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Just one of the boys out having a beer... (Original Post) Playinghardball May 2012 OP
Beer: Kryptonite to President George W. Bush and Not-President Mitt Rmoney. nt onehandle May 2012 #1
Huh? bongbong May 2012 #2
Well ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2012 #3
lol so true treestar May 2012 #14
I want to have several beers with Mitt Romney, dammit! Bake May 2012 #4
I want him to drop a hit of acid and then give him some dry ice to play with snooper2 May 2012 #6
Even more fun!!!! Bake May 2012 #8
Ah yes, an Irishman and his Guinness! RevStPatrick May 2012 #5
Aye! KansDem May 2012 #7
Does that make him black Irish? gratuitous May 2012 #12
I don't see any "boys" zappaman May 2012 #9
I took it to mean this-- KansDem May 2012 #11
Oh brother. n/t BeeBee May 2012 #15
You think demeaning terms are funny? zappaman May 2012 #17
No, I think you're overreacting to someone using normal everyday American English. BeeBee May 2012 #18
LOL Cali_Democrat May 2012 #16
Do you think Mittens would order an O'Doul's? rox63 May 2012 #10
although.. what's with the POTUS pin? Worried ppl won't recognize him?? n/t yodermon May 2012 #13
 

bongbong

(5,436 posts)
2. Huh?
Thu May 31, 2012, 11:11 AM
May 2012

> Beer: Kryptonite to President George W. Bush

I don't think so! Dumbya was drunk 24x7 for the entire 8 years he slept in the White House. Lots & lots of photographic & video evidence.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
3. Well ...
Thu May 31, 2012, 11:28 AM
May 2012

Maybe not, unless you're talking about the stupid stuff they would do after ingesting said beer.

But:

Bush = Old Milwaukee (Cheap, flavorless) or Steel Reserve (Cheap, flavorless but high alcohol contain)

Romney = Allsopp's Arctic Ale (a bottle recently sold for $503,300) or Westvleteren 12 (The oldest of Trappist Monk brews, brewed at only one of the seven Trappest monastaries that brews beer and is only available at the monastery itself, only in 6-packs, and only at certain unannounced times of year).


KansDem

(28,498 posts)
11. I took it to mean this--
Thu May 31, 2012, 01:39 PM
May 2012
boy [bɔɪ]
n
1. a male child; lad; youth
2. a man regarded as immature or inexperienced he's just a boy when it comes to dealing with women
3. See old boy
4. Informal a group of men, esp a group of friends
5. Usually derogatory (esp in former colonial territories) a Black or native male servant of any age
6. Austral a jockey or apprentice
7. short for boyfriend

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Boys

I didn't see it as a degradation...

BeeBee

(1,074 posts)
18. No, I think you're overreacting to someone using normal everyday American English.
Thu May 31, 2012, 03:56 PM
May 2012

Nothing in the post was demeaning or racist. Going out with "the boys" or hanging out with "the boys" is very common language.

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