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The '''[[1976 NFL season|1976]] [[National Football League]] [[NFL Draft|Draft]]''' annual player selection meeting results.

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|+ <big>'''George Walker Bush'''</big>

==Player selections==

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===Round one===

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!style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=6%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=14% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College

!Order:

|43rd President

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|align=center|1||[[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Lee Roy Selmon]]||[[Linebacker]]||[[University of Oklahoma|Oklahoma]]

!Term of Office:

|[[January 20]], [[2001]]&ndash;Present

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|align=center|2||[[Seattle Seahawks]]||[[Steve Niehaus]]||[[Defensive tackle|Defensive Tackle]]||[[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]]

!Predecessor:

|[[Bill Clinton]]

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|align=center|3||[[New Orleans Saints]]||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Chuck Muncie]]||[[Running back|Running Back]]||[[University of California|California]]

! Successor:

|''incumbent''

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|align=center|4||[[San Diego Chargers]]||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Joe Washington]]||Running Back||Oklahoma

!Date of Birth:

|[[Saturday]], [[July 6]], [[1946]]

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|align=center|5||[[New England Patriots]]||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Mike Haynes (football)|Mike Haynes]]||[[Cornerback]]||Arizona State

!Place of Birth:

|[[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]], [[Connecticut]]

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|align=center|6||[[New York Jets]]||[[Richard Todd (football player)|Richard Todd]]||[[Quarterback]]||Alabama

![[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:

|[[Laura Bush]]

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|align=center|7||[[Cleveland Browns]]||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Mike Pruitt]]||Running Back||[[Purdue University|Purdue]]

!Profession:

|[[Businessman]]

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|align=center|8||[[Chicago Bears]]||[[Dennis Lick]]||[[Offensive tackle|Offensive Tackle]]||[[University of Wisconsin-Madison|Wisconsin]]

![[List of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:

|-Running Back

|[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]

|align=center|9||[[Atlanta Falcons]]||[[Bubba Bean]]||Running Back||[[Texas A&M University|Texas A&M]]

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|align=center|10||[[Detroit Lions]]||[[James Hunter (NFL)|James Hunter]]||[[Defensive back|Defensive Back]]||[[Grambling State University|Grambling]]

![[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:

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| [[Dick Cheney]]

|align=center|11||[[Cincinnati Bengals]]||[[Billy Brooks]]||[[Wide receiver|Wide Receiver]]||Oklahoma

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|align=center|12||New England Patriots||[[Pete Brock (American football)|Pete Brock]]||[[Center (American football)|Center]]||Colorado

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|align=center|13||[[New York Giants]]||[[Troy Archer]]||[[Defensive end|Defensive End]]||Colorado

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|align=center|14||[[Kansas City Chiefs]]||[[Wayne Walters]]||[[guard (American football)|Guard]]||[[Iowa State University|Iowa]]

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|align=center|15||[[Denver Broncos]]||[[Tom Glassic]]||Guard||Virginia

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|align=center|16||Detroit Lions||[[Lawrence Gaines]]||Running Back||[[University of Wyoming|Wyoming]]

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|align=center|17||[[Miami Dolphins]]||[[Larry Gordon]]||Linebacker||[[Arizona State University|Arizona State]]

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|align=center|18||[[Buffalo Bills]]||[[Mario Clark]]||Defensive Back||Oregon

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|align=center|19||Miami Dolphins||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Kim Bokamper]]||Linebacker||[[San José State University|San José State]]

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|align=center|20||[[Indianapolis Colts|Baltimore Colts]]||[[Ken Novak]]||Defensive Tackle||Purdue

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|align=center|21||New England Patriots||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Tim Fox]]||[[Safety (football position)|Safety]]||[[Ohio State University|Ohio State]]

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|align=center|22||[[Arizona Cardinals|St. Louis Cardinals]]||[[Mike Dawson]]||Defensive Tackle||Arizona

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|align=center|23||[[Green Bay Packers]]||[[Mark Koncar]]||Offensive Tackle||Colorado

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|align=center|24||Cincinnati Bengals||[[Archie Griffin]]||Running Back||Ohio State

