Comments on: Nondrinkers are terrible presidents. Discuss. http://www.drvino.com/2012/04/23/presidents-drink-teetotalers/ wine talk that goes down easy Fri, 17 May 2013 23:19:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: John http://www.drvino.com/2012/04/23/presidents-drink-teetotalers/#comment-382529 John Tue, 01 May 2012 18:31:56 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=10804#comment-382529 You have that image of Reagan there to demonstrate that even drinkers can be terrible presidents, right?

]]> By: Jane Kettlewell http://www.drvino.com/2012/04/23/presidents-drink-teetotalers/#comment-382182 Jane Kettlewell Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:17:00 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=10804#comment-382182 Though not a U.S. president, Churchill was 50% American, partial to a tipple or two and the odd cigar, and pretty effective on balance…

]]> By: John Winthrop http://www.drvino.com/2012/04/23/presidents-drink-teetotalers/#comment-382054 John Winthrop Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:11:01 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=10804#comment-382054 Interesting to contemplate. Is it significant that our most totalitarian Presidents of the 20th Century, Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, were teetotalers? Or that Grant and Bush were both drunks, whereas Carter was also teetotal? Our least stylish Presidents, Truman and Johnson, drank only cocktails; our most stylish, Kennedy and reagan, drank but very little. Perhaps all that matters is the long view, which is that we have fallen from Jefferson, a oenophile of note, to Obama, who drinks Kendall-Jackson Chard, Korbel “Champagne”, and South African sparkling plonk.

]]> By: Bill Klapp http://www.drvino.com/2012/04/23/presidents-drink-teetotalers/#comment-381930 Bill Klapp Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:58:44 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=10804#comment-381930 Does this theory apply only to U.S. Presidents? If not, could you please research the drinking habits of the following?

Dick Cheney

Donald Rumsfeld

Karl Rove

Alan Greenspan

Ben Bernanke

Hank Paulson

Timothy Geithner

Robert Rubin

Larry Summers

LLoyd Blankfein

Thanking you in advance!

]]> By: RobinC http://www.drvino.com/2012/04/23/presidents-drink-teetotalers/#comment-381872 RobinC Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:35:37 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=10804#comment-381872 I wish airline pilots were all teetotalers.

]]> By: Ann http://www.drvino.com/2012/04/23/presidents-drink-teetotalers/#comment-381844 Ann Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:53:37 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=10804#comment-381844 And we all know who was behind the addition of the warning statement on wine labels…….a major tee-totaler……Strom Thurmond!

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