Now, some of you all may be old enough to remember the days of Prohibition. I’m not. (Laughter.) But remember, we illegalized whisky, and guess what? People found all kinds of ways to make it, and to run it. NASCAR got started — positive thing that came out of all that. (Laughter.)
– President George W. Bush (January 11, 2006)
Sigh.
[Via Hit and Run]
Update: Great response from kaptinemo in comments:
The historically obvious irony regarding the War on (Some) Drugs implicit in his statement flies so far over his head he can’t even see the contrail…
Servetus on Catholic bishops fear marijuana and freethinking: “An ancient Egyptian mug was found by a USF professor to have once contained hallucinogens: 15-Nov-2024–A University of South Florida…” Nov 17, 20:11
