Question

This man once claimed “we ought to make the pie higher” in defense of his namesake tax cuts. This man rhetorically asked “Is our children learning?” (15[2])before signing a law (15[1])which punished schools that failed to meet national testing (15[1])standards. (15[4])This man denounced the “axis of evil,” and gave (15[1])a speech beneath a banner reading (15[1])(*) “mission accomplished.” (-5[1])This (10[1])president’s namesake “-isms” include “they misunderestimated (10[1]-5[1])me” and “one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror.” For 10 points, name this president during the 9/11 attacks who preceded Barack Obama. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: George Walker Bush [or Bush 43; or Bush the Younger; prompt on Bush; reject “George H. W. Bush” or “George Herbert Walker Bush”]
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