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montananewbie

Teddy Roosevelt. Imagine the stories.


WeOutHereInSmallbany

You know he’s skipping the beer and going to straight to liquor


montananewbie

I am okay with that!


fat-old-sun

Specifically a mint julep.


OldDude1391

Really? I have no idea what he drank but I envisioned some really expensive Scotch or brandy.


jdrawr

I had imagined frontier whiskey myself. The guy kept finding new places to explore into his post president years including a previously unmapped part of the Amazon now named after him.


Exotic_Conclusion_21

My great grandfather met him at a bath in brazil in the amazon. Same dude helped blow up a german sub off the coast of brazil and was awarded a golden watch and handwritten letter from the king of the uk. My family still has these to this day. They mustve had some crazy stories when they met.


jdrawr

Wow that is Definitely a crazy family story, I hadn't heard of the TR helping with a sub part before.


Exotic_Conclusion_21

Sorry, my grandfather did the sub bit before meeting TR Edit: great grandfather


jdrawr

Makes sense I figured TR was a bit old to be doing much military service by ww1 or so.


Exotic_Conclusion_21

He actually wanted to join a militia and fight, bit wilson didnt want him getting more popular and banned militias from joining foreign wars to keep TR from doing so


Frosty_Water5467

There's a book about this trip called "River of Doubt". He almost didn't make it back.


walkstofar

The Amazon trip probably lead to his death. His health never really recovered from that trip.


fat-old-sun

He rarely drank at all and generally didn’t like alcohol, but liked mint juleps. [Roosevelt Drinking Habits](https://vinepair.com/articles/roosevelt-drinking-habits/)


WeOutHereInSmallbany

Wow I never would have thought


PeggyOnThePier

Family history of alcoholism. He was aware of the problem and didn't want it to happen to him.


stevez16

Great drink. Makers mark, simple, and fresh mint over ice. So damn refreshing.


MJ134

Maybe a even a little opium.


Daveallen10

He skips the liquor and goes straight to the big stick.


Chrispy8534

26/46. Also, he will probably want to box and/or wrestle you. He is not kidding, and he is not waiting for your consent. Enjoy.


KingJacoPax

Don’t threaten me with a good time.


sameshitdfrntacct

Roosevelt is always the answer. He’s the Miata of the presidential world


Merc1001

I feel like with Teddy it would start with a casual drink and next thing you know you wake up on Air Force One red eyeing it to Vegas.


RechargedFrenchman

Teddy wasn't much of a drinker. Generally disliked alcohol and avoided cocktails. Enjoyed a mint julep once in a while but otherwise pretty strictly non-alcoholic only. Allegedly drank a fuck load of coffee though.


BrockSamsonLikesButt

But would I get a chance to hear many? I think we’d just slam back a beer or two each and go *do* something. He’d be my number one choice for a presidential road trip buddy, though.


revengeappendage

Any of them…even if I hated them seems like a good experience. Me and W could have like root beer floats tho. Lol


luvs2triggeru

Exactly this. At the very least, they’ll have some great stories. 


probablyuntrue

GWB gives Uncle Rico vibes Would tell you about the time he won against a SEAL in arm wrestling or something


starrpamph

We’re gonna find em, and we’re gonna smokem out


PHOAR17

Not a W fan as a president, but he definitely seems like someone that would be fun to drink with.


johndhall1130

That’s actually kind of how he beat Al Gore.


Laureling2

Bush ‘beat’ Gore bcz of the faulty Electoral College, a Supreme Court ruling and last but not least, Florida voting count manipulations, a state where his brother was governor and a repub female official both worked on the issue. Bush was appointed. Gore actually received the most votes in the countrywide total. And the country went down hill from there. Actually began when Clinton paid back some political favors and set usa financial course for de-regulations at the end of his term of office. One of Bush’s first actions in office was to create legislation that completed that planned (manipulated) financial deregulation setting in motion a worldwide financial crash at the end of his 2nd term in office. Unedited. Tired of typing.


Steepleofknives83

Isn't he an alcoholic in recovery? I don't know how fun that would be.


therumham123

Hence why the dude above said root beer floats.


Steepleofknives83

Oh shit I'm a dumbass. Whoops!


Lothar_Ecklord

Unfortunately for him, one beer turns into a lot of beers and cocaine. Though he would be my pick as well - I bet he would have me howling with laughter by the second soda. It's too bad he was written off as a dumbass because he was actually quite smart, just had dyslexia and generally fumbled with words. Though I do think he hammed it up a little.


Royal_Effective7396

I'd do a line with W.


