This strip is based on the “beer summit” in which President Obama chose to have a beer with Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the police officer who arrested him so they could work out their racially charged differences. It starts out with Mr. Gates being arrested and placed in a jail cell. Mr. Obama then announces his intention to work things out with the men over beer. This is all based on real events.
However, in the strip, there is no beer available to drink at the White House, and they instead drink tequila because it was the only alcoholic beverage in the cupboard. The tequila causes all three men to behave erratically and get arrested, ending with all of them in jail. It is implied that while it is possible to drink beer responsibly, tequila will cause even the President of the United States to become so intoxicated he’ll be thrown in jail.
The target audience will relate to this strip because they’ve presumably gotten wasted on tequila on many occasions.
