Talk:Henry Louis Gates arrest controversy

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Follow up meeting

It has been reported that Gates and Crowley met up again recently [1]. Certainly an interesting postscript to the whole affair. Remember (talk) 20:46, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

From a paparazzi POV, it makes sense, but it's slim information. Is there enough value in just noting they met again? "What for" is the information that would make it encyclopedic in my view.Mattnad (talk) 16:55, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Matt, how often does it happen that an arrestee and an arresting officer later sit down together in a pub for an hour-long talk? I agree it would be nice to know what they talked about. Pechmerle (talk) 05:40, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Conflicting beers

A minor thing - but entirely facts-based: The cited source on this page (Washington Post) lists Gates' beer choice as Sam Adams Light. Interestingly, NPR lists his selection as Red Stripe [2]. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Synalle (talk • contribs) 08:00, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Red Stripe was Gates's original choice, but when it became clear all others participants would be having an American beer, Gates switched his order to a Sam Adams. Pechmerle (talk) 05:37, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

There was something about how the White House only stocks domestic beers. Squidfryerchef (talk) 05:41, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

There was some considerable discussion about the choice of beers and what it signified as political theater. As sometimes happens the President and his guests made mainstream choices from large American producers, and I think some beer fans complained that they could have used the occasion to feature microbrews. There was a similar issue regarding factory farm interests when Michelle Obama grew an organic garen. A for White House chef said there is no buy-American policy regarding presidential beer, and that if the President wanted foreign beer he could drink foreign beer. In a Time article,[3] a historian runs down some presidential alcohol choices. Alcohol-wise, Kennedy poured Dom Perignon at most events; Bush junior drank an alcohol-free variety from Heinekin, etc. Given that this is all political theater and that the seemingly trivial issue of beer brands was a well-covered part of it, the rationale for the beer choices might be worth a few words... but not much more than that. - Wikidemon (talk) 06:50, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

I think Officer Crowley requested Blue Moon and Obama requested Bud Light. I don't see this mentioned on the article ad it has been over a year since this was last discussed. --76.124.53.220 (talk) 03:35, 10 January 2011 (UTC)