ABI Hits MADD Over Beer Summit

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It’s not every day Mothers Against Drunk Driving is accused of acting like a radical fringe group, but today the American Beverage Institute did just that, calling MADD an “anti-alcohol group that has been hijacked by the modern day temperance movement.”  The offense? Opposing President Barack Obama’s so-called “beer summit” last week with Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Sgt. James Crowley.

The head of Delaware’s MADD Chapter, Nancy Raynor, did tell local radio that she was concerned it would set a bad example for the under-age if they saw the president drinking a beer.“The young people tend to mimic the actions that they see be adult,” she said in the interview. In response, ABI issued a harsh criticism today of the anti-drunk driving group. “That someone in a position of leadership at MADD would criticize President Obama for simply drinking beer, illustrates the neoprohibitionist mentality that now dominates the group,” said ABI Managing Director Sarah Longwell in a statement that further bashed MADD as the leader of the “anti-alcohol movement.”

ABI, which boasts itself as “the only organization dedicated to the protection of responsible on-premise consumption of adult beverages” is a long-time MADD foe which opposes many of the policy initiatives MADD supports—including the use of alcohol sensors in vehicles. A spokeswoman for MADD did not immediately return requests for comment.

The American Beverage Institute (www.AmericanBeverageInstitute.com) is an association of restaurants and on-premise retailers committed to the responsible serving of adult beverages.

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