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White House: If 25K Sign, We'll Release Beer Recipe

Jay Carney agrees to make home brew public if petition succeeds

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 24, 2012 12:18 PM CDT

(Newser) – Voters have demanded more White House beer transparency, and if enough people get on board, they'll get their way. After home brewers requested a much-ballyhooed White House ale recipe, press secretary Jay Carney agreed to release it on one condition: At least 25,000 people must first sign the online petition, USA Today reports.

The petition notes that by drinking a homemade brew, President Obama is "following in the footsteps of great men like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin." It continues: "In keeping with the brewing traditions of the founding fathers, home brewers across America call on the Obama Administration to release the recipe for the White House home brew so that it may be enjoyed by all."

President Barack Obama stops for a beer at The Pump House, a pub and grill, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, during a three day campaign bus tour through Iowa.
President Barack Obama stops for a beer at The Pump House, a pub and grill, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, during a three day campaign bus tour through Iowa.   (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
President Barack Obama talks with patrons as he stops for a beer at Ziggy's Pub and Restaurant in Amherst, Ohio, Thursday, July 5, 2012.
President Barack Obama talks with patrons as he stops for a beer at Ziggy's Pub and Restaurant in Amherst, Ohio, Thursday, July 5, 2012.   (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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793tango
Aug 25, 2012 1:01 PM CDT
Where do I sign?
without_hate
Aug 25, 2012 5:34 AM CDT
I do not want to have his beer recipe. I want the transparency that he promised. A good place to start is his college records, his passport records, fast and furious documents, department of energy documents on energy loans, A person that has nothing to hide is not afraid of the truth.  
Rational.-Anarchist
Aug 24, 2012 8:01 PM CDT
I wouldn't drink his goddamn beer even if I were paid to do so! I wouldn't trust just what might be in it. And I wonder: If he were a total drunk all the time, would he then be compared to another criminal President, named U.S. Grant? It is an insult to the memory of These great patriots, Washington, Jefferson, & Franklin to compare him to them. He stands in direct opposition of what they helped found this Country on! 

 
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