Hillary is Wrong

So I have been a srong supporter of Hillary Clinton's candidacy for a very long time, but this is the last straw.

I've heard all the arguments against her, and while some had strong points, none convinced me, until now.

According to Fox News, Hillary Clinton drinks Blue Moon with an Orange in it.

This is completely unacceptable. Blue Moon is a Wheat Beer in the Belgian style, and is one of the better "craft" beers that is generally available. However, it is sweet enough, and being brewed in the Belgian tradition, already contains spices and ingredients other than malt, water, and yeast.

So when I read this:

And after offering to have a beer with voters at her last stop in Madison, WI, she[Hillary Clinton] expressed her fondness for a good brew, saying she’s been known to work "both sides of the beer aisle." Glass of wine in hand, she said a particular favorite on the road is a wheat beer called Blue Moon — which she likes with an orange dropped in.

Not just a slice of orange on the rim, she likes the orange dropped in. This is messy, too sweet, and ruins the nuanced flavors of the beer. Absolutely appalling. I cannot vote for someone who would so desecrate a beer.

The only thing that will turn me back to her from Obama would be if I discover that he drinks Bud Light.

•  Tips for proper beer drinking n/t

  by Lepidus on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:22:12 AM PDT

  •  LOL

    by TAPayne on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:24:12 AM PDT

  •  Plus Blue Moon is such an obvious choice

    The first candidate to come out in support of a Bell's Two-Hearted Ale or a Hopdevil gets my vote.

    by AnnArborBlue on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:25:18 AM PDT

    •  I'm saving for a politician who likes

      Stone's Arrogant Bastard Ale.

      by Lepidus on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:26:37 AM PDT

      •  John Kerry probably drank Don de Dieu.

        by nightsweat on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:30:02 AM PDT

        •  Al Gore drinks

          Fin du Monde.

          by Lepidus on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:31:07 AM PDT

          •  Nice!

            by nightsweat on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:31:44 AM PDT

  •  this just made my day n/t

    by wils02 on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:42:44 AM PDT

•  My boyfriend loves Blue Moons with oranges

  by slinkerwink on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:22:47 AM PDT

  •  then he should probably vote for Hillary

    unless he has some sort of actual political issues that matter to him more than beer.

    by Lepidus on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:23:49 AM PDT

    •  he's a strong Obama supporter

      by slinkerwink on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:24:47 AM PDT

      •  in seriousness

        he should check out their new seasonal made with keifer lime leaves, it's really good.

        by Lepidus on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:27:54 AM PDT

•  If you check out that diary below...

  you'll find that Senator Obama's supporters drink A&W diet root beer!@

  by Viceroy on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:25:55 AM PDT

  •  Supporters can drink what they want

    it's what the candidate drinks that matters.

    That being said, EWWWW!

    by Lepidus on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:27:18 AM PDT

•  I squeeze orange in beer

  AND drop it in.  Oops!  Absolutely no beer etiquette whatsoever.  But, then, I'm an Obama supporter and have been known to flipflop between candidates at times.

  by jodygirl on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:27:38 AM PDT

•  I'll take a Smithwicks . . .

  in a glass with no embellishment over Blue Moon with or without an orange any day of the week.

  by NotGeorgeWill on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:28:03 AM PDT

  •  good choice

    I just got back from Ireland a couple of weeks ago, and the Smithwicks is even better there.

    by Lepidus on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:29:12 AM PDT

•  Blue Moon is good

  problem is, I think they're owned by Coors.

  I prefer Hefeweizen or, my favorite: Spaten.

  My blog. Come visit.

  by hekebolos on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:28:46 AM PDT

  •  I think they are

    It's Coors attempt to penetrate the expanding craft beer market. That being said, if all the big beer makers made beers more like Blue Moon and less like Chillada, I'd drink their beers more often.

    by Lepidus on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:30:01 AM PDT

•  She drank Bue Moon in Wisconsin?

  Gotta go with Leinie's Red or Point.  Drink the local brew when you're in a brewing state.

  by nightsweat on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:29:10 AM PDT

  •  Always drink the local brew!

    I have to go to Wisconsin for that reason. I've heard such good things.

    by Lepidus on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:30:32 AM PDT

    •  I'd say always, too

      But you might end up in St. Louis some day and have Bud or Miller foisted on you.

