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Posts Tagged ‘alcoholism’

Happy Birthday, Betty Ford!

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Mazel tov!Betty Ford celebrates her 90th birthday today, and Wonkette offers up a hearty, nonalcoholic toast in her honor. For the 896 wonderful days of Gerald Ford’s presidency, this sassy dancing divorcee brought outspoken feminism and frank talk to the White House. And the pills, dear God, the pills and booze! MORE »


St. Patrick’s Curse On America

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Jump around, jump around!Way back in the Fifth Century, Eliot Spitzer took a “white slave” to Ireland. After many years of imprisonment, Little Saint Patrick escaped back to England, which was part of Rome at the time, and he remembered his Irish slavery so fondly that he vowed to return and destroy Paganism. It only took another 1,500 years for Ted Kennedy to drunkenly crash his car off a tiny bridge and drown his girlfriend. Learn more about St. Patrick’s Day, after the jump. MORE »


President Drunk, Book Not Going to Sell Self

Monday, June 26th, 2006

Family support is imperative in beating addiction. MORE »