Beer buyout a hiccup for McCain?

[Scurrilous]

Source: Miami Herald

John McCain finds himself in a potentially awkward situation, with his wife's ownership of an Arizona beer distributorship tying her to a company that does business in Cuba.

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"The pending merger of American beer giant Anheuser-Busch and a Belgian company that brews and sells beer in Cuba is thrusting John McCain into the middle of thorny Cuba-U.S. relations.

McCain's wife, Cindy, owns the third-largest Anheuser-Busch distributor in the country -- which means she would stand to profit by partnering with a company that is in business with the Cuban government.

McCain is a staunch advocate of the embargo that bars most American companies from doing business in Cuba, and among the yet-to-be-resolved issues in the $52 billion deal is whether Belgian giant InBev -- expected to operate under the name Anheuser-Busch-InBev -- will continue to market its Cuban line of beer, and what that may mean for U.S. distributors.

Two of McCain's top Florida supporters, Miami Reps. Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart, assailed the InBev-Anheuser Busch deal earlier this month, saying they are "deeply concerned" that Anheuser-Busch is about to be purchased by a company "with ties to the Cuban dictatorship, a state sponsor of terrorism."



Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/569/story/622666.html

[Bicoastal]

1. But...um...Cindy loves America!

Man, if it had been Michelle in this position, we never would have heard the end of this...

[santamargarita]

2. Mr. "Double Standard" and our Fascist Media - no sweat!

He'll just blame Obama and the media will love him for it!

[Indenturedebtor]

3. Lol we sponsored terrorists against Cuba! State sponsor of terrorism indeed

:rofl:

Sorry that just caught my funny bone.

I personally couldn't give a shit less about ties to Cuba... I think we should have more of them in fact. But damn if I don't hope that this hurts McBush.

[DUlover2909]

5. same here, "state sponsor of terrorism"? How the hell is that?

[Loudmxr]

4. Ohh I can feel another awkward McCain joke coming on!!!

"He He Its just like cigarettes maybe the Cubans will drink themselves to death. He He..Ow!!! stop punching me in my ribs you cun....I mean honey."
:smoke:

[rurallib]

6. Johnny needs to do two things

1) Deny any connection with a straight face
2) Blame Obama for A-B getting sold because of the Democratic congresses policies. A congress led by OBAMA!

[Bake]

7. If McLame steals the presidency, what happens to Cindy's business interests?

"Blind" (yeah, right) trust?

Bake

[crikkett]

8. It's positively presidential - remember that Cheney did business with Saddam Hussein

and Iran via Halliburton. Embargoes are for losers.