"Aperitif?"

[BurtWorm]

http://tinyurl.com/yvoeby

US President George W. Bush takes an aperitif on the terrace of the Kempinski Grand Hotel in Heiligendamm, northeastern Germany, following a working session of the G8 Summit. President Vladimir Putin on Thursday offered to set up a joint Russian-US anti-missile base to end a crisis between the two countries as Group of Eight leaders agreed a face-saving compromise on climate change.(AFP/DDP/David Hecker)


Follow link to see the photo. And tell me that isn't a beer.

[maddezmom]

1. Beer

:)

[supernova]

2. It's a beer

That's a beer glass and the color is beer.

[LSparkle]

3. And dollars to donuts it's not O'Doul's, either ...

FUCKING HYPOCRITE!

[supernova]

9. Without defending *

It's crime to visit Germany and NOT drink beer.

[Lisa]

18. or drink fake beer out of what appears to be a genuine Kolsch glass

http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page.aspx?c=1&p=45168&cat=4,104,53217

The local beer, Kölsch, is brewed only in the Cologne region and must not only conform to the German Beer Purity Act of 1516, but must also be served only in these special slim, graceful 1/5 litre (6.8 fl oz) glasses called "stangen" (rods).

[supernova]

21. Hmm. Looks more like

a Pilsner glass to me. The bottom is smaller than the rim.

[BurtWorm]

24. You have a point there.

:toast: :beer:

[sandnsea]

38. Not for an alcoholic n/t

[jeff30997]

4. I eared that the Chimp did a back-rub to vlad.

[dweller]

5. that photo needs to be

FARKED.


dp

[progdonkey]

6. aren't aperitifs alcoholic, anyway?

I don't know much about them (but I know beer, and that could certainly be a beer--by the glass I'd guess some sort of Pils), but aren't aperitifs usually alcoholic?

So, even if it's not a beer, isn't this still proof that the chimp's off the wagon?

[originalpckelly]

10. Says so when you look it up:

http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+Aperitif

[htuttle]

11. Yes

apéritif
(a·pé·ri·tif)
n.
An alcoholic drink taken as an appetizer before a meal.

[Left Is Write]

14. By definition, yes.

[Coexist]

7. most definately a beer

what else would you expect a floundering president to do?

AP Poll: Bush Approval Matches Low Point

[IChing]

8. Any alcoholic beverage taken before a meal is technically an aperitif

Although most think that an aperitif is a snaps like drink.
Beer he is drinking I hope it is Coors or Budweiser

it would be a shame to waste good German beer on his bladder.

[Solly Mack]

12. I'm sure it is just Apfelschörle

snort

[unpossibles]

13. well, no one likes him

and he doesn't care about elections any more, so no more hiding the drinky-drinky.

[UTUSN]

15. Besides the booze, his slouch is a dead give-away!!1

[Blue_In_AK]

17. Also the foam, I would think.

Can there be much doubt that he's still on the sauce?

[Canuckistanian]

30. "Why (hic) .... doesh everyone hate me?

"CONDI doeshn't (hic) hate me. And that other one, whasserface, (urp) Harry, Harria... Harriet, tha's her.. tha's her.... (hic). Fuck'em. Fuck 'em all. I don't care."

[stillcool]

16. what's up with the...

grip he's got on the chair? Looks like he's either getting ready for take-off, or coming in for a landing.

[eNeko]

19. guess Jesus-love isn't enough to keep him sober anymore.

Or he was lying all along, which would be typical.

[helderheid]

20. recommended. That story and picture should be circulated widely.

[Gelliebeans]

22. K&R

one more and it is off to the greatest.

[Little Star]

23. Off the wagon again....

Feels so good to be off the wagon again........ EXCEPT for the rest of us!!!!

[RevCheesehead]

25. Oh, come on...

it could be horse piss.

[BrklynLiberal]

26. ROTFLMAO!!!!! Didn't Laura mention something about him milking the horses???

[RevCheesehead]

28. Yup.

And he's supposedly terrified of them, too.
Some cowboy, huh?

[BrklynLiberal]

33. The Will Ferrel video of Prez Shit-for-Brains at the ranch was a scream!!

[sofa king]

27. Or baby blood.

Maybe not, but I bet he drinks that, too.

[populistdriven]

29. hes gripping that chair like its spinning, or about to

[FloridaJudy]

31. Confirms what I've suspected for some time.

Our Georgie has fallen off the wagon. Hard.

And if there's anything scarier than a practicing alcoholic as the most powerful human on the planet, it's a practicing alcoholic who couldn't think straight even when he was sober.

[Swamp Rat]

32. Look at him crouching down to his left in that uncomfortable wooden deck chair.

"Heh, I wonder if anyone can see me drink this here beer.. er, sparklin' apple joose... heh heh!"

What a maroon. :eyes:

[RevCheesehead]

34. Oh, Swampy - -

you slay me! :rofl:

[smtpgirl]

35. Next he *ush will be doin' a bullet of COKE

in the men's room

[Jed Dilligan]

36. Other pics posted today

clearly show a bottle of Buckler Non-Alcoholic beer from Holland. They sell it at my co-op.

Whether or not he's drinking in secret, I doubt he would be this brazen.

[K8-EEE]

37. I agree, it's a non-alcoholic beer.

He wouldn't drink on camera, and besides, I'm convinced it's pills he's on....anti-depressants and mood stuff, his a.m. pressers he seems alternately too relaxed and slurry or too combative. I think they're trying like hell to regulate his increasingly erratic behavior with varying levels of success.

[maddezmom]

41. he's on something, here is another pic

U.S. President George Bush laughs while enjoying drinks with colleagues in historic Heiligendamm, Germany, Thursday, June 7, 2007. The leaders of the G8 nations are holding their annual summit in the Baltic sea resort on June 6-8, 2007. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)


Where are the colleagues they speak of in the pic? Chairs all look empty to me :shrug:

[OneBlueSky]

39. a beer??? . . . IMPOSSIBLE!!! . . . George W. does NOT drink! . . . he told us so . . .

and I'm sure his conversations with God keep him on the straight and narrow . . .

George W. Bush, President of the United States and reformed alcoholic, drinking a beer?? . . . why, the very notion is blasphemous . . . and thoroughly ridiculous!!! . . . the nerve of some people . . .

need I point out the :sarcasm:?

[K8-EEE]

40. He's been "taken ill" at G8 but "not seriously..." HUNG OVER??

Wow maybe he really did go on a bender!