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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?” before signing a law which punished schools that failed to meet national testing standards. (15[2])This man denounced the “axis of evil,” and gave a speech beneath a banner reading (*) “mission accomplished.” (-5[1])This president’s namesake “-isms” include “they misunderestimated 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■

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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TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
Snowball Fight 21/11/2025Y3100%67%33%58.00
2024 FARSI @ Columbia12/08/2024Y11100%73%9%46.73