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= The Election Of 1988= -Members of the Democratic group, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis and Reverend Jesse Jackson were seeking candidates to challenge Bush. -Jesse Jackson won wide support from African Americans and liberal Democrats. -Both parties sponsored paid political advertisements. -Election day!.....voters kept the peace and prosperity of the Reagan Era. -Bush..... 53%>>>>>>>426 electoral votes -Dukakis........46%>>>>>>>111 electoral votes

=The New President= -Bush's experience.....
 * Pilot in World War 2
 * Medal for bravery
 * Started oil business in home town of Connecticut
 * Member of Congress...ambassador.....director of the Central Intelligence Agency(CIA)

=Drugs, Ed, and the Environment= -Bush wanted to control the spread of illegal drugs, and in turn directed William Bennett to "__drug czar__"-to oversee the nations war on drugs. -In 1989 President Bush called a conference to set national goals for education...... local school districts would have to raise money to put these goals into effect. -William Reilly head of the (EPA) Environmental Protection Agency, who in 1990 signed a bill setting tougher standards to reduce air pollution....... Nuclear waste a problem with air pollution so in turn 17 military plants were closed.

=The Savings and Loan Crisis= -S&Ls, the savings and loan institutions had financed mortgages, or loans, for buying homes. -A lot of S&Ls went bankrupt because they couldn't repay the loans. -Many "involver's" were criticized for the S&Ls crisis.

=Reducing the Deficit=

- 2 solutions to the deficit was to either cut spending or raise taxes..... Campaign of 1988, Bush firmly didn't want to raise taxes, but didn't know how to cut spending.
-Congress finally reached a decision by increasing takes on cigarettes, alcohol and gasoline.

=The election of 1990= -Voters for the election had flipped the script and were voting for party from those who had been in office. -with he economy going into recession political parties faced angry public.

=Flags and the Supreme Court= -Justices ruled that burning the American flag in protest was a form of free speech. -Burning the flag was protected by the first amendment. -Under Bush's presidency wanted a new amendment the would outlaw defacing the flag.