People Flashcards
(16 cards)
Dubya
nickname for Bush 2
John McCain
ran for president in 2008 as a Republican
Karl Rove
advisor to Bush who came up with “compassionate conservativism”
bin Laden
mastermind behind 9/11; killed by Obama
Unions
were excused from paying for Obamacare
Ralph Nader
Green Party candidate that helped Bush win in 2000 by pulling votes away from Gore
George Tenet
CIA director who first went after bin Laden
Tommy Franks
General who led “Operation Enduring Freedom”
Mitt Romney
ran against Obama in 2012 as a Democrat
Edward Snowden
government employee who “blew the whistle” on the new regulations under Homeland Security
Steve Jobs
iPhone and Apple founder
Richard Reid
”shoe bomber” who was thwarted by the new Homeland Security
John Kerry
ran against Bush in 2004 as a Democrat
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
terrorist caught by using waterboarding
Frannie and Freddie
loaners who bought all the questionable mortgages and then defaulted on them
Al Gore
VP under Clinton; Democrat candidate in 2000
