Bartenders for Bush!

Just kidding, sort of.

So Hillary Clinton was campaigning in Indiana a few days ago, pretending to be a beer-swillin', gun-totin', working-class Midwestern Christian with a pickup truck, and she arranged this great photo-op at a bar... she's campaigning with a real mug of beer in her hands!

As a former bartender, I only vote for candidates who can do serious damage to a bottle of Jack or a keg of Milwaukee's Best. (And that's exactly why I voted for Bush early and often. I'm lying.) I had decided to vote for Obama a long time ago, but then I saw Hillary on TV, with a beer in her hand. Time to reconsider my support?

Of course, she doesn't touch the beer. But the bartender--who is clearly a Republican--decides to mess with her by slapping a shot of Crown Royal on the bar. (Real beer-swillin', gun-totin', working-class Midwestern Christians with old pickup trucks don't drink Crown very often, incidentally--it's way too expensive. It's a yuppie whiskey, wildly popular in San Francisco... tasty, though.)

Not much happens in the first 40 seconds of this video, and Amber and I decided that we'd both turn into Hillary supporters if she pounded the shot like a real Midwestern man. If you want to see what happens, here's the clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V4fffzU1wA&feature=related

Hint: the term "sorority sip" comes to mind.

And while you're on youtube, check out this hilarious clip of Andrew Bogut, an NBA player who is apparently a real jerk. His teammates hate him or something, and they didn't come over to give him high-fives after he made a free throw, so he just high-fived his imaginary friends instead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc11PUnFgkQ