George Bush... or George Bush

For each statement, guess which George Bush it refers to - the father or the son.
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First submittedJuly 4, 2019
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1. Fought a war against Iraq
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2. Attended Yale University
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3. Was governor of Texas
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4. Was head of the Central Intelligence Agency
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5. Fought in combat while serving in the U.S. military
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The younger Bush served in the Air National Guard but never saw combat
6. Reached a maximum approval rating over 85%
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7. Reached a minimum approval rating below 30%
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8. Served as Vice President of the U.S.
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9. Served two terms as President
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10. Famously said "Read my lips: no new taxes"
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11. His "Summer White House" was located in Kennebunkport, Maine
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12. His Secretary of Defense was Dick Cheney
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13. Was part owner of a Major League Baseball Team
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14. Was President at the same time that Tony Blair was Prime Minister
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15. Ran against Bill Clinton
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16. Has a better aggregate rating in rankings of U.S. Presidents from best to worst
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Level 82
Jul 7, 2019
Got everything except for the minimum approval rating one. I knew that Bush Sr.'s approval tanked during the economic recession but I didn't realize it had gotten that low.
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Level 86
Jul 7, 2019
I got that one but didn't get the maximum approval rating one. Didn't know what got Sr.'s approval rating so high. Gulf War? Reagan's coattails?
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Level ∞
Jul 7, 2019
Gulf War
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Level 82
Jul 15, 2019
It was nice when people could actually get news instead of propaganda and were not just locked away in their partisan bubbles where nothing that happened actually mattered and approval ratings could go up or down based on events happening in real time. As opposed to now when we've got objectively the worst, most corrupt, most inept, most shamelessly criminal president in US history sitting in the White House and still his base has no idea that he's doing anything wrong so his approval stays relatively constant through 3 years.
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Level 82
Feb 17, 2020
Yeah, I had the opposite problem. Didn't realise Sr got so high. New Jr did after 9/11.
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Level 75
Jul 8, 2019
Got them all except the Cheney one. Read the question!
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Level 72
Jul 15, 2019
that tripped me up too
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Level 57
Jul 15, 2019
Here are some questions they didn't have. Who threw up in Japan? Who was the mastermind behind Bay Of Pigs? Who was the mastermind behind 9-11?
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Level 82
Jul 15, 2019
Osama bin Laden and Khalid Sheikh Muhammad were not two of the available answers.
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Level 82
Jul 15, 2019
and neither are Dwight Eisenhower, Allen Dulles, or Richard Bissell. But George Sr did get sick once in Japan. Congratulations on knowing at least one thing about history.
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Level 82
Jan 11, 2022
wow I was spectacularly bad at this. 0/5 points for me :-(
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Level 56
Nov 16, 2022
Oh, I know, it was George Bush!