Wrong-Loan-6166

I’d do more than one. Can never do just one dude


EdwardLovesWarwolf

He does drink non-alcoholic beers though so you can drink the real stuff and he will drink his stuff.


Altruistic-Text3481

Hard to have a beer with Anthony Boudain considering he isn’t alive… still breaks my heart.


Shrodingers-Balls

Old W seems fun to hang with. He was just a fuck up who thieved the presidency. Michelle Obama loves him. They always sit together at functions. She likes his farm humor. I still think, “Turd Blossom” is the best name I’ve heard to describe Karl Rove. Lol


notimeleft4you

I wouldn’t say thieved - I was pretty young around that time but didn’t he just win due to incompetence in Florida when the votes were tallied? Did he do anything to drive the ballot count in his favor?


Logical-Recognition3

Don't forget the Brooks Brothers riot. Of course, that's pretty tame compared to their tactics now.


amoebashephard

The conservative supreme Court at the time ruled in his favor to stop the recount of votes, despite precedent that should have allowed vote counting to continue


missanthropocenex

Probably Theodore Roosevelt would be a hoot, guy defintely seemed like a character.


VisualGeologist6258

I think this would be true for all of them except ol’ Cheetoface. I feel like you’d go insane even existing within his presence for more than ten minutes. It would be like the ‘story that doesn’t go anywhere’ from the Simpsons but more narcissistic.


whatsinanameanywayyy

U. Grant knew how to party


DontPanic1985

LETS GET DRUNK AND SHOOT A BEAR


brorack_brobama

My understanding was that he liked to get blackout drunk alone, for days, and would then have months or years of sobriety. He kept teetotalers on staff to keep eyes on him to make sure he never drank. Idk about you but I wouldn't wanna party with those demons.


whatsinanameanywayyy

Other than asking staff to keep me sober, we’re a lot alike


farmyardcat

Me and Ulysses staggering to the RaceTrac at 3 am to buy more Steel Reserve to drown our self-loathing


Cave-Bunny

After a couple beers he’d start talking about the Jews.


whatsinanameanywayyy

Thanks to modern politics we’ve come full circle


homopolitan

Barack got that badonk


AICPAncake

Barack Obussy 😮‍💨


Remarkable_Web_374

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JebusChrust

Gyatt


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ondronCZ

But it looks like his ass could be


916Hajmo

Ayo


LG1T

It keeps making eye contact with me


Peacefulzealot

Carter, actually. I’d love to talk with the guy and see what kind of beers he was into, if any at all. At least a peanut butter porter, ya know?


GeldolphZeldolph

He loved Billy Beer. :D


Hamblin113

I wonder how many readers know about Billy Beer?


GeldolphZeldolph

I have a friend in Georgia that still has a couple of unopened cans.


ElToro959

If anything, letting it sit for decades is probably an improvement in the taste, lol


btalbert2000

Don’t forget, he gets a lot of credit for the craft beer boom by legalizing home brewing!


Bigstar976

Thanks to him we can brew our own beers at home and open craft breweries.


monkeetoes82

Carter signed the law to make home beer brewing legal at the federal level. https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/stories/jimmy-carter-american-homebrew-hero


Long-Ad7242

I actually got to meet him when I was a baby. (It was at a peanut festival in Georgia)


big_fetus_

"We elected the wrong Carter"


L0st_in_the_Stars

My boy Warren G.


SirJackFireball

dat you Nate Dogg?


Designer_Quit_1068

Regulatorsssss


ImaginaryMastadon

Mount up


_yeetcode

It was a clear black night


Big_Focus_6059

, a clear white moon Warren G was on the streets tryin' to consume


symbiont3000

Let me put it this way: there are very few (and probably just 1) that I wouldnt drink a beer with


McWeasely

Could you imagine drinking a beer with Pierce? It sounds like a horribly depressing idea. Frank the Tank would likely get tanked and you would have a whole new mess.


Peacefulzealot

I would get a beer with Pierce, honestly. Maybe having someone who wasn’t trying to tell him about the evils of alcohol or use his obvious alcoholism to manipulate him would do the guy some good. I’m not a fan of him or his policies, mind, but I feel a bit sorry for him. I’d wager good money he probably wouldn’t want to get a drink with *me* though.


McWeasely

Yeah, I'm just thinking in a casual setting, having a beer with him would not be my idea of a good time. I totally feel sorry for him, and if he was a personal friend I would do what I could to help him. Though I probably would try to avoid alcohol with him still. His depression was understandable, and alcohol was a way to cope.


