Nixon through Obama
Richard
Nixon
#37 – Richard M. Nixon (R)
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Poor kid from California – a Quaker
Eisenhower’s Vice President
“Secret Plan” to end the war in Vietnam
1st President to visit China
1st President to resign from office –
Watergate Affair
• Wife – Pat – wore a Republican cloth coat –
“I am not a crook”
• Had a dog named Checkers (a gift for his
daughters – famous speech)
Hippies
Easy Rider
Indians
Hispanics
Women
Homosexuals
Watergate Secrets
Ford is sworn in
#38 – Gerald Ford (R)
• Only man in American history to be
president without being on the ballot
• Birth name – Leslie Lynch King, Jr.
• Football scholarship U of Michigan – MVP
• Eagle Scout – Navy in WWII
• Good looking – cover of Look & Cosmo
• Wife established the Betty Ford Clinic
• Pardoned Nixon for all crimes
Jimmy
Carter
#39
#39 – James (Jimmy) Carter (D)
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Peanut farmer – Plains, Georgia
Born again Christian
Builds home with Habitat for Humanity
International negotiator (Somalia, Haiti) –
Nobel Peace Prize 2002
• Says he’s seen a UFO
• Brother Billy was an embarrassment
• “Lusted in his heart” – Playboy interview
#40 – Ronald Reagan (R)
• Oldest elected president (69)
• Movie star – 53 films – TV – president of the
Screen Actors Guild
• Nicknames – “Dutch”, “The Great
Communicator”
• Shot by John Hinckley
• “Mr. Gorbachev, “tear down this wall”
• Wife, Nancy, did his astrological charts
• Ended the Cold War !!
Reaganomics
“Supply Side Economics”
Cut taxes
Decrease federal spending
Huge debts – but
• Inflation started to go down
• More oil exploration – OPEC
forced to reduce prices
• Huge deficits – pumped back into
the economy
• National debt - $3T !!!
U.S. NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK
The Outstanding Public Debt as of 10 May 2007 at
05:18:45 AM GMT is:
The estimated population of the United States is
301,838,534
so each citizen's share of this debt is $29,253.95.
The National Debt has continued to increase an
average of
$1.45 billion per day since September 29, 2006!
U.S. NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK
The Outstanding Public Debt as of 09 May 2012 at
01:55:25 PM GMT is:
The estimated population of the United States is
312,734,054
so each citizen's share of this debt is $50,146.06.
The National Debt has continued to increase an
average of
$3.96 billion per day since September 28, 2007!
Berlin
Wall
Comes
Down
Nov. 9,
1989
Souvenir
bits
of
Berlin
Wall
sold for
$1.00
each
George
H.W.
Bush
#41
“Poppy”
#41 – George H.W. Bush (R)
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Youngest navy pilot in WWII – hero
CIA director – Texas oilman
Vomited on the Japanese prime minister
“Read my lips, no new taxes” – got him beat
by Clinton
• Kidnapped Manuel Noriega (Panama) to
stand trial for drug charges
• Wife, Barbara, very rich and very popular
• Victory in Gulf War – Operation “Desert
Storm”
William “Bill” Clinton #42
#42 – William J. Clinton (D)
• Talented saxophone player
• Father died before he was born – step-father was
abusive
• Youngest governor – Arkansas
• Beat Bush with 43.5% of the vote
• “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy
• Nicknames – “Comeback Kid”, “Slick Willie”,
“Bubba”
• Second president to be impeached
• Scandals - “Travelgate”, “Monica Lewinski”,
“Sleep overs”
George W. Bush #43
#43 – George W. Bush (R)
• Raised in Texas – partied through Yale –
MBA Harvard
• Managing partner of the Texas Rangers
• Governor of Texas 2 times
• DWI in his youth – gave up alcohol
• Choked on a pretzel while watching a
football game
• First African-American Secretary of State –
Colin Powell (then Condaleesa Rice)
• Operation “Enduring Freedom”
September 11, 2001
War in Iraq
So long, Saddam
Before
After
Barack Obama #44
#44 – Barrack Obama (D)
• You tell me . . .
Osama
Bin
Laden
Got him –
May 2011
Where will we be tomorrow?
Acronyms
(or come up with
your own!)
16-24 Little John got his goat and
cooked him crispy!
25-32 My red truck wheels have cool
hot rims
or
MR. T
watched his chicken house right there
33-44 Evan killed Jackie’s new feathered
chicken but can’t bake owls
33-44 Even Kayla just now figured
cats really bark – cause Boosie’s out
33-44 Even Kayla just now figured
cats really bark – cats bark (ohhhh)
33-44 Everybody knows JD needs food
cause Ricky brought cucumbers back
over
TEST!!