He was a two term president through 2001-2009. His vice president was Dick Cheney he preceded Bill Clinton and was succeeded by Barack Obama. In the 2000 eceltion Bush won 271 elecoral votes and won but he didnt win the majority of the votes Al Gor had 543895 more indivudial votes than Bush. In this eclection there was a recount in flordia three times but bush still won the state. In the 2004 eceltion his campaign ran on banning abortions and same sex marriage. He won 31 of the 50 states receving 286 eclectoral votes and 50.7% of the popular vote.
major accomplishments
No Child Left Behind act helped make low income parents and school give better educations. He added on to medicare drug program.
Tax Cut Program wich cut of 1.75 trillion dollars and he agruued that it would create jobs and stimulate the econamy.
2007 State of the Union Address made to use less forgien fossil fuels and use more alternative fuels.
Temporary guest worker prorgam made it legall for 12 million illegal immigrants to work but also put 6000 more troops on the boreder to stop immigrants.
Assassination Attempt
May 10 2005 Valdimir Arutyunian threw a live hand grenade at a podium that Bush was talking at he missed by 65 feet and it landed in that crowd. The grenade hit a lady in the crowed but it did not go off. He was taken in to jail and confesed and got a life sentence.
9/11
Bush Declared war on on iraq Bush said i can hear you the rest of the world can hear you and the people who knocked down these building will hear us soon. The crowad chanted usa usa usa.
Hurrican katrina struck in 2005 and was one of the worst natural disaster in us history. Bush declared a state disasaster after it struck in Loussianna it was a dissaster in the gulf of mexico. People thoguth Bush was not representing them right in the gulf.
What i think of Bush is he was a really good president. He tried to help everyone succeeded and do there best. He had a lot of struggles in his presidnecy so it was proabaly tuff for him. Over all he was a pretty good guy.
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Good overall. Expand a bit more on personal thoughts.