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|align=center|25||[[Minnesota Vikings]]||[[James White (football player)|James White]]||Defensive Tackle||[[Oklahoma State University System|Oklahoma State]]

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|align=center|26||[[St. Louis Rams|Los Angeles Rams]]||[[Kevin McLain]]||Linebacker||[[Colorado State University|Colorado State]]

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|align=center|27||[[Dallas Cowboys]]||[[Aaron Kyle]]||Defensive Back||Wyoming

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|align=center|28||[[Pittsburgh Steelers]]||[[Bennie Cunningham]]||[[Tight end|Tight End]]||[[Clemson University|Clemson]]

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'''George Walker Bush''' (born [[July 6]], [[1946]]) is an [[Politics of the United States|American politician]] of the [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party]] and the current [[President of the United States|President]] of the [[United States]]. Coincedentally he is one of the biggest assholes ever to walk the earth. He was elected to one term by the U.S people in 2000, and rigged the previous one in 2000, along with the shitheads otherwise known as the Supreme Court.

===Round two===

Before entering politics, Bush was a businessman, making every single business plummet to the ground that he was in. He was one of the co-owners of the Texas Rangers baseball team from [[1989]] to [[1998]]. He also served as Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.

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|align=center|29||Seattle Seahawks||Sammy Green|| -- ||[[University of Florida|Florida]]

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|align=center|30||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||Jimmy Dubose|| -- ||Florida

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|align=center|31||San Diego Chargers||[[Don Macek]]|| -- ||Boston College

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|align=center|32||New Orleans Saints||[[Tony Galbreath]]|| -- ||Missouri

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|align=center|33||New York Jets||Shafer Suggs|| -- ||Ball State

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|align=center|34||[[Oakland Raiders]]||Charles Philyaw|| -- ||Texas Southern

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|align=center|35||New England Patriots||Ike Forte|| -- ||Arkansas

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|align=center|36||Atlanta Falcons||Sonny Collins|| -- ||Kentucky

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|align=center|37||Pittsburgh Steelers||[[Ray Pinney]]|| -- ||Washington

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|align=center|38||Cincinnati Bengals||Glenn Bujnoch|| -- ||Texas A&M

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|align=center|39||Los Angeles Rams||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Pat Thomas]]|| -- ||Texas A&M

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|align=center|40||Dallas Cowboys||Jim Jensen|| -- ||Iowa

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|align=center|41||Kansas City Chiefs||Cliff Frazier|| -- ||UCLA

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|align=center|42||[[San Francisco 49ers]]||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Randy Cross]]|| -- ||UCLA

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|align=center|43||Denver Broncos||Kurt Knoff|| -- ||Kansas

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|align=center|44||Detroit Lions||Ken Long|| -- ||Purdue

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|align=center|45||Buffalo Bills||[[Ken Jones (American football)|Ken Jones]]|| -- ||Arkansas State

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|align=center|46||Detroit Lions||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[David Hill (tight end)|David Hill]]|| -- ||[[Texas A&M University|Texas A&I]]

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|align=center|47||Pittsburgh Steelers||[[Mike Kruczek]]|| -- ||Boston College

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|align=center|48||[[Tennessee Titans|Houston Oilers]]||[[Mike Barber]]|| -- ||Louisiana Tech

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|align=center|49||Miami Dolphins||Loaird McCreary|| -- ||Tennessee State

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|align=center|50||Oakland Raiders||Jeb Blount|| -- ||Tulsa

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|align=center|51||Cincinnati Bengals||[[Chris Bahr]]|| -- ||Penn State

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|align=center|52||Buffalo Bills||[[Joe Devlin (football player)|Joe Devlin]]|| -- ||Iowa

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|align=center|53||Los Angeles Rams||Ron McCartney|| -- ||[[University of Tennessee|Tennessee]]

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|align=center|54||Minnesota Vikings||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Sammy White (American football)|Sammy White]]|| -- ||Grambling

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|align=center|55||Dallas Cowboys||Jim Eidson|| -- ||Mississippi State

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|align=center|56||Pittsburgh Steelers||James Files|| -- ||McNeese State

