McCain Pledges Presidential Beer Ban

Not since Rutherford B. Hayes vetoed four bottles of sarsaparilla passed by the 45th U.S. Congress in 1877 has a president (or presidential candidate) threatened a popular beverage's natural course through the legislative process. But now, Senator John McCain has taken an intrepid stand against another beloved drink.

On Tuesday, while speaking at D.C'.s National Small Business Summit about excessive earmarks, the presumed Republican presidential nominee--holding aloft an ominous black Sharpie--promised to veto "every single beer" that comes to his desk. Check it:



Now, before we belittle Senator McCain for his overzealous and reactionary agenda, we should realize that the current Democratic Congress--out of all the Congresses in recent memory--is likely to send some beer, if not copious amounts of it, to the Oval Office for approval. If you have strong feelings about your president signing various lagers, stouts and Hefeweizens with permanent ink, now is the time to make your vote count.

B. Brandon Barker is the author of the novel Operation EMU.