George W. Bush

In the 2000 election between Al Gore and George W. Bush, the whole country, maybe even the world, was asked the same question, "who really won?" The HBO film, "Recount" about the election gave us the inside look of how everything went down up until Gore seceded. After watching for the intense 2 hours, my opinion was evident. The film did shine a light on how Mac Stipanovich influenced Secretary of State Katherine Harris to lean more towards the republicans. While Clay Roberts, Director Divisions…

began with the presidential campaigns of Bill Clinton, George Bush and Ross Perot. The 2 questions we have to ask is how a sitting president with an 80% approval rating in 1990 lost the election 2 years later and what caused the right to left political shift. Republican’s seemed slightly lost after the Persian Gulf War and were leaning to a more conservation right. With no major foreign affairs to focus on all eyes were on the economy. George bush then uttered those 6 famous words “read my lips,…

Republicans include Eisenhower, Nixon, and George W. Bush. While both Nixon and Bush were secretive—Nixon in his Russian, Chinese, and general diplomacy and Bush in his fabricated connection between Saddam Hussein and the events of 9/11—Nixon utilized diplomacy more often than military, rather than Bush who did the opposite. While Eisenhower told the people of his time that every modern heavy bomber had a large opportunity cost for the American people (Jablonsky 8), Bush spent trillions on…

Fisher Fisher’s intentions were to demonstrate his argument that the Commander in Chief with the premise of what the framers intended with the constitution. Through out his stance, Presidential War Power, Fisher not only fights for the intentions of the framers, but also the language of which write, how Congress and the President relates to these intentions, how to United Nations plays a role in this discussion, and the idea of the decision of going to war being held to a group of people…

“The fundamental characteristic of the Constitution is distrust.” A statement, if nothing else, as bold as the Framers who lead the revolution. As petrifying as the statement is, it is true. The framers feared a repeat of history, and rightfully so, because many governments had quickly risen and fallen equally as fast. As a result, distrust was what powered the writing of the United States’ Constitution. This has been known since as early as November 22, 1787, when the Federalist paper: #10…

produced some of America’s best literature were all free from prosecution from the church. The George W. Bush administration used faith and religion to stifle science. In 2001 Bush banned federal funds for stem cell research because he believed an unused frozen fertilized egg is a person not based on science off religious faith “I also believe human life is a sacred gift from our creator.” said George Bush. One of the first things President Obama did after his inauguration was an executive order…

September 11, 2001 was a typical Tuesday morning for most citizens of the United States. People were going about their everyday lives, workplaces were carrying on typical business, classrooms were filled with students. No one was aware that within the next twenty-four hours their lives would be changed forever. Everyone knows the story. At 8:46 in the morning, American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Seventeen minutes later United Airlines Flight 175…

In the 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. There was also a third party candidate named Ralph Nader. Nader was a Green party candidate and Green parties tend to side with Liberals or Democrats. Bush barely won the election (as Al Gore had the popular vote) and many people argued that the only reason Bush won was because Nader threw off the votes for the democratic party. (Document 5) This is a problem because…

The 9/11 Commission was created in 2002 at the request of the Congress and the US President, George W. Bush, and it was formed by 5 Republican and 5 Democrat representatives. The first aim of the Commission was to present a full account of the circumstances of the 9/11, including preparedness of the attack and the immediate response of the emergency services, agencies involved and the Government. This document was finished and published in August 2004. The Report is divided in four sections:…

herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.” Nevertheless, the Supreme Court used this Article to its advantage in deeming the recount unconstitutional and giving George W. Bush the…