In summary: Near Beer should have been included in the poll...I voted Pilsner, but Pale Lager would be appropriate as well. As matter of fact Pilsner (originally from Czech Plzeň) are pale lagers adapted from Bavarian lagers. The mass-produced US domestic beers are primarily Lagers/Pilsners.
Well now I've seen everything. Last night on the McLaughlin group, John McLaughlin and Pat Buchanan, both staunch hard-right-wingers, described Obama's "let's have a beer" meeting as an example of his political genius!
While I may have thought this was true, I about choked when I heard Buchanan say it. When McLaughlin chimed in supporting the comment, it was too much to take. I am now convinced that this is all a dream.