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George H. W. Bush
- The American President Series: The 41st President, 1989-1993
- Narrated by: Patrick Frederic
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
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Summary
Yet it was ultimately his trademark propriety that cost Bush his chance at a second term. Bush's landmark budget deal was characterized as a political defeat rather than a show of fiscal responsibility; his caution in dealing with Saddam Hussein was considered by many Republicans a pathetic compromise. With his party divided, Bush lost his bid for reelection in 1992, but in a final irony, the conservatives who scorned him would return to power eight years later, under his son and namesake.