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Candidate Profiles
I. Al Gore
A. US Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore, was born on March 31, 1948 in Washington D.C.. His father Albert Gore Sr., a congressman from Tennessee, served in the House of Representatives and his mother Pauline La Fon was one of the first women to graduate from Vanderbilt Law School. Gore, a Baptist, attended Harvard where he received a degree with high honors in government. Even though he was strongly opposed to the war in 1970 Al joined the army where he served his time in Vietnam as an army reporter. After attending Vanderbilt Law School Gore ran for and won Tennessee’s fourth district congressional seat where he served four terms, after which he ran for and won the Tennessee Senatorial Seat. Gore remained in senate until presidential nominee Bill Clinton Chose him as his running mate in 1992, they were elected into office that year and re-elected in 1996. While in office Gore expressed great concern for the environment and in 1992 wrote the book Earth in the Balance: Healing the Global Environment. Gore has been married to Tipper Aitcheson since 1969, together they have four children: Karenna, Kristin, Sarah, and Albert III. Al Gore’s running Mate for the 2000 election is Connecticut state Senator Joe Lieberman. As well as being the first Jewish-American ever in the U.S. Senate, Lieberman was the Connecticut state Attorney General and also practiced law in New Haven.
II. George Bush
A. Governor of Texas and Republican Presidential Nominee George W. Bush was born July 6, 1946 in New Haven , Connecticut. Bush, often referred to as simply W. is The eldest son of former President George Bush and Barbara Pierce Bush, his siblings include Jeb (Governor of Florida), Neil, Marvin, and Dorothy. Like his father, Bush attended the prestigious Philips Andover Academy in Massachusetts before going to Yale University where he graduated with a bachelors degree. Upon leaving Yale he went to Texas and joined the Air National Guard, Where he learned to fly fighter jets, he eventually became a lieutenant but was never called on to fight in Vietnam. In 1972 Bush entered Harvard Business School, earning his M.B.A. in 1975. In 1977 he married Laura Welch, a former teacher and librarian, and in 1980 she gave birth to their twin daughters, Barbara and Jenna. Shortly after his 40th birthday in July ‘86 Bush reached a turning point in his personal and professional life.
Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908 in Texas; he was the oldest child of five other siblings. His father a farmer, Sam Ealy Johnson Jr, also represented the USA as a legislator was married to his mother, Rebekah Baines Johnson. Lyndon graduated from Southwest State Teachers College in 1930, today the school is known as Texas State University – San Marcus. To assist in paying for his education he took jobs teaching underprivileged Mexican-American students, it was during this time while talking and teaching he was exposed to discrimination and poverty, which made a deep
I have always admired Al Gore, and after watching this film, I am disappointed even more now, that he never became a president. He is indeed very smart and very talented person, who truly desires to change things not only in the United States but around the world. Especially, after watching his film about global warming, he made me feel like he does really care about the world and people. He said: “what we take for granted might not be here for our children,” to me, perhaps, this is the most moral idea that came across the entire film. Not only his words, but his actions prove his true diligence about our present and future, and also about future generations. He was able to deliver an important message to me, which ought to alert me and
First lets look at Al Gore’s brief history. Al Gore was born on March 31, 1948
Bill Clinton known as William Jefferson Blythe III was born on August 19, 1946 in Hope, Arkansas. His mother's name was Virginia Cassidy and his father was William Jefferson Blythe. Bill Clinton never got to meet his biological father due to the fact that he died in an accident three months before he was born. Bill Clinton was taught to read at a very early age by his grandma, Edith Cassidy who practically raised him. In 1950 Bill Clinton’s mom married Roger Clinton who was a car dealer and an abusive alcoholic, when Bill Clinton was fifteen; his mother divorce Roger Clinton then remarried him again. Has a young boy he was very religious to the point where he went to church on a regular basis and when he became an adult he was a member of a Baptist church. He became infatuated with politics when he was a teenager; he won student elections in high school as well as at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. where he graduated from and later on won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University. When he graduated from Yale Law School Bill Clinton taught law at the University of Arkansas for a short amount of time.
George H. W. Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts on June 12, 1924. Bush was born into a wealthy family. His parents were Prescott Sheldon Bush and Dorothy Walker Bush. His family moved to Greenwich, Connecticut, when he was a young boy. Bush family was rich and his parents raised their children to be modest. Bush father was an investment banker who later became a republican senator from Connecticut, serving from 1952- 1963.("George Herbert Walker Bush pg, 20") As a teenager bush attend Philips Academy Andover, a boarding school in Massachusetts. Bush was also into sport a lot. when he was in academy he was a captain for baseball and soccer team. Bush graduated high school in 1942.
