2010.54.6422

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Poster has a white background with black text. Main image is of George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle appearing to hold Lite beers in their hands. At the top of the image text reads, "A Thousand Pints of Lite," and at the bottom text reads, "War On Drugs." Below the main image text reads, "War on drugs or pour on drugs?/ In the 1988 presidential campaign, George Bush used the phrase "1000 points of light" to describe the democratic environment, he would usher in if elected. What he really meant was "1000 pints of Lite". Using the numbing effect of drugs he hopes to keep us lightheaded while he and his class continue to plunder without opposition. Doug Minkler/ 'President George Bush often talk of '1000 points of light.' I'd like to think of those points of light coming from the end of cigars, cigarettes and pipes across the country, and symbolize the cornerstone of this nation--tobacco.' Ellis Milan, President, Retail Tobacco Distributors of America."