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 John Walters and William Barr linked to Nazis: “More that might be useful, Mount Sinai researchers have identified a brain pathway that is affected by addictive drugs: 18-APR-2024–…researchers,…” Apr 18, 23:11