Drinking with the Republicans: The Politically Incorrect History of Conservative Concoctions

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• By Mark Will-Weber
• This item is not eligible for discounts unless explicitly mentioned in promotional offers

• Product Description

• Learn how to drink like a Republican! Organized chronologically in order of GOP presidents, this fun gift book is full of cocktail recipes, bar tips, and hysterical drinking anecdotes through Republican White House administrations. Which president liked to mix whiskey, vodka, and orange juice? Who had a trick for hiding the labels of cheap wine? Drinking with the Republicans is the bar guide with a twist that all political buffs will enjoy!

In 1919, Congress ratified the 18th Amendment, commonly referred to as the Volstead Act, which outlawed the production, distribution, and transportation of alcohol. Prohibition officially went into effect on January 16, 1920. Originally envisioned as an age of moral reform for the country, the next decade saw an increase in organized crime, homicides, burglaries, and assaults as gangs supplied speakeasies with smuggled alcohol and law enforcement became overwhelmed.

With public opinion against it, Franklin Delano Roosevelt campaigned on repealing Prohibition, which ended in 1933 with the ratification of the 21st Amendment.