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Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts) Wed Jan 12, 2022, 12:32 PM Jan 2022

Al Smith's campaign slogan in 1928: "Make Your Wet Dreams Come True".

Not a joke.

Al Smith opposed prohibition, and therefore was the wet candidate (to the dry candidates who supported it) and made that his campaign slogan when he ran in 1928.

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Al Smith's campaign slogan in 1928: "Make Your Wet Dreams Come True". (Original Post) Drunken Irishman Jan 2022 OP

Didn't work in '28 TheRealNorth Jan 2022 #1

TheRealNorth

(9,500 posts)

1. Didn't work in '28

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Wed Jan 12, 2022, 01:22 PM

Jan 2022

Instead we ended up the lackey for corporate America named Herbert Hoover.

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