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Obama's Beer Summit Begins

Posted Jul 30th 2009 6:40PM by TMZ Staff

In an attempt to calm racial tensions, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden threw back beers with Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the man who arrested him -- Police Sergeant James Crowley -- near the Oval Office today.

Obama's Beer Summit

A national debate on racial profiling occurred after Crowley arrested Gates for disorderly conduct during a burglary investigation at the professor's home.

But here's the important part -- the respective beers each man drank:

Obama -- Bud Light
Biden -- Bucklers
Gates -- Sam Adams Light
Crowley -- Blue Moon

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1. first

Posted at 7:07PM on Jul 30th 2009 by hamilTonyan

2. FIRST SECOND OR THIRD!!!

Posted at 7:08PM on Jul 30th 2009 by Tina

3. nice job if u can get it

Posted at 7:08PM on Jul 30th 2009 by hamilTonyan

4. Great, Now they can bust him for DUI and he can sue for entrapment.

Posted at 7:11PM on Jul 30th 2009 by nemesis26

5. Where's the cupcakes????

Posted at 7:13PM on Jul 30th 2009 by disgusted by government

6. Nothing more relaxing than kicking back and enjoying a beer - in a suit and tie.

Posted at 7:13PM on Jul 30th 2009 by HowRelaxing

7. obama's hood...drinking the bud-lite..

lol...blue moon is bomb though

Posted at 7:14PM on Jul 30th 2009 by nick sanchez

8. This is the stupidest thing Ive ever heard of..WTF is a beer -summit??lol..If Obama thinks for a sec. that throwing a picnic table up and inviting a white officer and a racist professor to drink beer with him so it can be on national tv to make him look like a problem solver,hes mistaken.He doesnt even drink beer,and neither does the nutty proffessor.I cant wait for election time so i can throw my 2 cents in the ballot to remove this parasitic,racist,excuse of a dictator(i mean president) out of office.

Posted at 7:15PM on Jul 30th 2009 by cmanla

9. FIRST!

This is getting too easy. I know you people must be tired of seeing me in FIRST place so I will take a break from embarrassing you for awhile.

Go back to posting your gossipy comments now, Homosensuals.

You have my permission.

Posted at 7:15PM on Jul 30th 2009 by Gay With Acne

10. Looks like everyone is happy. Not !

Posted at 10:58PM on Jul 30th 2009 by jessup

11. Another waste of time and tax payer money......Prez has no business weighing in. This should have been held at the Gov;s crib in Mass. A cheesy photo op. wont lead to anything. Sigh.

Posted at 7:20PM on Jul 30th 2009 by Limey Louie

12. Who invited that jackass Biden to the party?

Posted at 7:19PM on Jul 30th 2009 by BidenSucks

13. Hello....Gay with Acne...do you not know how to count, you are so NOT first...stupid

Posted at 7:20PM on Jul 30th 2009 by LaQuanda

14. Cartman: "Race War!! Race War!! It's On! It's On!"

Posted at 7:21PM on Jul 30th 2009 by cartman

15. Yup, I agree #10-they do look a little tense.

Posted at 7:22PM on Jul 30th 2009 by Chica

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