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http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/d...t-owner-25000/
Owner complains Obama’s beer tent stop cost him $25,000
OBAMA BEER: President Barack Obama buys a beer at the Bud Light Booth during a campaign at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, Monday August 13, 2012. (David Purdy/The Des Moines Register)
Was the beer cup half full or half empty?
President Barack Obama’s impact on what is arguably the Iowa State Fair’s most storied watering hole has become a morning-after mini-debate over the breakfast bacon Luck_The_Fakers_ thanks to a tweet from Sen. Chuck Grassley, as well as fairgrounds chatter.
Obama’s fair stop Monday evening required shutdown of the popular Bud Tent, the heart of fairgrounds nightlife at the intersection of E. 33rd Street and Grand Avenue. Fairgoers eager to greet the president were ushered inside, screened and scanned by the Secret Service and penned in by yellow caution tape. The entire production required at least two hours, and the president’s sleek black coach bus pulled away from the Bud Tent by 8:30 p.m.
There are “two sides to this story,” said Mike Cunningham II, the third generation owner of the 65-year-old Bud Tent.
On one hand, Cunningham, 39, appreciated the historical significance of Obama’s visit: His great-grandfather, Lloyd Cunningham, was secretary of the fair board from 1942 to 1962 and was on hand to greet then-President Dwight Eisenhower when Ike visited the centennial fair in 1954 with Iowa’s own President Herbert Hoover in tow. (That was the first of four visits by sitting presidents, followed by Gerald Ford in 1975, George W. Bush in 2002 and Obama on Monday.)
On the other hand, the small business owner side of Cunningham fumes that the president “put a damper on what I’m trying to do here.” His Bud Tent was shut down at the most lucrative time of day, with a popular rock cover band, Hairball, about to perform at the Susan B. Knapp Amphitheater next door Luck_The_Fakers_ with legions of thirsty fans.
“I was in a position to make a campaign donation against my will,” said Cunningham, a Republican.
Cunningham played the gracious host during the president’s visit Luck_The_Fakers_ — smiled, posed for photos, raised a beer with Obama, gifted him a “Save Water; Drink Beer” T-shirt.
A tweet from Grassley Monday evening, in the senator’s trademark abbreviated social media lingo, was one of the first signs of disgruntlement: “How does PresO justify havin secret service shut down the bud tent @ the state fair nd the owner told me he loses 50,000 n 1 nite.”
Cunningham said that the more accurate figure for what he likely lost in sales Monday night is $25,000. He appreciated that fellow fair vendor Barksdale allowed him to set up a Bud beer station near the amphitheater stage and recoup some dollars from those Hairball fans.
To be clear, Obama did fork over cash to buy his own beer as he also offered to buy a round for 10 or so fairgoers in the vicinity.
Other vendors along the Grand Concourse seemed to enjoy business as usual.
Gary Kirke, owner of the nearby Jalapeńo Pete’s said the presidential visit had no effect on his sales.
The Bud Tent owner added that he hasn’t yet replied to a phone message from Obama’s staff asking him to respond publicly to Grassley’s tweet.
“I wouldn’t have voted for (Obama) before,” Cunningham said. “I won’t again.”
Wait, doesn't the President get clearance to go to these kinds of places? Did he visit against the owner's will? And how come his was the only business seemingly affected?
And if he's making 25K in one night... then his business should be lucrative enough to survive that.
This guy just sounds like a . "I'll pretend to like the president, then complain afterwards!"
Someone needs to let Grassley know you can abbreviate 50000 with 50k. The guy abbreviates 'in' instead.
25k per night during the state fair, which is only around for a small fraction of the year. and that's 25k in sales revenues, not profits.Wait, doesn't the President get clearance to go to these kinds of places? Did he visit against the owner's will? And how come his was the only business seemingly affected?
And if he's making 25K in one night... then his business should be lucrative enough to survive that.
This guy just sounds like a . "I'll pretend to like the president, then complain afterwards!"
obama is an asshole. that money should come out of his campaign funds, if he had any
Obama did tell everyone at the fair to buy themselves a beer. 21 and up of course. God bless
So Obama was unapproved by this guy?25k per night during the state fair, which is only around for a small fraction of the year. and that's 25k in sales revenues, not profits.
obama is an asshole. that money should come out of his campaign funds, if he had any
Apparently so.
“I was in a position to make a campaign donation against my will,” said Cunningham, a Republican.
Just more proof that Obama doesn't have a clue about running a business much less an entire country.
So GOP businessman welcomes Obama in, then complains that he came?
Haters gonna hate.
Well I guess he could have been an asshole in person, but that would drive customers away, tbh.....So GOP businessman welcomes Obama in, then complains that he came?
Meh. More baggy cherry picking bull from the right.
Boo ing whoo, a beer tent was shut down for a couple of hours while a presidential candidate stopped by.
Seriously? Out of all the to be worried about and the truly stupid this administration does that s up business.. .this is the story that gets latched on to?
Did the bag beer stand owner say how many people came out to see the President of the United States of America stayed and bought beer from him afterwards?
^apparently so little that he lost 25k
He could have told the president he didn't want him there. The SS show up hours before the president does. You think they're going to stay if the business owner tells them he doesn't want them there? No.
This is a case of the owner opening his doors to the President, then being a complete the next day because of his party affiliation. If you want to make the money, then don't let the president stop by. If YOU make a bad decision for your business do not blame it on the president.
Apparently he cared so little about it he let the president come by.^apparently so little that he lost 25k
You are real upset over this one. You sound like a drunken sailor. Just a little ankle batting. This story will disappear faster than Donald Young. God bless
threw out the 50k and scaled it back to 25k. bull numbers.
He could have slung the N word at him a few times. That would have ended the visit quickly.
truth bomb, ST's two biggest america haters have both posted in this thread. in fact if you have a normal mind or at least if you can think with your ass, you can't be an obama hater and a hater of america at the same time tbh, but the s have proved many times on many different occasions that they can go far beyond the definition of stupidity
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