Of course it is a political issue, Machjo. I am fond of my drink, so it follows that anybody who is a teetotaler belongs to the extreme right.
Just kidding. However, the only reason why a person would be a teetotaler, would be religious reason, or back to nature nut. I don’t see any other reason for a person to abstain from alcohol (unless it is for medical reasons).
White being an abstainer does not necessarily denote political persuasion etc., the kind of alcohol one drinks denotes the social class. It is a question of what one can afford. For instance, I wouldn’t conceive of going below Green Label with Johnny Walker. Black Label costs around 35 to 40 $ in the duty free shop (I have no idea what it costs inside Canada). I drink Black Label only occasionally. I never drink Red Label (unless I am offered it at somebody’s house, then I have no choice). Mostly I drink Green Label, Gold Label and Blue Label (Blue Label is a blend, and some of the components in the blend are more than 60 years old).
As to Cognac, I stick to bottles which cost more than 100 $ in the duty free shop. Normally I would look to spending around 200 to 250 $ for two bottles in the duty free shop. Now, upper middle class and rich people tend to be conservative, rather than liberal (usually the poorer a person, the more left wing he is likely to be). So my guess would be that the kind of people who drink like I do tend to be predominantly right wing.
So drinking as such is not a left or right wing issue, but the kind of alcohol one drinks may be. My guess is (and it is purely a guess) is that those who drink expensive stuff tend to be predominantly right wing (I am an exception to the rule).
