[don-o]

I have a cousin who claims to have poured moonshine for Harry Truman when he visited East Tennessee. I may or may not believe that.

[Verginius Rufus]

Mark Will-Weber also talked about how Joe Kennedy made deals in Britain when Prohibition was about to end so that when it did he had all the best brands of Scotch.

He told a story about Truman on a trip being offered a Scotch and turning it down, but then agreeing to have a bourbon. He explained that every time he had a Scotch he was putting a quarter in Joe Kennedy's pocket.

In 1960 he was slow to endorse JFK when he won the Democratic nomination. Of course that year there was a lot of controversy over Kennedy being a Catholic. Truman finally endorsed Kennedy and explained that his problem was not with the pope but with the pop.

[Verginius Rufus]

Mark Will-Weber also talked about how Joe Kennedy made deals in Britain when Prohibition was about to end so that when it did he had all the best brands of Scotch.

He told a story about Truman on a trip being offered a Scotch and turning it down, but then agreeing to have a bourbon. He explained that every time he had a Scotch he was putting a quarter in Joe Kennedy's pocket.

In 1960 he was slow to endorse JFK when he won the Democratic nomination. Of course that year there was a lot of controversy over Kennedy being a Catholic. Truman finally endorsed Kennedy and explained that his problem was not with the pope but with the pop.