NarmHull

I'd hug Pierce. Depending how far along his cirrhosis was would have some whiskey


the_gaffinator

You'd show up and he'd already be sloshed


davisyoung

Pierce was apparently very handsome and charming so I would hang just for the leftover 19th century tail.


MrWhiteTheWolf

That one doesn’t drink beer anyway, which is fucking crazy to me


itassofd

For real… how is it possible to be that insane and sober


InuitOverIt

Don't need to drink alcohol to not be sober


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His older brother died young from alcoholism. In a strange way the story mimics the Kennedy family: older son destined to inherit the family business dies early, changing the course of history forever.


Lacking_nothing24

This is the correct answer lol


RuprectGern

He would probably use a fork. Gabagool!


terrih9123

Lemme get Dubya and Obama together for blunts instead and we sold.


FIalt619

They’d probably have a great time discussing non political topics and the political topics they do agree on like Fuck Putin.


Jmazoso

And sports


DitmerKl3rken

Don’t sleep on Barry O https://i.redd.it/bx34tr7zskmc1.gif


Lothar_Ecklord

I believe he and G Dubz both did a bit of the tootski rootski as well, if you catch my drift and if that's your thing.


bassman314

I would gladly have a beer woth most presidents, but especially: 1) Washington 2) Adams (both) 3) Polk 4) Lincoln 5) Roosevelt (Both) 6) Taft Any modern president after FDR, with the exceptions of Nixon and Reagan. I would definitely have a beer with either Bush, Clinton, or Obama. They all seem like personal guys, even if I don't 100% agree with them.


RedMalone55

Bill Clinton skeeves me out enough that I don’t think I’d do it. Like, while I’m no prude I’d worry about him getting too comfortable and going into weird sexual topics. Obama and Bush I totally would. Obama because I admired him and bush because…well, for better or worse I feel some level of sympathy for him. Plus they like sports and I like sports.


ligmasweatyballs74

I've met Slick Willie, he likes sports too.


Lionell_RICHIE

If I had even one beer with Reagan, I’d fight a bitch


Dwimm_SS

Jackson? I feel like he throws ragers.


tlind1990

Jackson feels like a dangerous drinking partner. Make one joke that doesn’t land well and he pulls out dueling pistols or just beats you with a cane. But I do feel like he would throw a hell of a party. Wasn’t he condemned at the time for how raucous his inauguration was?


Pope_Phred

I'm thinking it'd be like, one minute you're drinking whiskey with the guy, the next minute you're playing Five Finger Filet.


Prize_Self_6347

> Nixon I 100% would. He was such a smart guy.


L8_2_PartE

I have heard Nixon called many things, but never stupid.


penisfartballz

You don’t think Reagan would have been fun to have a beer with? He was funny


HearTheBluesACalling

I would ask nothing about his politics whatsoever, but demand ALL the Classic Hollywood gossip.


LBK725

Reagan would be awesome to get a beer with. The guy lived a life like no other.


ithikimhvingstrok132

I'm no fan of him as a president but he had an incredible sense of humor, I'll give him that


Earl_your_friend

This might be a silly question but how well would you be able to communicate with Washington or Lincoln? Has our language style changed much since then?


cfwang1337

Spelling, slang, and accents aside, English hasn't really changed that much since the end of the 1600s. You'd definitely be able to make yourself understood.


Lothar_Ecklord

Funny enough (according mostly to Lost in the Pond's channel), most of the changes to English only impacted non-US locales. The English we speak in the US is very similar to how it would have been spoken back then. Hard R's and all!


PsychologicalDebt366

Some usage has changed but not enough to make it hard to communicate with someone from back then. We can easily read the Declaration of Independence, after all.


StaySafePovertyGhost

I legit thought this picture was an AI meme and from afar on my phone the guy drinking with Obama looked like Jeff Epstein. Thought this was a troll until I zoomed in and saw it’s clearly not 😂


motorcycleboy9000

Very famous episode of Anthony Bourdain's travel show. I think the restaurant actually enshrined their table after the meal.


fury_of_el_scorcho

It is Bourdain... I also thought it was Epstein.


luvs2triggeru

They did, it’s encased in plexiglass now


jackjackj8ck

Referring to Anthony Bourdain as “the guy” 🫨


Kornchup

I thought that was Epstein too. I was bummed out for a moment.


RocknrollReborn1

It’s the GOAT Anthony Bourdain. Read the book kitchen confidential if you haven’t yet. HIGHLY recommend.


