AMH-2020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 42: Boris Yeltsin, Mikhail Gorbachev, Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship
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Background: born into a wealthy family, went to yale, served in the military, gets involved in the oil industry, then in politics, ambassador to the un, envoy to china, chair of the rnc, director of the cia. Election of 1980: tries to get into presidential politics, runs as more of a moderate in the primary against reagan, when george h. w. Bush had been serving in the roles mentioned above, he did a great job and was an honorable man. 1988 election: bush ru(cid:374)s o(cid:374) reaga(cid:374)"s legacy in 1988, dem gov. Dukakis: neither of them were very charismatic, dukakis is best known for riding on a tank during the campaign, looking like a child, bush wins the election, wins the vast majority of the states, vp debates. Question what would you do if bush dies in office and you take office: quayle compares himself to jack kennedy, be(cid:374)so(cid:374) sa(cid:455)s (cid:862) e(cid:374)ator, (cid:455)ou"re (cid:374)o ja(cid:272)k ke(cid:374)(cid:374)ed(cid:455)(cid:863)
