Obama toasted the construction workers and their bid to find employment. “To more jobs,” he said as he raised a glass in their honor.
Accompanied by Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, Obama then outlined his case for Congress to pass the American Jobs Act and invest in infrastructure so that construction workers like the four men with him can return to work.
“Part of the reason I wanted to stop by was because Buddy and I are trying to help create jobs,” the President is reported to have told the men. “You guys are what this country’s all about,” he added.
Joining the President at the Irish bar were Michael Whidden, unemployed pipefitter from Gotha, Fla.; Patricia Mooney-Hildebrand, unemployed pipefitter from Titusville, Fla.; Mark Mckim, unemployed plumber from Sanford, Fla.; and Jesse Morgan, unemployed pipefitter from Auburndale, Fla.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.citizen69 | Oct 13, 2011, 12:13 PM EDT
I'm not surprised, there are literally thousands of American beers that are superior to Budweiser and a good Guinness is hard to beat.
Shmrck5S | Oct 13, 2011, 11:55 AM EDT
Murph-I finally got my hands on some Black Lager yesterday. After the anniversary brew (Guinness 250), I was very excited to try this one. It was OK, and that's about it. Not as heavy as Guinness but with many of the same taste characteristics. I thought the 250 was WAY better!
Springfield9 | Oct 12, 2011, 05:51 PM EDT
He likes the Guinness because it makes him think of his Dad.
seanomelbourne | Oct 12, 2011, 05:51 PM EDT
It's a long time since guiness was Irish owned.
fedupirish | Oct 12, 2011, 03:17 PM EDT
The Man is showing good taste!
Murph46 | Oct 12, 2011, 02:10 PM EDT
Budweiser no longer American so who cares.
Murph46 | Oct 12, 2011, 02:09 PM EDT
Anybody tasted the new Black Lager?
Brolaur | Oct 12, 2011, 02:06 PM EDT
Not a great idea! When he drank his pint in Dublin, Guinness fired 450 sales reps, the following day. They were let go because of all the advertising the President provided FREE!! When is he closing Guantanimo???? and REPEALING The Patriot act; much more courageous than drinking a pint of Guinness!!
JohnKinMD | Oct 12, 2011, 11:55 AM EDT
Yet,Budweiser sell very well in Ireland.
joan1954 | Oct 12, 2011, 10:57 AM EDT
Gee, Someone needs to send this to San Antonio, Texas' Paseo del Rio Association as they just gave Budwiser the rights to "their" St. Patrick's Day River Parade. Budweiser for something Irish?
rainbowbrew | Oct 12, 2011, 10:49 AM EDT
Bud is a foreign beer owned by InBev so it is not an American beer anymore. Even if it was there are so many craft beers in the USA that I am surprised Bud is still in opertion.
Shmrck5S | Oct 12, 2011, 10:40 AM EDT
I'm tickled by all the "elitists" on here dissing Budweiser. I prefer Smithwick's myself, but there's nothing wrong with a Bud, and it beats all the lite beers out there. And if Budweiser is supposed to be revered as such an American institution, why did Anheuser Busch sell its American brand and hundreds if not thousands of American jobs to the Belgian/Brazilians (InBev)?
micky74007 | Oct 12, 2011, 10:13 AM EDT
I admire his taste in beer, but if he is promoting American jobs, shouldn't he drink an American beer?
DrTrelawney | Oct 12, 2011, 09:59 AM EDT
Guinness as served in America is almost (I said "almost) as ghastly as the iced-water that goes by the name of Budweiser.
etighe1130 | Oct 12, 2011, 09:56 AM EDT
Imagine that a bar would smell like stale beer! When was the last time the WH press pool was in a bar? Used to be that bars in NYC used to smell like stale beer AND cigarettes...
sunspotter5 | Oct 12, 2011, 09:53 AM EDT
For strength!
Springfield9 | Oct 12, 2011, 09:46 AM EDT
What's he going to order with the new college grads walking the streets? Fiji Water?
Dingus44 | Oct 12, 2011, 09:44 AM EDT
The ONLY good thing he's done in awhile!!
capmotion | Oct 12, 2011, 09:43 AM EDT
Even though I am a Republican, I have to say that Obama's choice of Guinness over Bud has left me, for the first time, very impressed with his judgments. I have never understood what beer drinkers see [taste] in what can best be described as the Panther P--s of Bud; real men should drink real beers, like Guinness, Samuel Adams, Fat Tire, whatever. Good for you, POTUS!
carrickcourt | Oct 12, 2011, 09:34 AM EDT
Guinness is good for you, period.
sirpeter | Oct 12, 2011, 08:45 AM EDT
Antoman.lol.Budweiser!! Horrors of horrors.It's a rotten beer.Tried it once because there was nothing left to drink.I drank one can and kinda said OK maybe I can drink this.By the second can it wasn't settling right at all.I said to myself to hell with that.Better to be sober and feeling good than sober and sick.
antoman | Oct 12, 2011, 08:13 AM EDT
My sister gave me a case of Bud last Xmas. Its only recently that we hugged and made up.