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He thought "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington" was a perfectly constructed episode in that sense. [4] This episode also featured the debut of George H.W. Bush (the then-incumbent U.S. president), voiced by Harry Shearer, who would reappear as a recurring character throughout the years most notably in the season 7 episode "Two Bad Neighbors".
It met in Washington, D.C., from January 3, 1977, to January 3, 1979, during the final weeks of Gerald Ford's presidency and the first two years of Jimmy Carter's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1970 United States census .
George Herbert Walker Bush served as the 41st president of the United States (1989–1993), the 43rd vice president (1981–1989), the 11th director of central intelligence (1976–1977), and as a United States representative from Texas (1967–1971).
First president to take office while his party held a minority of seats in the U.S. Senate. [130] First president to win election with his party holding no majority in either house of Congress. [131] First president to win the U.S. presidential election in November. [132] First president to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal more than once ...
Michael Lind, Made In Texas: George W. Bush and the Southern Takeover of American Politics (2002), ISBN 0-465-04121-3; Lindsay, James M. "George W. Bush, Barack Obama and the future of US global leadership." International Affairs 87.4 (2011): 765-779 online. McAdams, Dan P. (2011). George W. Bush and the Redemptive Dream: A Psychological ...
This is the electoral history of George W. Bush. George W. Bush served as the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009) and as the 46th governor of Texas (1995–2000). 1978 congressional election
In 2004, Carter said that he believed Bush exploited the September 11 attacks and blamed the media for not criticizing him. [375] In 2007, Carter said the Bush administration "has been the worst in history" on foreign affairs; [376] he later said he was just comparing Bush's tenure to Nixon's. [377]
Carter lost 12 states and Washington, D.C., but won the remaining states and received the Democratic nomination with 1,984 delegates on August 11, 1980. Reagan and Bush challenged Carter and Mondale in the general election. [2] Reagan talked the most about the hostage crisis and the economy.