Bush and wife Babs honeymooned here, followed by their son Dubya and his first lady, Laura, who dropped by for the G8 Summit in 2004. Republican commanders-in-chief who’ve visited - and customarily planted live oak trees - include Calvin Coolidge (who may not have been so silent after a few Moscow Mules, one of the more popular drinks ‘round these parts), Dwight Eisenhower and Gerald Ford. The wholly private resort isle, surrounded by five miles of lush beach, has been a favorite of GOPers since its inception, stretching back to the dawn of the 20th century. Welcome, y’all, to Sea Island, the year-round tropical headliner of the Peach State’s barely-off-coast barrier Golden Isles, just a quickie 75-minute drive from Jacksonville, Fla.’s aerodrome, where you can shack up in either the (all-Spanish-styled) golf-course-surrounded Lodge (where a bagpiper dwells), central Cloister or in a rental cottage. Even boozier games of bingo while totally not-ironically donning a mandatory blazer (the crestier, the better).īoy howdy - you don’t have to be a Republican to party like one, down in Georgia. Boozy three-hour brunches ‘neath massive chandeliers. Shootin’ skeet with your favorite boomstick.
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