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Our nonalcoholic president

Published Thursday, October 14, 2004 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

The local TV "newscasts" were in a tizzy earlier this week, not just for the presidential debate in Tempe, but also for any related gossip surrounding Bush and Kerry. They delighted Tuesday night in reporting live from Phoenix restaurant Dick's Hideaway, where the McCains took the Bushes for dinner. What did Bush eat? Enchiladas. What did he drink? Nonalcoholic beer. Same beverage the president ordered the last time he ate out in public in Phoenix. From my experience, the main demographic for "nonalcoholic" beer is alcoholics. What gives, Mr. President? Don't you like iced tea? Water? Soda pop? Bush made such a big deal about the fact that he gave up drinking alcohol, but clearly, he still wants to drink. I know that feeling all too well.