Franklin Pierce. She was Barbara Pierce before she married HW Bush and HW Bush was shot down in World War II and was rescued by the USS Finback a submarine. Had he not been rescued he likely would have swam to "safety" on Chichijima Island in the Bonin Islands...American/Allied POWs captured/held on Chichijima were eaten by their Japanese counterparts.
Meanwhile as fascinating as that fete was George W. Bush got a DUI in 1970's Texas which is pretty fucking incredible as it would take an ungodly amount of booze to get one of those during that time period AND as a Bush too.
George HW Bush was big into the CIA and is one of the quintessential Establishment Republican. I don't think or wish ill on the man, but he ain't my political cup of tea as it were.
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