Bush Drinking Again? Downs "Pisco Sour" In Peru

The Peru news agency Andina notes that President Bush was drinking a Peruvian cocktail during the recent APEC summit:

Peru has successfully promoted its national drink "Pisco Sour" during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Summit, Peru's Environment Minister Antonio Brack said Sunday.

He noted that the flagship drink of Peru was well acepted by international guests, including Japan's Prime Minister, Taro Aso.

"Pisco Sour has been the "star" of the APEC Summit, the drink was served in several meetings at the Government Palace and the APEC Summit venue," he told CPN Radio.

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U.S. President George W. Bush, who quit drinking at 40, was apparently drinking a Peruvian cocktail during a meeting on Saturday.

Pisco Sour is a cocktail containing Pisco (a Peruvian brandy), lemon juice, egg whites, simple syrup, and regional bitters.

Bush is pictured drinking the cocktail here:

Of course, the president often drinks non-alcoholic beer; he could easily be drinking a non-alcoholic Pisco Sour in this shot.

Comments

[rmreddicks]

I wonder if he'll keep up the family tradition and puke on a foreign leader before he leaves office. Any guesses as to whom?

[conned]

I'm betting if anyone it'll be Iraq's President Maliki. Or maybe he already has - figuratively, at least.

[rmreddicks]

I hear that Putin is refusing any meetings with bush.

[IhaveaDREAMwhitegirl]

Oh , jeez, almost forgot about that one. It wasn't a laughing matter, but the SNL skit w/Dana Carvey was!

[Clavis]

I plan to have a few myself, on January 20th...

[1kraut-mick]

Looks like even HE'S trying to forget.

[Wanjiru]

........mm­mmmmmmmmmm­mmmmmmBUSH­ED!...

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[Vinca]

LAURA BUSH, MUST HAVE A STRONG WILL< TO HAVE KEPT SOBER, LIVING WITH BUSH

[bibimimi]

She's channeled all her energies into smoking in the Rose Garden.

[Culturemaven]

Xanax. Cool word, it's a palindrome, which always tickles my fancy.

[sculptor]

Bush has been the worst president this nation has ever seen. That said, stop picking on this screwed up loser. I say shame on the nation as a whole for ever letting him even get close to the office of the president no less putting him so close to actually being elected that his backers could steal the office for him twice. Shame on you America, shame on you!

[Harmony1812]

We didn't - they stole the 2000 and 2004 elections.

[sculptor]

We let them get away with it, but that isn't my point. My point is that we, the citizens of this nation, let an utter clown run for office in the first place.

[Culturemaven]

Shame on the Real America, you mean.

[LDnearthesea]

No, the Real Americans who love the Constitution, the country, and liberty, equality, civility, and justice that a country like America can offer, didn't vote for Bush. Bush did get enough votes to make it close enough for him to steal the election twice, and those who voted for him were un-Americans, or Amerikans if you will, who believe in a police state, authoritarian dictatorship, theocracy, corporatoc­racy/oliga­rchy, and democracy only for those who can pay for it or are the right ethnicity (European descended) to enjoy it.

[shanghaislim]

The so-called Fair & Balanced Americans, most likely????­??????????­???????

[LAThinker]

He never stopped


http://www.ucubd.com/Index.aspx?id=930&cid=3168

[Harmony1812]

Wow! Wow! Wow! He's blitzed!

[swkidder]

I think you may be right - at least he did "occasionally" take a drink - did you see the video of him being essentially carried down the steps of the stadium at the Olympics by the Secret Service. I don't believe that was a "security maneuver" as much as it was a "he's too plastered to walk so let's just carry the POTUS" rather than have him fall on his face.

[YellowPanties]

I say, give him a bag of Rold Gold pretzels to go with his pisco sour.

[shanghaislim]

a condom, a pack of Marlboro lights, keys the pick-up an........­.........

..........­..........­a half-eaten Ring Ding!

[Galt907]

Query: Would The United States and the world be better off had he never stopped drinking? At least alcoholism is an accepted excuse/reason for bad judgment.

[gwazdos]

Happiness for me will come when War Crime charges are brought against Bush,Cheney, Hadley, Feith, Rumsfield, Rove and Flying waste of taxpayer money Rice. This group has done so much damage to our Country not only in financial matters, Blackwater, Halliburton, world moral, two fake fun wars for them. Jail time and long time and not in Crawford, Texas, maybe on the tip on Cuba a place called Gitmo!

[rmreddicks]

Except the illegally occupied base in Cuba should be returned to the Cubans. Maybe the Iraqi's would consent to housing them in Abu Ghraib. I'll donate for the the upkeep in that situation.

[imjbb]

This man does not look healthy. Yeah, what a shock.

[Indieguy]

Bush looks worse than Nicholas Cage in "Leaving Las Vegas".

[elr50]

No, Cage almost looked worse than Bush in "Leaving Washington".

[VirginiaMom]

For some time, there has been talk (even late night jokes on Letterman) in DC circles that Bush fell off the wagon:

http://gawker.com/5035885/bush-looking-drunk-at-the-olympics
http://mparent7777-1.livejournal.com/1251342.html
http://wonkette.com/401833/was-bush-falling-down-drunk-at-olympics

Follow "National Enquirer" link for more salacious claims. If this Bush falling-of­f-the-wago­n story is true, it would sure explain a lot about the failures of the last several years...

[rmreddicks]

There are a lot of drunks with better judgment than a dry bush. Not to say he's not drinking. Of course bush and nixon seem to be the paragons of drunk presidents. I'll give Grant a pass. He at least did his killing honestly.

[Shake-A-Spear]

Since Bush, whether or not he drinks, is a dry drunk, he might as well drink -- especially when he's on the road and Laura's back home.
He better be closely superived post-presidency when he'll be tempted to drown his regrets in booze as anodyne..

[teacake]

Bush is an EMBARRASSMENT to his family, his state, and his country. The guy should never be allowed to leave the house, let alone attending an international event. This guy has a mental capability of a 12 year-old reta#ded boy.

[BushSunkOurShip]

You don't believe that Bush's grandfather Prescott was??? Don't be fooled by Bush Sr. , he is making out like a champ from his son's administration tax welfare handouts..

[webstersmommy]

Don't know if HE is, but after eight years of his rule, I sure am.

[BushSunkOurShip]

Have you ever notice his past actions??? If he was not drinking he was doing a great impersonation of one.......

[oldindependent]

You and me both!

He ought to have a hangover. The rest of us do!

[bubbles3660]

Just keep him away from the pretzels.

[rmreddicks]

Why keep him away?