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
link
(Potato)

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

6. tank ad
Willie Horton Ad

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
SNL clip - Dana Carvey

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”