On the December 14 edition of CNN's The Situation Room, host Wolf Blitzer cited a December 12 Associated Press article, in which the presidential candidates answered questions about their coffee preferences, part of the AP's “series of questions about [the candidates'] personal side,” and announced, "[L]ook at this -- Hillary Clinton is a flip-flopper. Sometimes she takes it black, sometimes with cream." Yet, Blitzer had offered no characterization of either Rudy Giuliani's or Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) coffee preferences, noting only “Giuliani prefers low-cal sweetener, any brand will do” and “McCain is fond of cappuccino, or coffee with cream and sugar.”
The December 12 AP article, in its entirety:
Hold the sugar.
Presidential candidates who drink coffee prefer artificial sweetener or no sweetener, for the most part.
AP asked candidates a series of questions about their personal side. Today's question is about what they take in their coffee. The answers:
DEMOCRATS:
New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton: Sometimes black, sometimes with cream
Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards: Doesn't drink it
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama: Black, but rarely drinks it
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson: Cream
REPUBLICANS:
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani: Splenda, Sweet'n Low or Equal, whichever is available
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee: Splenda
Arizona Sen. John McCain: Cappuccino or coffee with cream and sugar
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney: Doesn't drink it, has been known to have hot chocolate
Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson: Cream
From the December 14 edition of CNN's The Situation Room:
BLITZER: Let's take a campaign coffee break right now. The Associated Press asked the presidential candidates how they like their coffee. Take a look at this:
Rudy Giuliani prefers low-cal sweetener, any brand will do. Mike Huckabee is more specific; he likes Splenda. John McCain is fond of cappuccino, or coffee with cream and sugar. Fred Thompson says “cream, please.” Bill Richardson: also a cream kind of guy.
Barack Obama takes it black, but says he rarely drinks coffee. John Edwards says “no thanks,” he doesn't drink the stuff. And on this issue -- look at this -- Hillary Clinton is a flip-flopper: Sometimes she takes it black, sometimes with cream.