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George W. Bush: Campaigns
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When asked about his service, Bush has lied, changed his story repeatedly, and weaseled in a manner eerily reminiscent of Bill Clinton. First of all, he has flat-out lied. In his official autobiography, ''A Charge to Keep,'' Bush said he flew with his unit for ''several years'' after finishing flight training in June 1970. His campaign biography states that he flew with the unit until he won release from the service in September 1973, nine months early, for graduate school. Both statements are lies. Bush only flew with the 111th for one year and 10 months, until April 1972 when he was suspended for failing to take his medical exam (and drug test), and never flew again.
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Bush's first defeat came early in the campaign... with a big loss to Senator John McCain of Arizona in the New Hampshire Primary. After the sound defeat was clear in the state of New Hampshire, Karl Rove, Bush's chief strategist, was quoted congratulating McCain for winning, then oddly adding that the Bush campaign was prepared to win and beat McCain in all 50 states, although only 47 state contests remained. McCain skipped the Iowa Caucuses a week earlier, conceding that state to Bush. The razor-thin Bush win in the Alaska GOP Caucus was by a mere five votes over publisher Steve Forbes.
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In 1994 Bush ran for governor against popular Democratic governor Ann Richards. The gubernatorial race was a hard fought, sometimes bitter, contest. Bush’s campaign focused on four themes: welfare reform, tort reform, crime reduction, and education improvement. Bush worked hard to sell himself as a Texan, vowing not to be defeated by the same outsider perception that had helped derail his 1978 bid for Congress. He crisscrossed the state, accusing his opponent of spending too much time away from Texas. In an upset, he defeated Richards with 53.5 percent of the vote.
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In August 2003, over at Howard Dean's website, they heard that George W. Bush had gathered another million dollars for his campaign hosting a dinner for 500 people who each gave the maximum legally allowed: $2,000. The Dean camp decided to try and match that $1,000,000. In order to raise the $1,003,620.00 the campaign had mustered two hours before their deadline ended, 17,115 people put in their donations. Doing the math, that means that the average donation was $58.64.
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After New York, Bush is set for Pennsylvania, a state at the top of his campaign wish list. He lost the state in the 2000 election and has visited it more than any other 37 times. He will stress his education and health care agendas and visit the flood damage in Allegheny County.
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Bush was aided by several political advisers, including Karen Hughes, Joe Allbaugh, and Karl Rove. The Bush campaign was criticized for allegedly using controversial methods to disparage Richards. Following an impressive performance in the debates... Bush's popularity grew. He won with 52 percent against Richards' 47 percent.[39]
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