Owner complains Obama’s beer tent stop cost him $25,000 (president, Barack Obama, Reed)

[JD59]

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 * 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.

Owner complains Obama’s beer tent stop cost him $25,000 | Des Moines Register Staff Blogs

[bentlebee]

Obama and his wife used to go on dates that where costing a lot of people a lot of their freedom, access to where they wanted to go and money...



I understand that in today's economy no owner is happy to loose that amount of revenues!

Originally Posted by John1960

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 * 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.

Owner complains Obama’s beer tent stop cost him $25,000 | Des Moines Register Staff Blogs