One Of Jeb Bush's Favorite Presidents Has Quite An Unfortunate History

While campaigning in Iowa in July, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) was asked to name his favorite presidents . After ensuring he had his family's back by putting his father George H.W. Bush and his brother George W. Bush at the top of his list, the 2016 hopeful included a surprising pick: James K. Polk, whose infamous one-term presidency prompted the Mexican-American War and a threat of war to Great Britain. To quote Abraham Lincoln , whom Bush also listed among his favorites, Polk was a "bewildered, confounded and miserably perplexed man."

In the video above, HuffPost Live takes a quick look at Polk's legacy in an attempt to understand Bush's choice. Spoiler alert: we still don't.  

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