1. George H. W. Bush (41)

2. Vice President George Bush
WWII Vet (youngest fighter pilot shot down)
: U.S. House
1970 Lost Senate race

3. Vice President George Bush
1972: head of RNC
1976: Head of CIA
Ran for president, 1980
VP,

4. VP: Sen. James Danforth Quayle
R- Senator Indiana
(Potato)

5. Dem. Candidate: Mass Governor Michael Dukakis
The “Massachusetts Miracle” – tech boom
Detail orient
(Height)

6.
Tank Ad
Willie Horton political ad 1988

7. “Read My Lips, No New Taxes!”

9. Bush (41) Administration

10. Americans with Disabilities Act
Breaks Promise:
Raises Income Taxes – to avoid Budget Deficits

11. Invaded Panama, overthrew Noriega, drug trafficer

12. Skillfully managed end of the Cold War

13. The Persian Gulf War

15. Reflections
Was the US justified in getting involved in the 1st Persian Gulf War? Explain.
Should we have removed Sadam from power?
Compare/contrast the Gulf War to
the Vietnam War?

16. 1992: Loses to Clinton-“It’s the Economy Stupid”