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|align=center|57||San Francisco 49ers||Eddie Lewis|| -- ||Kansas

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|align=center|58||Seattle Seahawks||[[Sherman Smith]]|| -- ||Miami (OH)

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|align=center|59||Seattle Seahawks||[[Steve Raible]]|| -- ||Georgia Tech

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|align=center|60||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||[[Dewey Selmon]]|| -- ||Oklahoma

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===Round three===

Several of his family members are politically prominent. He is the son of former President George H. W. Bush, who made sure he got into Harvard, despite the fact that W. couldn't get into a community college if his dad wasn't powerful. He's also the brother of current [[Florida]] [[Governor of Florida [[Jeb Bush]], and the grandson of former Nazi helper and [[U.S. Senator]] [[Prescott Bush]].

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|align=center|61||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||Steve Young|| -- ||Colorado

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|align=center|62||Seattle Seahawks||Jeff Lloyd|| -- ||West Texas State

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|align=center|63||Kansas City Chiefs||Keith Simons|| -- ||Minnesota

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|align=center|64||San Diego Chargers||Larry Dorsey|| -- ||Tennessee State

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|align=center|65||Cleveland Browns||[[Dave Logan (American football)|Dave Logan]]|| -- ||Colorado

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|align=center|66||Chicago Bears||[[Brian Baschnagel]]|| -- ||Ohio State

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|align=center|67||New York Jets||[[Greg Buttle]]|| -- ||Penn State

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|align=center|68||Detroit Lions||Russ Bolinger|| -- ||Long Beach State

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|align=center|69||Cincinnati Bengals||[[Danny Reece]]|| -- ||USC

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|align=center|70||Pittsburgh Steelers||Ron Coder|| -- ||Penn State

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|align=center|71||Atlanta Falcons||Dave Scott|| -- ||Kansas

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|align=center|72||Green Bay Packers||[[Mike McCoy (defensive back)|Mike McCoy]]|| -- ||Colorado

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|align=center|73||Dallas Cowboys||Duke Ferguson|| -- ||San Diego State

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|align=center|74||Kansas City Chiefs||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Gary Barbaro]]|| -- ||[[Nicholls State University|Nicholls State]]

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|align=center|75||Dallas Cowboys||John Smith|| -- ||Boise State

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|align=center|76||Detroit Lions||John Woodcock|| -- ||Hawaii

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|align=center|77||New Orleans Saints||Bob Simmons|| -- ||Texas

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|align=center|78||Buffalo Bills||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Ben Williams (football player)|Ben Williams]]|| -- ||Mississippi

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|align=center|79||Kansas City Chiefs||[[Henry Marshall]]|| -- ||Missouri

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|align=center|80||Miami Dolphins||[[Duriel Harris]]|| -- ||[[New Mexico State University|New Mexico State]]

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|align=center|81||Baltimore Colts||Ed Simonini|| -- ||Texas A&M

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|align=center|82||Cincinnati Bengals||[[Reggie Williams (linebacker)|Reggie Williams]]|| -- ||Dartmouth

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|align=center|83||St. Louis Cardinals||[[Brad Oates]]|| -- ||[[Brigham Young University|Brigham Young]]

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|align=center|84||Oakland Raiders||Rik Bonness|| -- ||Nebraska

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|align=center|85||Minnesota Vikings||[[Wes Hamilton]]|| -- ||Tulsa

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|align=center|86||Los Angeles Rams||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Jackie Slater]]|| -- ||Jackson State

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|align=center|87||Dallas Cowboys||[[Butch Johnson]]|| -- ||California-Riverside

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|align=center|88||Pittsburgh Steelers||Ernest Pough|| -- ||Texas Southern

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|align=center|89||Seattle Seahawks||Rick Engles|| -- ||Tulsa

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|align=center|90||Baltimore Colts||Ron Lee|| -- ||West Virginia

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|align=center|91||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||Steve Maughan|| -- ||Utah State

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|align=center|92||Seattle Seahawks||Don Bitterlich|| -- ||Temple

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===Round four===

==Personal life, So-called service, and education==

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George W. Bush was born in [[New Haven, Connecticut]] to parents George and Barbara Bush, and grew up in [[Midland, Texas|Midland]] and [[Houston, Texas.He has four younger siblings: [[Jeb Bush|Jeb]], [[Neil Bush|Neil]], [[Marvin Bush|Marvin]], and [[Dorothy Bush|Dorothy]]. A younger sister, Robin, died of [[leukemia]] in [[1953]] at the age of three.

