He secured the Republican nomination for the 1988 Presidential election and chose US Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana as his running mate, they were pitted against the Dukakis/Bentsen Democratic ticket. The subsequent general election is viewed as one of the nastiest that ever took place, Bush won it on an electoral votes landslide, becoming the first Acting Vice President to be elected President. He was in office when the Communist governments in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe collapsed.
Indeed, his Presidency was dominated by foreign policy. He sent troops to Panama in 1989 to overthrow the regime of Manuel Noriega and in 1991 committed US forces to repel the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. The success of the latter had the effect of soaring his popularity levels at home, this would be it's peak, it would plummet from here on in as domestic problems would come to the fore. The economy went into massive decline, forcing Bush into an embarrassing reverse turn on his famous election slogan of 'Read my lips - no new taxes' - he now had to raise taxes. His health was also beginning to give some cause for concern, he was diagnosed as having a mild heart condition and in 1992 he collapsed vomiting in the lap of the Japanese Prime Minister.
His domestic failures led him to lose the 1992 Presidential election to Bill Clinton. Since his 1992 retirement, Bush has retied with his wife, Barbara to their home in the exclusive neighbourhood of Tanglewood in Houston and they spend their summers at Walker's Point in Kennebunkport in Maine. Bush also holds his won fishing tournament in Islamorada, an island in the Florida Keys.
Russell Shortt is a travel consultant with Exploring Ireland, the leading specialists in customised, private escorted tours, escorted coach tours and independent self drive tours of Ireland. Article source Russell Shortt, http://www.exploringireland.net - http://www.visitscotlandtours.com |  |
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