I am writing an essay on George W. Bush. I am focusing on his Early life, Personal life, Military life, and Political life. I believe George W. Bush had a very interesting life because of his early, personal, military, political life, and accomplishments. George W Bush was president during the greatest challenge since Abraham Lincoln, the terrorist attacks on 9/11.
George W Bush was the oldest child of a very important father when he was born on July 6th, 1946. George’s father George H. W. Bush was former president, is that an omen for his oldest child, George W. Bush? In 1948 George and his family moved to Midland, Texas where his father makes his fortune in the oil business. George W. Bush’s family moves to Houston …show more content…
George defeated democrat, Ann Richards to be governor of Texas. George focused on welfare, tort reform, crime reduction, and education improvement as governor of Texas. In 1998 George became the first Texas governor to be elected twice, two four-year terms. In 2000 in one of the most controversial elections ever George W Bush came out on top, defeating democrat Al Gore. than in 2004 Bush won a closer election against democrat Senator John Kerry. In conclusion George probably faced the greatest challenge of any president since Abraham Lincoln, The terrorist attacks of 9/11, were handled greatly by George, sort of, he started the war on terrorism in response. At the end of the war he visited the site to talk with the soldiers. He lost most of his likes when he failed to reconstruct or seem to care about the hurricane …show more content…
Republican Party candidate and re-electionist President George W. Bush defeated Democratic Party candidate John Kerry, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. Foreign policy was the theme of the election campaign, particularly Bush's conduct of the War on Terrorism and the 2003 invasion of Iraq. As in the 2000 presidential election, voting controversies emerged during and after the vote. The winner was not determined until Kerry decided not to dispute Bush's win in the state of Ohio. The state held enough electoral votes to determine the winner of the presidency. Both Kerry and Howard Dean have stated their opinion that voting in Ohio did not proceed fairly and that if it had the Democratic party might have won that state and the election. However, there was far less controversy about this election than in 2000, Kerry won Minnesota. However one Elector cast a vote for Democrat Vice-President candidate John Edwards. This ballot also voted for John Edwards as Vice-President. In the 2oo4 election Bush and Kerry each received more votes than any candidates in history and the Issues of the Day during this event were terrorism, Iraq War, and job