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=**RACHEL SHAFFER **= =***President George H. W. Bush** = = = =**--President George H. W. Bush was the first president in 150 years to be elected president while still in office as vice president.** = = = =**--Bush was part of the Republican party.** = = = =**--He beat out democratic nominee Michael Dukakis and VP nominee Reverend Jesse Jackson.** = = = =**--Jesse Jackson was the first African American to run as vice president under a major political party.** = = = =**--Bush wanted to push for a "kinder, gentler nation."** = = = =**--Appointed William Bennett as an overseer of the nation's war on drugs.** = = = =**--Appointed William Reilly as head of EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)** = = = =**--S&L's were created so that people would be encouraged to save their money instead of spending it.** = = = =**--1989- Bush was upset when the Supreme Court ruled that defacing the American flag was legal.** =