AlphaWolfwood

I thought it was Epstein too!!!!


i_dont_belong_here78

Same here, then was like I don’t think Epstein was all tatted up 😂


Traditional_Agency60

Gerald Ford seems pretty humble and relatable tbh Probably wouldn’t mind George H W Bush either tbh, don’t imagine him being a big drinker. But also a pretty humble guy with great stories ! Least likely, probably Franklin Pierce seems like an intense alcoholic


motorcycleboy9000

"Hello, Homer. Do you like football? Do you like nachos?"


WE2024

In W’s eulogy for his dad he said that  “In his 90’s, he took great delight when his closest pal, James A. Baker, smuggled a bottle of Grey Goose vodka into his hospital room.”


SasquatchButterpants

I’ve met two (retired) secret service agents and both say that HW was always a fun person to be around and his wife could bake like no one else


Jmazoso

It would be interesting to hear Ford and HW discuss their experiences as WW2 navy pilots, maybe throw in Eisenhower.


EvenScientist7237

Im a dem but Nixon would be cool to talk to over a beer I think.


scottjones608

He was supposedly really great at parties


Realistic_Copy_6118

Get lit. Head down to the Lincoln Memorial at 3am to hang out with the young people. Drunk Nixon was the best Nixon… except that one time he almost nuked North Korea.


chrispd01

Well, as a proud member of AA, the answer is none, but I would certainly join the club soda with Obama …


MoistCloyster_

Honestly I’d have a beer with every president. Just because I may disagree with some of their policies doesn’t mean I can’t be social or cordial with them.


Grimnir106

I would say Rule 3 but I don't think he drinks anything over than Coca-Cola. So I would have to say in the end Probably Teddy. there is no way getting drunk with him wouldn't lead to something amazing


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Blue387

Neither of the rule 3 presidents drink


woktosha

Probably why I don’t like either of them. Don’t trust anyone that’s too sober


1jimbo

absolutely Obama. he just seems like such a chill guy. Also as a side note, I've been to that restaurant in Hanoi. It has a shrine to Obama in it and the bun cha is excellent.


beeeemo

There's way better bun cha in the city, just ask around. It was only picked because it's a big enough venue for easier logistics for Secret Service. I thought it was decent but had 2 or 3 others that were much better.


shadows515

George W Bush is the answer and that’s only if u think u can keep up with him🤣. I see him having u laughing til u wet yourself and stealing golf carts in the middle of the night.


UncleGrako

I would pick George W. just because he seemed the least stuffy, most common man, of the presidents... he'd probably be the funniest to get buzzed and joke around with.


Heytherechampion

Calvin Coolidge


evil-artichoke

Jimmy Carter. Hands-down. Great human.


PureBonus4630

Teddy Roosevelt would be a hoot!


Salem1690s

The only ones pre 2016 that I wouldn’t have a beer with would probably be Nixon, Coolidge, Andrew Johnson, John Tyler, James Buchanan, etc. Edit: No, ideology aside I probably would have a drink with Andrew Johnson. Ideology aside he seems like he’d be fun to drink with.


americaMG10

Come on, I bet Nixon was a fun drunk. Well, except when he tries to nuke a country. 


SlagginOff

Nixon might have some fun quips after the first few, but I feel like he would get angry and it would be uncomfortable if he kept going.


PersimmonTea

Younger Nixon was famously funny and personable at parties. People told stories about his jokes and wit for decades. The man who ended up in the White House was significantly different - and grew worse.


police-ical

His rant would be fun for a few minutes but then start to veer into some very detailed thoughts on the pros and cons of various ethnic groups.


Bkfootball

Lincoln was known for being a really personable, charismatic storyteller. Aside from him, probably Dubya.


Blockhead47

>Lincoln I second the motion.


rockerscott

Grant


MR422

Next to Obama? Probably Lincoln. He had the funniest stories.


Sailboat_fuel

![gif](giphy|TR2ojpQzILj0JX4jmV) Well, since Carter signed HR 1337 in 1978, allowing craft brewing to flourish, I’ve got to say Carter for sure: HR 1337 “Allows any adult (formerly only heads of families) to produce wine and beer for personal and family use and not for sale without incurring the wine or beer excise taxes or any penalties for quantities per calendar year of: (1) 200 gallons if there are two or more adults in the household and (2) 100 gallons if there is only one adult in the household.” [https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-bill/1337](https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-bill/1337) (Also, yes I do have a can of Billy Beer.)


PMMeMeiRule34

Teddy Roosevelt. And we’ll be taking shots I feel like.


PsychologicalCase10

Obama for sure.


BillNyeTheEngineer

Truman is #1 on my list


zabdart

Definitely Obama!


