If Bush is elected, will he repeal the 21st amendment?

[Ezlivin]

Once he has consolidated his fundamentalist power base, would he make liquor illegal again by acting to repeal the 21^st amendment? (The 21^st amendment repealed the 18^th amendment.)

It seems like Prohibition would be Happy Days to his followers.

[davidinalameda]

1. doubtful

unless he has a bootlegger ready to start bringing his stuff from Canada

[Zinfandel]

2. Get real there is NO way Bush is going to get "elected' he has to steal it

again!!!

[Pig_Latin_Lover]

3. If he can't drink, none of us can (nt)

[onenote]

4. not a snowball's chance in hell

First of all, you couldn't get a majority in COngress to ban alcohol. The restaurant owners, bar owners, liquor store owners, etc would rise up. The tv and cable networks, who rely on beer/wine advertising...they'd rise up. The members of Congress who drink outnumber the ones who don't.

Second, you couldn't get this through the state legislatures for the same reason.

If Bushie was to have the opportunity to go for changes in the constitution, he'd go after the separation of church and state, or abortion, or the right to privacy. He'd try to bolster the second amendment to go after what meager gun laws still exist.

Booze...not a chance.

onenote

[porphyrian]

5. Only if he wants the largest crime wave in American history...

...during his last term. Prohibition just makes criminals rich. Look at how successful the "drug war" has been in inflating the price of pot, yet it's available almost everywhere.

[polmaven]

6. He'd be more likely

to try to repeal the 22nd and try to become president for life.

[polmaven]

7. He'd be more likely

to try to repeal the 22nd and try to become president for life.

[ThoughtCriminal]

9. Yeah, but then Bill Clinton could come back

and kick his ass too.

[polmaven]

10. You have a point!

:toast:

He'd have to specify it is not retroactive.

[bhunt70]

8. I certainly hope so, I'm still feeling the effects of last nights whiskey.

[catmandu57]

11. Forget the 21st.

If this moron* and his handlers steal the govt. one more time the United
states as we know it is history.

[Sven77]

12. no way

look how hard it was to eliminate smoking. they can only reduce advertising and tax the hell out of it. besides the bush administration wants everyone on drugs and alcohol to dumb down the population and put them in jail.