George Herbert Walker Bush was born on June 12, 1924, in Milton, Massachusetts. The son of George H. W. Bush Presscot Bush and Dorothy Walker Bush, his son became the 43rd president of the United States, was captain of baseball and soccer teams, and was president of the senior class. He moved to Greenwich, Connecticut when he was less than a year old. He attended Greenwich Country School. He earned good grades and was president of the senior class and captain of baseball and soccer teams. Bush went on to Yale University and studied economics, he graduated from Yale University in 1948.
The 36th president of the United States was Lyndon B. Johnson aka LBJ. He was born August 27, 1908 in Stonewell, Texas. When Lyndon was a teenager his family owned a farm. He would help his father out on the farm. He was married to Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson. He has two daughters, Luci Baines Johnson and Lynda Bird Johnson Robb. Lyndon B. Johnson went to college at Southwest Texas State Teachers College, which is now Texas State University. He participated in debates and campus politics. When he graduated, he taught school for a brief period of time. Before becoming president, LBJ was asked by John F. Kennedy to be his Vice President. LBJ accepted the offer. On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Born to Richard Walmesley Blair, a British civil servant, and Ida Mabel Blair, George had two siblings, his older sister Marjorie, and younger sister Avril. At one year of age in 1904, he settled in Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, England with his mother and older sister, prior moving to Shiplake before World War I. However, his relationship with his father was almost nonexistent. His father Richard Blair remained in India after his wife and kids moved ...
Barabara Bush was born in 1925 in a suburban New York town. Having a seemingly happy childhood, she met George Bush when she was only 16 years old. They became engaged before she was 18 and married at age 19, right before George went to join the Navy. After the war, they made a home in Texas and she devoted much her time to raising her six children (one of which died in 1953). Her husband George built a business in oil while Barbara became the backbone of the family.
Bush was elected as the Texas Land Commissioner in the November 2014 election. He is the son of Jeb Bush, who served as the 43rd governor of Florida. He is also the grandson and nephew of former presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. He was born in Houston, Texas, but spent a majority of his life in Florida due to his father serving as the governor for nine years. Before gaining the title of Texas Land Commissioner, Bush managed to become a teacher in Miami, serve as an officer for the U.S Navy, return to Texas, and graduate from Rice University and the University of Texas. He won the election on November 4, 2014 with the most votes than any other candidate and was sworn into office on January 2,
Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858 in New York City, New York. He was the second of four children and showed at an early age an aptitude for leadership. When Roosevelt was 18 he entered Harvard University and graduated there in 1880 at the age of 22. He married Alice Hathaway Lee in 1880 and they had one child named Alice. Sadly though Alice died giving birth to their daughter. By 1881 Roosevelt was winning appointments to the New York State assembly. Roosevelt remarried in 1886 to Edith Kermit Carow and had five children with her. In 1895 Roosevelt was made Assistant Secretary of the Navy. When the Spanish-American broke out Roosevelt quickly resigned his post and formed a cavalry regiment he named the roughriders. During the war the roughriders lead a charge that captured vital San Juan Hill. After the war he became Governor of New York and later the vice-president under William McKinley. When McKinley was assassinated on September 6th, 1901 Roosevelt was sworn in as President.
He is the son of George H. W. Bush, who was the President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. George Bush Jr. was a pilot for the American National Guard and owned oil companies in Texas prior to his political career.
Lyndon B. Johnson was born of the marriage of Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., and Rebekah Baines Johnson on August 27, 1908 at the town of Stonewall, Texas. Lyndon B. Johnson had three sisters and a brother: Rebekah, Josefa, Lucia and Sam Houston. His family was unassuming. His father was a rancher
In a photogragh produced by the Democratic party of 1999/2000 situated ethos was used to promote Al Gore. He was vice president in the same year the advertisement was promoting him, and was using his reputation as vice president to run for president. So it was only fitting that Al Gore would be centered in the photograph. He was not the main focus of the photograph, but definitely big part of the advertisement.
How do people view strong presidential candidates? What does a person of power look like? What makes up this perception of a strong presidential candidate? These are all questions that have changed over the years that media has effected both negatively and positively. The primary way media has effected these perceptions relates to the theories of cognitive consistency and cognitive dissonance. So, what is cognitive consistency and how does it pertain to people’s views of a political leader?