Drunkest President of all time.

DEFTLEFTHAND

The sad story of Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the USA. A one term drunkard.



Pierce in his younger sober days was an accommpolised Army Officer and lawyer. But was always thought to be too fond of the jar


A terrible tragedy befell him when he was on his way to Washington to be inaugarated. His train derailed and his son was killed.


His wife wnt insane after this and Franklin took to the bottle.


His Presidency was a comedy, he was often found roaming the streets of DC with a bottle in hand . A complete joke.




After Buchanan defeated him he moved to Concord to drink himself to death. He died from liver failure 12yrs later and has a very ordinary grave stone in the local cemetery .


His desendant Barbara Pierce would later marry a man by the name of George HW Bush.

Conor Bourke

That’s... nice?

alchemist33

Drunker than Boris Yeltsin?

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

WTF is the point of this thread?

Boris Yeltsin was always good for a giggle.

Ficheall

His ancestor?

alchemist33

alchemist33 wrote: »

Drunker than Boris Yeltsin?

Love him!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9YnDirqwT4

DEFTLEFTHAND

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

The sad story of Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the USA. A one term drunkard.



Pierce in his younger sober days was an accommpolised Army Officer and lawyer. But was always thought to be too fond of the jar


A terrible tragedy befell him when he was on his way to Washington to be inaugarerd. His train derailed and his son was killed.


His wife wnt insane after this and Franklin took to the bottle.


His Presidency was a comedy, he was often found roaming the streets of DC with a bottle in hand . A complete joke.




After Buchanan defeated him he moved to Concord to drink himself to death. He died from liver failure 12yrs later and has a very ordinary grave stone in the local cemetery .


His ancestor Barbara Pierce would later marry a man by the name of George HW Bush.

He still got a bedroom named after him in the Whitehouse.

padd b1975

Jean Claude Juncker FTW.

A seriously impressive functioning alcoholic*.




*Allegedly...

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

His ancestor Barbara Pierce would later marry a man by the name of George HW Bush.

That's a good trick! His descendant surly?

riffmongous

Interesting if totally irrelevant. You could have stuck it in the History forum, it's gone really quiet there unfortunately

Collie D

You’re not a true maverick head of state until you’ve had a Russian escort piss on you

gimli2112

padd b1975 wrote: »

Jean Claude Juncker FTW.

A seriously impressive functioning alcoholic*.




*Allegedly...

apparently he's got unrelated balance problems, I'm not so sure.

JupiterKid

Although he was UK Prime Minister and not the Soveirgn, apparently Winston Churchill was effectively a functioning alcoholic and largely directed his War cabinet whilst half cut on whiskey.

biko

Drunker than Juncker? Hey it rhymes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyoQRIlG2BQ

He is President of the European Commission

DEFTLEFTHAND

Descendant Barbara Pierce yes.



Excuse me, a fck up of words on my part

ArchXStanton

padd b1975 wrote: »

Jean Claude Juncker FTW.

A seriously impressive functioning alcoholic*.




*Allegedly...

That's his sciatica that makes him stumble around like he **** himself...

DEFTLEFTHAND

Juncker is known for it.

The definition of a functioning alcoholic.

tayto lover

I bet no other country had a leader who had no bank account.

Fr Tod Umptious

tayto lover wrote: »

I bet no other country had a leader who had no bank account.

Even better he was a Minister for Finance without a bank account

DEFTLEFTHAND

The saddest thing about Pierce is that he could have been a great President of his time. He was a very capable man, the rising star of the Democratic Party.


It's just that his personal life went haywire as he entered office and his drink demons caught up with him.

Atoms for Peace

Zachary Savory Spanish wrote: »

WTF is the point of this thread?

What's the point of anything? AH should be a place for slightly wacky irreverent and interesting nonsense. There is only so much vile you can spew at ethnic minorities and welfare mother's.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

The saddest thing about Pierce is that he could have been a great President of his time. He was a very capable man, the rising star of the Democratic Party.


It's just that his personal life went haywire as he entered office and his drink demons caught up with him.

