Last updated on:
6/9/2008 |
Author: ProCon.org
George H. W. Bush Biography
- Title:
- Former President of the United States of America
- Position:
- Con to the question "Is the ACLU Good for America?"
- Reasoning:
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“But I don’t agree with a lot of – most of the positions of the ACLU. I simply don’t want to see the ratings on movies. I don’t want my ten year old grandchild to go into an X-rated movie. I like those ratings systems. I don’t think they’re right to try to take the tax exemption away from the Catholic Church. I don’t want to see the kiddie pornographic laws repealed; I don’t want to see ‘under God’ come out from our currency. Now, these are all positions of the ACLU. And I don’t agree with them.”
First Bush-Dukakis Presidential Debate, Sep. 25, 1988
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Experts
Individuals with PhDs and JDs or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the ACLU. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to the ACLU. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Board of Visitors, M.D. Anderson Hospital
- Member, board, Episcopal Church Foundation
- 41st President of the United States, 1989-1993
- US Vice-President, 1981-1989
- Director, CIA, 1976-1977
- Chief of the US liaison office, Peking, 1974-1976
- Chairman, Republican National Committee, 1972-1973
- Ambassador to the United Nations, 1971-1972
- US House of Representatives (R-TX), 1967-1971
- Co-founder/president of Zapata Off-Shore Oil, 1954
- Co-founded the Zapata Petroleum Corporation, 1953
- Co-founded Bush-Overbey Oil Development Co., 1951
- Active Duty during World War II, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and three Air Medals, 1942-1945
- Education:
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- Economics, Phi Beta Kappa, Yale University, 1948
- Other:
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- None found
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