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[[Image:Bush daughers.gif|thumb|George W. Bush and Laura Bush with their daughters Jenna and Barbara, 1990]]

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[[Image:GW-Bush-in-uniform.jpg|thumb|George W. Bush in his national guardsman uniform. This was the only time he ever wore the uniform.]]

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|align=center|93||Seattle Seahawks||Steve Myer|| -- ||New Mexico

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|align=center|94||Los Angeles Rams||Gerald Taylor|| -- ||Texas A&I

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|align=center|95||San Diego Chargers||Bob Horn|| -- ||Oregon State

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|align=center|96||New Orleans Saints||Tinker Owens|| -- ||Oklahoma

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|align=center|97||Cleveland Browns||Gene Swick|| -- ||Toledo

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|align=center|98||Miami Dolphins||Melvin Mitchell|| -- ||Tennessee State

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|align=center|99||Cleveland Browns||Richard St. Clair|| -- ||Grambling

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|align=center|100||San Francisco 49ers||Steve Rivera|| -- ||California

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|align=center|101||Green Bay Packers||Tom Perko|| -- ||Pittsburgh

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|align=center|102||Atlanta Falcons||Walt Brett|| -- ||Montana

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|align=center|103||Chicago Bears||[[John Sciarra|John M. Sciarra]]|| -- ||UCLA

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|align=center|104||New York Giants||Gordon Bell|| -- ||Michigan

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|align=center|105||New York Giants||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Harry Carson]]|| -- ||South Carolina State

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|align=center|106||Cincinnati Bengals||Tony Davis|| -- ||Nebraska

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|align=center|107||Denver Broncos||Craig Penrose|| -- ||San Diego State

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|align=center|108||Chicago Bears||Wayne Rhodes|| -- ||Alabama

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|align=center|109||Buffalo Bills||Dan Jilek|| -- ||Michigan

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|align=center|110||Oakland Raiders||Herb McMath|| -- ||Morningside

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|align=center|111||[[Philadelphia Eagles]]||Mike Smith|| -- ||Florida

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|align=center|112||Pittsburgh Steelers||Wonder Monds|| -- ||Nebraska

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|align=center|113||San Diego Chargers||Ron Singleton|| -- ||Grambling

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|align=center|114||St. Louis Cardinals||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Pat Tilley]]|| -- ||Louisiana Tech

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|align=center|115||San Diego Chargers||Artie Owens|| -- ||West Virginia

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|align=center|116||Cincinnati Bengals||Greg Fairchild|| -- ||Tulsa

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|align=center|117||Houston Oilers||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Steve Largent]]|| -- ||Tulsa

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|align=center|118||Minnesota Vikings||Leonard Willis|| -- ||Ohio State

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|align=center|119||Dallas Cowboys||[[Tom Rafferty]]|| -- ||Penn State

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|align=center|120||Pittsburgh Steelers||[[Theo Bell]]|| -- ||Arizona

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|align=center|121||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||Richard Appleby|| -- ||Georgia

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|align=center|122||Seattle Seahawks||Randy Johnson|| -- ||Georgia

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|align=center|123||Seattle Seahawks||Andrew Bolton|| -- ||[[Fisk University|Fisk]]

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|align=center|124||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||Everett Little|| -- ||Houston

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===Round five===

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|align=center|125||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||Michael Kelson|| -- ||West Texas State

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|align=center|126||Seattle Seahawks||Don Dufek|| -- ||Michigan

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|align=center|127||New Orleans Saints||Scott Parrish|| -- ||Utah State

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|align=center|128||Los Angeles Rams||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Carl Ekern]]|| -- ||San Jose State

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|align=center|129||New York Jets||Steve King|| -- ||Michigan

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|align=center|130||Cleveland Browns||Henry Sheppard|| -- ||Southern Methodist

