George H. W. Bush: Read My Lips

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🗓️ 30 December 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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On the heels of a military victory in Iraq, a successful conclusion of the Cold War, and an 89% approval rating, President George H. W. Bush should have sailed effortlessly into a second term. But it didn’t work out that way. What happened? Presidential historian Tevi Troy explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.1	In 1991, George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States had a record-breaking
0:33.8	approval rating of 89%. Less than two years later, he lost his reelection.
0:39.3	To understand how it happened, we have to understand the man, both his strengths and his weaknesses.
0:44.8	George H.W. Bush was born on June 12, 1924, to a storied New England family. His ancestor,
0:51.8	Dr. Samuel Prescott, rode with Paul Revere in 1775 to warn his fellow
0:57.1	American patriots of the British invasion. Bush's grandfather made a small fortune in the burgeoning
1:02.8	steel business of the 1910s. His father, Prescott Bush, enlarged that fortune as a banker and later
1:09.3	became a U.S. senator.
1:11.6	Young George could have had a cushy life, but he didn't want it.
1:15.1	After Pearl Harbor, he enlisted as soon as he could, becoming the youngest pilot in the U.S. Navy.
1:20.9	He wasn't yet 19 years old.
1:23.4	He flew 58 missions, that he survived was a testament to his skill, fortitude, and some luck.
1:30.3	Following the war and graduation from Yale in two and a half years, he surprised everyone by
1:35.3	moving his new wife Barbara and their young son, George W. Bush, to the middle of nowhere,
1:40.4	Odessa, Texas. Rather than live off the family fortune, he decided to make his own
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