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[P]rescott Sheldon Bush (May 15, 1895 ? October 8, 1972) was a Wall Street executive banker, and a United States Senator representing Connecticut from 1952 until January 1963. He was the father of the 41st President of the United States George H. W. Bush and the grandfather of George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States. ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescott_Bush

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[16.]The Business Plot: In 1933, group of wealthy businessmen that allegedly included the heads of Chase Bank, GM, Goodyear, Standard Oil, the DuPont family and Senator Prescott Bush tried to recruit Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler to lead a military coup against President FDR and install a fascist dictatorship in the United States. And yes, we're talking about the same Prescott Bush who fathered one US President and grandfathered another one. Smedley Butler was both a patriot and a vocal FDR supporter. Apparently none of these criminal masterminds noticed that their prospective point man had actively stumped for FDR in 1932. Smedley spilled the beans to a congressional committee in 1934. ... http://www.newworldorderreport.com/N...ould-Know.aspx

This was brought up in the 2000 election campaign and was mostly ignored as a rumor ? the rest is history.

Some alleged conspiracies are fact ? some ? most are just circumferentially construed for use as propaganda.