A sampling of folklore definitions through the years: 2007AMERICAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY:Folklore is the traditional art, literature, knowledge, and practice that is disseminated largely through oral communication and behavioral example.
The pilots of the 1st Black Hawk shot down, Cliff Wolcott and his copilot, were wedged in the wrecked cockpit pretty tightly & the crash had kicked up a lot of dirt, partially burying both of them. The guys doing the extraction had to cut the entire front end of the chopper apart around both bodies to get them out.
Bush's loss of his combat-readiness credential has been documented here and elsewhere in the past. But John McCain crashed five US Navy planes, and that's on the record. Moreover, he was involved in, if not instrumental to, the worst accident ever onboard a US Navy aircraft carrier -- the USS Forrestal fire. Bush, George W. (aka George Bush Junior.) Texas Air National Guard Lt. and F-102 pilot.