He was a raging alcoholic before becoming president and has cut back on the drinking when he got married.

Trigger Happy

Fair play OP, I have learned something today and was not expecting to.

Plumbthedepths

Boris...was the dude ever sober? Always found him likeable.

Bob Harris

JupiterKid wrote: »

Although he was UK Prime Minister and not the Soveirgn, apparently Winston Churchill was effectively a functioning alcoholic and largely directed his War cabinet whilst half cut on whiskey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0u0KKAbIoo

DEFTLEFTHAND

Amanda Eager Litter wrote: »

He was a raging alcoholic before becoming president and has cut back on the drinking when he got married.

He wasn't full blown though until after he entered office.

He ceased to function after he was sworn in , his vice pres William Rufus DeVane King basically ran that administration.

The Satanist

Let's not forget the sesh legend Brian Cowen, who got so pissed he forgot to lock the front door and let the troika in.

Your Face

Drunk History

Titzon Toast

JupiterKid wrote: »

Although he was UK Prime Minister and not the Soveirgn, apparently Winston Churchill was effectively a functioning alcoholic and largely directed his War cabinet whilst half cut on whiskey.

He was supposed to be fond of the odd line too apparently.

McMurphy

JupiterKid wrote: »

Although he was UK Prime Minister and not the Soveirgn, apparently Winston Churchill was effectively a functioning alcoholic and largely directed his War cabinet whilst half cut on whiskey.

Didn't Hitler once refer to him as a "Jew ridden Drunk" ?











:pac:

skooterblue2

alchemist33 wrote: »

Drunker than Boris Yeltsin?

Boris was a great character and kept a few drinking buddies on staff. When their health failed and liver and kidney clapped out they were allowed to go back to the Salt mines.

skooterblue2

Collie D wrote: »

You’re not a true maverick head of state until you’ve had a Russian escort piss on you

Trump is very much against addictive substances. His own alcohol and illegal drugs as his own brother died an addict. He even advises his children to stay away from alcohol, smoking and illegal drugs.

skooterblue2

The Satanist wrote: »

Let's not forget the sesh legend Brian Cowen, who got so pissed he forgot to lock the front door and let the troika in.

I am not defending the Brian Cowen by any manner or mean but the rot was well set in before the credit crash.

Plumbthedepths

skooterblue2 wrote:

I am not defending the Brian Cowen by any manner or mean but the rot was well set in before the credit crash.

Did Cowen join government a week before the crash? I thought he was minister for finance before he got Bertie's job .

donegal_man

Nixon was infamous for self medicating his recurring depression with alcohol and sleeping pills. There's a story that following North Korea's shooting down of a spy plane in April 1969 with the death of 31 crewmen he ordered a nuclear strike. It was only Kissinger's intervention which prevented WW3. He spoke to the military and persuaded them to postpone the attack until the next day when Nixon had sobered up.

mikemac2

Alexander the Great

Drank himself to death by age 32. Takes some serious drinking to do that

If he wasn’t born a prince he would have been the local drunk in the town

skooterblue2

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Did Cowen join government a week before the crash? I thought he was minister for finance before he got Bertie's job .

Yes but there were a lot more people involved than him. The bankers were completely feral. Where was the Financial regulator? When Bertie was Minister for Finance there was when the seeds were sat, or possibly further back than that. They just all came home to roost during Cowens reign of incompetency. Alot of dodgy American and Germany bonds were bought and sold as AAA that were CCC or BBB at best. The important thing is that the Pension fund managers got paid. Absolutely no accountability or consequences for the main players.

4ensic15

President of Ireland, Sean T O Kelly, was a dipso. He used to wander over to the American ambassadors residence to get himself invited in for a bevvy. He also sneaked out to the Hole in the Wall pub frequently.

touts

Drunkest President of all time:

America: We had Franklin Pearse
England. Who? We had Winston Churchill
EU: He wasn't a president and cearly you've never met our Jean Claude Junker.
Russia Pah! He's not a real president. Anyway no one will ever beat Boris Yeltsin.
Ireland: Hold my drink. The "Cowen 2025" campaign starts here.