      //beer snob

      by nightsweat on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:31:21 AM PDT

      •  good point

        If you make it to New York, check out the tiny, Brooklyn based Six Points. They're superb.

        by Lepidus on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:32:37 AM PDT

        •  I will, thanks for the tip!

          by nightsweat on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:35:41 AM PDT

  •  Leinie's!!!

    I was in the Jaycees in a small community that ran a "Taste of" festival - and the Leinenkugel Brothers came to our little club and convinced us to use their beer.

    MMMMMMMMMMMMM they are fine looking gentlemen, and were very funny.  And I did end up liking their beer as well.

    by sheddhead on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:32:04 AM PDT

•  I just bought Blue Moon...

  We're having people over tonight.

  by davidcstanton on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:30:58 AM PDT

•  Natch.

  Of COURSE Hillary's favorite beer is made by Coors, the famously pro-Republican brewery, the only major brewing company that has no union (though, to be fair, workers rejected unionization in 1988).

  The Coors family members have played a prominent role in American politics and public policy, supporting many conservative causes, including providing a $250,000 grant in 1973 to found The Heritage Foundation(Russ Bellant, The Coors Connection: How Coors Family Philanthropy Undermines Democratic Pluralism, Political Research Associates, 1990, p. 21), one of the world’s most influential conservative public policy research institutes, and, via its parent company, the right-leaning think tank American Enterprise Institute. Chairman Pete Coors ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate from Colorado in 2004 on the Republican ticket.

  Of course.

  PS: No, I don't think this actually matters.

  by Addison on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:31:15 AM PDT

•  Finally a good rational reasoning process,

  lets vote for whoever can say jiminny cricket the loudest....hummm, I think Dorothy did when the Wizard startled her with his thunder and lightning display (much like Barack is doing now)....

  by Mindmover on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:32:36 AM PDT

•  Disagree with you on the orange slice.

  It's not how I take mine (although, on the east coast anyway, you can get much better wheat beers than Blue Moon in the first place), but it's not heretical.

  by Pegasus on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:36:29 AM PDT

  •  true

    one could even argue that it's more traditional. Still I don't like it that way, and my candidates should share all of my exact food and drink preferences.

    by Lepidus on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:38:26 AM PDT

    •  haha

      my candidates should share all of my exact food and drink preferences.

      Completely agreed.  I'm working up a beer questionnaire to send the remaining candidates to decide my further support, in fact.  God save the one who has the wrong opinion of the Smuttynose IPA...

      by Pegasus on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:40:14 AM PDT

•  I Drink Orange Juice

  With half a beer dropped in. But only for breakfast.

  by Ky DEM on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:37:49 AM PDT

  •  that's a shanda

    or a shandy, I forget which.

    by Lepidus on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:38:53 AM PDT

•  Geeze - what ever happend to Jim Beam...

  a man's drink!

  Beer?  Beer is for cooking bratwurst and kraut in.

  by bobdevo on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:38:46 AM PDT

  •  If I'm drinking Whisky

    I prefer Scotch. Beam's okay though.

    by Lepidus on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:39:31 AM PDT

    •  Kentucky thanks you.

      by bobdevo on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 01:15:52 PM PDT

•  The Horror! The Horror!

  Some of Bill's oddball tastes must've rubbed off on Hill. Remember, he's the guy who liked to dump some goobers (peanuts) in his bottle of Doctor Pepper to give it that little added soupcon of elegance. Polluting a nice wheat beer with an orange is like drinking a well-aged Bordeaux from a jelly jar with a few ice cubes thrown in. The mind reels ...

  by CrustyPolemicist on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 11:54:18 AM PDT

  •  personally

    I find Dr. Pepper so unpleasant that I think almost anything would improve it.

    by Lepidus on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 12:13:11 PM PDT

•  In Texas drink Shiner Bock

  a great local brew.

  by Wino on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 12:09:58 PM PDT

  •  will do

    I've always wanted to go to Texas anyway.

    by Lepidus on Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 12:11:58 PM PDT

•  All the youngins drink it this way.

  She's trying to cut into his crowd.

  by roubs on Wed Feb 20, 2008 at 11:16:57 AM PDT