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|align=center|131||San Diego Chargers||[[Woodrow Lowe]]|| -- ||Alabama

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|align=center|132||Green Bay Packers||Aundra Thompson|| -- ||East Texas State

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|align=center|133||Minnesota Vikings||Steve Wagner|| -- ||Wisconsin

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|align=center|134|| Baltimore Colts||[[Sanders Shiver]]|| -- ||Carson-Newman

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|align=center|135||Philadelphia Eagles||Greg Johnson|| -- ||Florida State

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|align=center|136||New York Giants||Melvin Wilson|| -- ||Cal State-Northridge

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|align=center|137||Kansas City Chiefs||Willie Lee|| -- ||[[Bethune-Cookman University|Bethune-Cookman]]

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|align=center|138||Cincinnati Bengals||Willie Shelby|| -- ||Alabama

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|align=center|139||Denver Broncos||Lonnie Perrin|| -- ||Illinois

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|align=center|140||San Francisco 49ers||Tony Leonard|| -- ||Virginia Union

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|align=center|141||St. Louis Cardinals||[[Wayne Morris (football player)|Wayne Morris]]|| -- ||Southern Methodist

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|align=center|142||Buffalo Bills||Fred Coleman|| -- ||N.E. Louisiana

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|align=center|143|| Baltimore Colts||Mike Kirkland|| -- ||Arkansas

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|align=center|144||Kansas City Chiefs||Jimbo Elrod|| -- ||Oklahoma

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|align=center|145||Detroit Lions||Steadman Scavella|| -- ||Miami (FL)

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|align=center|146||Oakland Raiders||[[Fred Steinfort]]|| -- ||Boston College

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|align=center|147||Cincinnati Bengals||Scott Perry|| -- ||Williams

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|align=center|148||Washington Redskins||Mike Hughes|| -- ||[[Baylor University|Baylor]]

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|align=center|149||Minnesota Vikings||Keith Barnette|| -- ||Boston College

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|align=center|150||Los Angeles Rams||Ken Bordelon|| -- ||Louisiana State

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|align=center|151||Dallas Cowboys||Wally Pesuit|| -- ||Kentucky

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|align=center|152||Pittsburgh Steelers||Rodney Norton|| -- ||[[Rice University|Rice]]

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|align=center|153||Seattle Seahawks||Ernie Jones|| -- ||Miami (FL)

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|align=center|154||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||[[Steve Wilson (offensive lineman)|Steve Wilson]]|| -- ||Georgia

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|align=center|155||Los Angeles Rams||Dwight Scales|| -- ||Grambling

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|align=center|156||Seattle Seahawks||Larry Bates|| -- ||Miami (FL)

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As was his father, Bush was educated at [[Phillips Academy]] (Andover), (September [[1961]]&ndash;June [[1964]]) and [[Yale University]] (September [[1964]]&ndash;May [[1968]]). One of his professors described as "loutish, a pathological liar". At Yale he joined [[Delta Kappa Epsilon]] (where he was president from October [[1965]] until graduation), and the [[Skull and Bones|Skull and Bones society]]. He played [[baseball]] during his freshman year and [[Rugby football|rugby]] during his freshman and senior years. He received a [[bachelor's degree]] in history in [[1968]], although he had to pay $1000 for it, and someone had to read it to him.

===Round six===

After graduating from Yale, Bush enlisted in the Texas [[Air National Guard]] on [[May 27]], [[1968]] during the [[Vietnam War]], with a commitment to serve until [[May 26]], [[1974]]. He served as an F-102 pilot until 1972 and was twice promoted during his service, first to second lieutenant and then to first lieutenant. In November [[1970]], Lt. Col. Jerry B. Killian, the commander of the Texas Air National Guard, recommended that Bush be promoted to first lieutenant. Notably, nobody talked about how Bush never did anything there at all.

