High-res scribnerbooks: nprfreshair: Daniel Okrent, on the people who advocated for Prohibition but drank anyway: “The wet-drys were people who had no problem perceiving themselves as moral in a public arena and less so in the private arena — or maybe they didn’t see it as a moral issue at all. So you had many, many scores of [representatives] and senators who very openly appreciated their alcohol and continued to drink their alcohol but voted against [alcohol consumption]. [Wayne Bidwell] Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League said, ‘I don’t care how a man drinks; I care how he votes and how he prays.’ That was the way that he kind of put the shine on people who may have been not so appealing. Warren Harding was a great example of it. Warren Harding loved his scotch and soda. He owned stock in a brewery. He also valued his political survival and he made a deal with the Anti-Saloon League that he would vote to support their cause if they would vote to support him when he ran for office. That’s how he got elected to the Senate.” Check out “Last Call” by Daniel Okrent. We love this book. http://books.simonandschuster.com/Last-Call/Daniel-Okrent/9780743277020 This is pretty fascinating. And somehow, so, so relevant to today’s politicians.

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Daniel Okrent, on the people who advocated for Prohibition but drank anyway: “The wet-drys were people who had no problem perceiving themselves as moral in a public arena and less so in the private arena — or maybe they didn’t see it as a moral issue at all. So you had many, many scores of [representatives] and senators who very openly appreciated their alcohol and continued to drink their alcohol but voted against [alcohol consumption]. [Wayne Bidwell] Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League said, ‘I don’t care how a man drinks; I care how he votes and how he prays.’ That was the way that he kind of put the shine on people who may have been not so appealing. Warren Harding was a great example of it. Warren Harding loved his scotch and soda. He owned stock in a brewery. He also valued his political survival and he made a deal with the Anti-Saloon League that he would vote to support their cause if they would vote to support him when he ran for office. That’s how he got elected to the Senate.”

Check out “Last Call” by Daniel Okrent. We love this book. http://books.simonandschuster.com/Last-Call/Daniel-Okrent/9780743277020

This is pretty fascinating. And somehow, so, so relevant to today’s politicians.

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