Did President Bush Fall Off the Wagon?

The blogosphere is all abuzz about photos from President Bush's trip to Peru that seem to show him drinking "Pisco Sours," the Peruvian national cocktail, and proclaiming Bush an evacuee of the proverbial wagon.

Now, at the risk of carving out a niche for myself as the Democrat who defends Republicans, I have to object to both the content and the tenor of these reports. As a former resident of the wagon myself, I can attest to the fact that, when in Rome, you do as the Romans do, only with virgins. Virgin cocktails, that is. The glee with which people assume that Bush has succumbed to the drink is also unseemly.

What I find disturbing is the odd appearance of the Pisco Sour. Am I the only one who thinks it looks like Bush is drinking a glass of life essence?

I'm trying to be delicate about this, but you get my gist. I don't want a drink that makes me wonder if I should spit or swallow.

I don't suppose I'm in a position to throw mixological stones, having only recently ventured from Smirnoff Ice into the scary world of lite beers, and having also discovered an affinity for french martinis.

It is kind of cool that Peru has a national cocktail. I think America needs one. In the interest of bipartisanship, I propose a choice of "Sex on the Beach" and "Abstinence on the Crick." By the way, am I the only one who's annoyed by those cutesy "shocking" drink names, like the Long, Slow Screw Up Against the Wall? I think someone should think up answer drinks, like A Serious Blow to Your Self Esteem.

Anyway, of all of the things George W. Bush stands accused of, maybe we could give him the benefit of the doubt on something this personal, and assume he was drinking a glass of egg whites and coconut milk.

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