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George H. W. Bush: Republican Party
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Bush abandoned these demagogic tactics after the election, perhaps because he privately found them embarrassing, but certainly because he preferred to govern by consensus. Indeed, the first years of his administration called to mind not Nixon or Reagan but Ford (whom Bush had served in two posts) and Eisenhower (who was a friend of his father's). Key appointments went to Washington and Wall Street insiders. Bush enjoyed high approval ratings, though the long-range consequences of Reagan era fiscal policies and precipitous deregulation posed potential threats to the economy. Like his fellow moderate Republicans, Eisenhower and Ford, Bush pursued both détente with the Soviet Union and a policy of old-fashioned intervention in the third world, as the invasion of Panama and declaration of an international "drug war" illustrated. In 1990-1991, while proclaiming the advent of a "new world order," Bush organized an international coalition and sent 540,000 American troops to liberate Kuwait after an Iraqi invasion.
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"George Bush has disgraced himself by allowing his campaign to promote the ugly smears being spread by the group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth," said Scott Maddox, Chairman of the Florida Democratic Party. "The Bush campaign has repeatedly denied any involvement with this group, but now we know the real truth. While George Bush falsely declares his respect for John Kerry's war record, his henchmen on the ground in Florida are attacking it under the radar."
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Because of this economic uncertainty, Bush began his 1992 reelection campaign as a far less popular president than he had been after the Gulf War, a short time earlier. Bush and Vice President Quayle were renominated by the Republican party in Aug., 1992. The Democrats nominated Bill Clinton, governor of Arkansas. Businessman H. Ross Perot entered the race as an independent. After a bitter campaign, Clinton won, and Bush retired to Texas. In 2005 Bush joined with his successor to helped raised funds for victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, and was appointed UN special envoy for the South Asian earthquake disaster.
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In the 2004 election, Bush won a second term, an electoral majority, and ... received 3.5 million popular votes more than his Democratic challenger, Senator John Kerry. Bush was the first presidential candidate since his father, George H.W. Bush in 1988 to receive a majority of the popular vote. (The intervening elections had seen stronger showings by non-major party candidates such as Ross Perot and Ralph Nader.) His margin over Kerry of about 3 percent was the smallest popular vote margin for a re-elected President since Woodrow Wilson's 1916 victory. As in the 2000 election, there were charges raised alleging voting improprieties, especially in Ohio. In 2004 they did not lead to recounts that were expected to affect the result, but led to a civil case challenging the result.
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Bush served as vice president for 8 years until 1988, when again for president. Bush has organizational strength and a fund-raising lead that won him the Republican nomination. His choice to select U.S. Senator from Indiana, Dan Quayle, as his running mate would later draw intense criticism. In his acceptance speech, Bush pledged, "Read my lips, no new taxes." The general election produced a victory for Bush over Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen.
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No matter how many times he poses in ratty jeans next to a stump somewhere outside Waco, George W. Bush and his band of Republican Radicals are not the outsiders they pretend to be. Bush and his cabinet are insiders, drawn from the corporate boardrooms and lobbyist backrooms of America. Does he think the American people are so stupid as not to notice?
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