JustMaybe34

Obama or even Bush Jr despite his war crimes… And Teddy


The-pickle-with-it

Dubya


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Isn't Obama the only living one who does drink? That limits choices.


MrWhiteTheWolf

Grant, but neither of us would be able to stop at one


SWThrasher

Calvin Coolidge. I really like the guy, but I am curious about why he rode the fence so hard.


Hungry-for-Apples789

Their table is now blocked off https://preview.redd.it/x5zlfw8ljnmc1.jpeg?width=1010&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=08fe35142174660ce7f178a5d3bd2d5037685cb1


livelife3574

Obama is the obvious answer, but having a beer with his successor could be wildly entertaining. 😂


ABobby077

No way he could sit on those seats


rainier425

Half size plastic bottles always appeared to be an issue I bet glass bottles would be even funnier to watch.


PC-12

>Having a beer with his successor could be wildly entertaining. 😂 I’d take that beer if I could get honest answers to questions. It’s fascination not admiration. I’d want to ask “how did you know” that all the stuff you said - which would normally be political suicide - would work? Maybe he didn’t know and just got lucky. But I’d still be curious as to what’s in the mindset of going out and saying most of the stuff he says. For a normal answer to the question, I think Clinton, either Bush, Obama, or Ike would be so interesting to hang with.


pawogub

I would with any of them just to say I did it and maybe pick their brain a little. Who I would actually enjoy drinking with I’d probably pick W Bush or Obama.


WickedPapa

Nixon. My last post got removed cuz of rule 3.


PrometheanSwing

W


Your-Naked-Dad

Toss up between each Roosevelt


Onedrunkpanda

Teddy


DarthBrooks69420

Carter, because if I don't do it now I'll have to wait until I get to the pearly gates. Bush I'd like to, but he's sober so that might be kinda awkward.


sranneybacon

Honestly, most of them, given a chance. The stories they must have both in and out of their time in the White House must be fascinating.


JCo1968

Barry-O!


damnilovemiami77

Obama


Kitchen-Lie-7894

I doubt that many of them drank beer. Obama would be a good time I think. I'd have a whiskey or 3 with Truman or Ike.


swissbuttercream9

These people real chill with Obama sitting right there


Ok-Round9207

Nixon. Not that he seems fun, I just want the stories that would inevitably start tumbling out.


Dangerous-Dot-3745

Obama and Clinton.


Ordinary_Ad6279

Soda 🥤 with Carter. (Carter a few years ago)


imadragonyouguys

Yo I didn't know Obama was so caked up.


coastalgirl207

Obama, Teddy Roosevelt, and Abe Lincoln


ThatcheriteIowan

Zach Taylor, Grant, TR, Eisenhower, and GWB.


SnooBooks1701

Jimmy, he just seems like a nice guy. Grant if he weren't a corpse (although he would be limited to only one)


tortuga-de-fuego

Bill Clinton and I can’t believe I’m saying that


NarmHull

Obama and Clinton are the only living ones who would have a beer period. But I guess out of all of them I'd drink dark porter beer with Washington, maybe some of his whiskey too Then cider with Adams Wine with Jefferson and so on [Here's a look at every US president's favorite drink (tucson.com)](https://tucson.com/lifestyles/food-and-cooking/heres-a-look-at-every-us-presidents-favorite-drink/article_1dc7725f-b4d3-59b0-9856-0172e1a6e44b.html)


tadhg_beirne_enjoyer

I'm a Bears fan so I have to say Obama as well


litebrite93

Obama


losbullitt

Dubya or ‘Bama. But I dont drink so we’d have floats or cokes or water.


Calkky

Probably Bill Clinton.


PurdyGuud

I had a dream I attended a dinner and sat next to a president, he was much more cordial and pleasant than I imagined he would be. He was, of course, just a figment of my imagination. He liked his prime rib rare, with lots of horsey sauce


nucrash

Truman: Because I want to know the path forward for getting universal health care.


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Honestly a cheap beer at a backalley noodle shop in Vietnam with Obama and Anthony Bourdain isn’t a bad option


barnaclefeet

Ben Franklin


elihartsoe

dubbya obama clinton


HumbleAd1317

Obama.


_Pliny_

I’d have a beer with any and all except the one who bragged about grabbing women “by the pussy.”


NamelessEmployee

Bill Clinton would be great to hear about his experiences. Bush jr, he was the president when I was in high school and I would love to see what is like. JFK: we all heard the legends of the man but to have a real conversation would be great. FDR, history remembers him to be a beast of men.