Earlier this week NPR ran a story on the likeability, or lack thereof, of a certain female presidential candidate. In the soundbites we heard her bemoaning the fact that so many people voted for our current president because he was someone we felt we could sit and share a beer with. Now, the story was definitely not about beer, but toward the end they asked her about this, the perception she’s not the person American’s seem to want to sit and enjoy a beer with. Her response was appropriate, reminding us that we’re not voting for Student Body President here; however, she also admitted she’d had more than a few beers with folks on the campaign trail – beers of the “local” and “microbrew” variety.
Now, don’t get me wrong, I know she’s as well scripted as any right about now, but the sentiment was comforting, the picture painted good. She could have left it at having ‘beer’ on the trail, but she actually clarified the local and microbrewed beer consumption. Does this mean anything? No, of course not. I just thought I’d share because I’m a sucker for anything craft beer related. Right?
Filed under: Politics
Beer lovers,
Certain you’ve seen the news that Congress now has a “Small Brewers Caucus” who are all about enjoying craft beer. A great start at least…
The Caucus homepage
http://walden.house.gov/smallbrewers/pages/about.html
What I’d like to recommend is for all you to send a quick email to someone on this list and say thank you and let them know you love that they love good beer. My email also asked for reasonable taxation of alcohol and to bring in the drinking age limit back to the national conversation – but you can say whatever. These listed members are certainly getting an ear-full from the neo-prohibitionists from around the country, it will be good for them to know there is a lot of support for them as well.
If you feel ambitious, you can also email your representative and ask if they’ve heard of this caucus and ask if they would join – if for no other reason than to learn some helpful facts about beer and the brewing industry.
A couple quick email addresses are found on the homepage
lauren.flynn@mail.house.gov or susanjane.brown@mail.house.gov
