Smokin' 'n drinkin' and Olympic bets

Word from the White House is that Obama's first health checkup as President went okay.
Not great, but okay... I mean, he's no Dick Cheney . . . . but . . .

He does have that smoking habit he's having trouble kicking.
And there's that beer thing.

Yes, beer.

You probably remember that "gee guys, let's agree and all get along" beer summit last August between Harvard Prof Henry Gates and Cambridge police Sgt Jim Crowley to settle, well, a bad case of police idiocy and barely-concealed racism in which all parties opted for a good quality beer.

Except Obama.
He opted for a bottle of Bud Light, a close contender for worst beer made in America.

He couldn't let the beer thing end there, though.... oh no.
He had to go and bet Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper a case of beer on the outcome of that Olympic championship game on Sunday.

You know... the one we LOST.

*(NOTE TO SELF: remember to include on "To Do" list for April to find Sidney Crosby and crush his testicles.)

So now, in addition to the humiliation of having Canada dancing around with the gold hockey medals, we have the humiliating image of Barack kneeling before Stephen and dishing out a case of Molson Canadian.

(Yes, it's spelled Canadian... like, as in the beer, not Canadien, as in the hockey team... but I digress ... )

The agreement was that Canada's PM would get a good Canadian brew should the Canucks win and the Pres would get a good American brew should the good old USA who-should-have-won-except-for-that-bastard-Crosby's-goal-! ! ! ! win.

So what IF we had won? What would Obama be drinking with his next Marlboro cancer stick?

Yuengling.

Now, if you're like me-until-last-January, you've never heard of Yuengling let alone consider it a good American brew. I mean, it's not as bad as Bud Light but it's close!

Of all the great tasting American beers (and really now, my Canadian and Australian friends, there really are some... just not very many) Obama would pick a Yuengling?

Good gawd, man.... it's a good thing we lost that bet after all.
I mean, put a Molson Canadian in my right hand and a Yuengling in my left and which am _I_ gonna drink?

I just got one thing to say about this:
Obama has just gotta stop smoking.

Like his administration and his sense of judgment, his taste buds are losing it.