Monday, August 10, 2009

Sign of the Times: YES WE CAN Discount Tobacco & Beer

Posted by Jack Silverman on Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 7:07 AM

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I have to confess that when I first noticed YES WE CAN Discount Tobacco & Beer as I drove down Gallatin Road yesterday, I winced. How cynical, I thought: appropriating the slogan of the 44th president of the United States of America to hawk nicotine and alcohol. I asked the proprietor, who was deeply engrossed in a cell phone conversation, if in fact the store was so named in honor of President Obama, and he confirmed my assumption before returning to his call.
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But the more I thought about it, the more it made perfect sense. After all, we know about Barack's much-publicized cigarette smoking. Then there's his fondness for beer, as evidenced by a photo of him quaffing a cold one at a Bulls-Wizards basketball game, not to mention that snoozefest of a beer summit a couple weeks back. So instead of a marketplace of vice, YES WE CAN is really a monument to those human weaknesses that make Barack Obama more, well, human. One of us. And in these challenging economic times, who wants to pay full price to indulge their self-destructive behaviors? To put it in the current political vernacular, think of YES WE CAN as the "Cash for Drunkers" program. Or maybe the Obama Stimulants (and Depressants) Package.

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Did he just say liking beer is a weakness?

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Posted by Pancho on 08/10/2009 at 9:50 AM

Among damn few connections between this citizen and Barack, our savior, are beer and cigarettes. Now sooner or later the butts are going to inhibit him sufficiently to where he is going to apply some real effort toward eliminating the problem. I would recommend a personally tested, ultra-sophisticated solution. One which would cement our connection even further. Chewing tobacco.
I can think of nothing finer than to view the honorable Mr. Obama behind his lecturn, manipulating a nationally televised press conference and tucking in a hefty chaw from a paper of Union Leader while David Graham questions his war progress. A Steel City beer can spit cup on the top corner of the lecturn would round out the scene.
And come to think of it, a bumper sticker on the back of his presidential limousine reading "Caution: Passenger Chewing Tobacco" would be even finer.

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Posted by W D Humpfree on 08/10/2009 at 10:46 AM

if this store is going to co-opt the president's campaign slogan, they could at least carry his official beer. did you notice whether they had any ice-cold Pander-Brau?

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Posted by alum on 08/10/2009 at 11:26 AM

Is it next door to Tippecanoe and Tyler Tattoo?

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Posted by Ashley on 08/10/2009 at 11:50 AM

No Ashley, but it's down the street from I Like Ikea, It's the Economy Stupid pawn shop and A Chicken in Every Pot delicatessen.

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Posted by Jack on 08/10/2009 at 12:34 PM

I think those are in the same strip mall as Compassionate Conservatism Check Cashing and Kinder, Gentler Crisis Pregnancy Center.

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Posted by Ashley on 08/10/2009 at 1:07 PM

My first thought was more like "yes, we can still smoke, despite the increased cigarette tax and associated broken campaign promise".

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Posted by c1egrover on 08/10/2009 at 4:09 PM

Ashley, were I the kind of person who used "LOL", I would use that in response to your last post.
Ah, what the hell. First time for everything...LOL.

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Posted by Marvin on 08/10/2009 at 5:41 PM

Yes we cab open a new store despite the recession and overcome any obstacles

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