November 8th, 2016 -- by Bacchus
Best Campaign Promise Ever
How many politicians today can (or will) promise to make your wet dreams come true?
It actually makes some sense in historical context; Al Smith was an anti-prohibition (hence, “wet”) candidate in 1928. But the double entendre is unlikely to have been innocent; “wet dream” has been used to mean “erotic dream with nocturnal emission” since at least 1851.
From the blog Lawyers, Guns, And Money, with thanks to Dr. Faustus for alerting me to it.
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In a similar vein, you might find this parody of Nymphs and Satyr amusing. Found it in my LoC suffrage folder: http://www.loc....9548/
Oh, my, YES!
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Well well, now we will see if this time the campaign promises will be delivered…