Ed Helms
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What's black and white and wet all over? Yeah, a wet newspaper doesn't sound particularly threatening, but with this story, they were torching the dries.
What's black and white and wet all over? Yeah, a wet newspaper doesn't sound particularly threatening, but with this story, they were torching the dries.
A good old D.C. scandal that couldn't have been more perfectly timed if you were a wet and gunning to kick Prohibition to the curb.
A good old D.C. scandal that couldn't have been more perfectly timed if you were a wet and gunning to kick Prohibition to the curb.
as Fred Cassidy says. That didn't take any prisoners. And neither did the Washington Post. They followed the George Cassidy stories with another series from Butts himself, with headlines like... Prohibition in the Senate.
as Fred Cassidy says. That didn't take any prisoners. And neither did the Washington Post. They followed the George Cassidy stories with another series from Butts himself, with headlines like... Prohibition in the Senate.
Okay, they definitely went for the bare butts thing, and God bless them for it. But of course, exposing the hypocrisy of the dries wasn't the only factor in the election. Because in 1929... It was panic.
Okay, they definitely went for the bare butts thing, and God bless them for it. But of course, exposing the hypocrisy of the dries wasn't the only factor in the election. Because in 1929... It was panic.
That November, the wets flooded the House, going from 76 seats to 146. Republican states like Ohio and Illinois and Kansas flung aside dry Republicans for wet Democrats. As for the man who helped push the tidal wave, George Cassidy was behind bars, locked away, serving his time. Well, sort of.
That November, the wets flooded the House, going from 76 seats to 146. Republican states like Ohio and Illinois and Kansas flung aside dry Republicans for wet Democrats. As for the man who helped push the tidal wave, George Cassidy was behind bars, locked away, serving his time. Well, sort of.
He was handed an 18-month sentence at a jail about two blocks away from his house on Capitol Hill.
He was handed an 18-month sentence at a jail about two blocks away from his house on Capitol Hill.
Ah, yes, the old George Remus treatment. A jail term fit for a king. King of the bootleggers, at least.
Ah, yes, the old George Remus treatment. A jail term fit for a king. King of the bootleggers, at least.
And remember Cassidy's little black book, replete with the contact information of each and every one of his customers, every politician who secretly solicited bootlegged liquor? Well, the Treasury Department got their hands on that little book, James Duran and his bosses. So what did they do with this comprehensive list of every fat cat and hypocrite in Washington?
And remember Cassidy's little black book, replete with the contact information of each and every one of his customers, every politician who secretly solicited bootlegged liquor? Well, the Treasury Department got their hands on that little book, James Duran and his bosses. So what did they do with this comprehensive list of every fat cat and hypocrite in Washington?