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|align=center|157||Seattle Seahawks||Alvis Darby|| -- ||Florida

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|align=center|158||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||[[Curtis Jordan]]|| -- ||Texas Tech

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|align=center|159||Pittsburgh Steelers||[[Gary Dunn]]|| -- ||Miami (FL)

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|align=center|160||New Orleans||[[Terry Stieve]]|| -- ||Wisconsin

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|align=center|161||Chicago Bears||[[Dan Jiggetts]]|| -- ||Harvard

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|align=center|162||New York Giants||Dan Lloyd|| -- ||Washington

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|align=center|163||New York Jets||Bob Martin|| -- ||Nebraska

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|align=center|164||Buffalo Bills||Leslie Benson|| -- ||Baylor

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|align=center|165||Philadelphia Eagles||Kirk Johnson|| -- ||Howard Payne

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|align=center|166||Kansas City Chiefs||Steve Taylor|| -- ||Kansas

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|align=center|167||Kansas City Chiefs||Bob Gregolunas|| -- ||Northern Illinois

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|align=center|168||San Francisco 49ers||Robert Pennywell|| -- ||Grambling

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|align=center|169||Atlanta Falcons||Stan Varner|| -- ||Brigham Young

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|align=center|170||New England||Greg Boyd|| -- ||San Diego State

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|align=center|171||Buffalo Bills||Scott Piper|| -- ||Arizona

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|align=center|172||Kansas City Chiefs||Calvin Harper|| -- ||Illinois State

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|align=center|173||Houston Oilers||Todd Simonsen|| -- ||South Dakota State

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|align=center|174||Miami Dolphins||Gary Davis|| -- ||[[California Polytechnic State University|Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo]]

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|align=center|175||Buffalo Bills||Darnell Powell|| -- ||Tennessee-Chattanooga

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|align=center|176||Cincinnati Bengals||Orlando Nelson|| -- ||Utah State

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|align=center|177||San Francisco 49ers||Scott Bull|| -- ||Arkansas

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|align=center|178||San Diego Chargers||Calvin Lane|| -- ||Fresno State

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|align=center|179||Washington Redskins||Tom Marvaso|| -- ||Cincinnati

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|align=center|180||Minnesota Vikings||Terry Egerdahl|| -- ||Minnesota-Duluth

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|align=center|181||Dallas Cowboys||Greg McGuire|| -- ||Indiana

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|align=center|182||Pittsburgh Steelers||[[Jack Deloplaine]]|| -- ||Salem

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===Round seven===

In September [[1973]] he received permission to end his six-year commitment six months early in order to attend [[Harvard University]]. He transferred to inactive reserve status shortly before being honorably discharged on October 1, [[1973]].

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|align=center|183||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||Parnell Dickinson|| -- ||[[Mississippi Valley State University|Mississippi Valley State]]

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|align=center|184||Seattle Seahawks||Dick Dixon|| -- ||Arkansas State

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|align=center|185||Miami Dolphins||Joe ingersoll|| -- ||UNLV

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|align=center|186||Dallas Cowboys||Greg Schaum|| -- ||Michigan State

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|align=center|187||Cincinnati Bengals||Bob Bateman|| -- ||Brown

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|align=center|188||New York Jets||Abdul (Larry) Salaam|| -- ||[[Kent State University|(Faulk) Kent State]]

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|align=center|189||Cleveland||Steve Cassidy|| -- ||Louisiana State

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|align=center|190||Chicago Bears||Jerry Muckenstrum|| -- ||Arkansas State

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|align=center|191||Philadelphia Eagles||[[Carl Hairston]]|| -- ||Maryland-Eastern Shore

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|align=center|192||Cincinnati Bengals||Carmen Rome|| -- ||Miami (OH)

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|align=center|193||Atlanta Falcons||Karl Farmer|| -- ||Pittsburgh

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|align=center|194||San Francisco 49ers||Jay Chesley|| -- ||Vanderbilt

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|align=center|195||Buffalo Bills||Jackie Williams|| -- ||Texas A&M

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|align=center|196||Kansas City Chiefs||Rod Wellington|| -- ||Iowa

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|align=center|197||Houston Oilers||Larry Harris|| -- ||Oklahoma State

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|align=center|198||Detroit Lions||Garth Ten Napel|| -- ||Texas A&M

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|align=center|199||New York Jets||James Richards|| -- ||Florida

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|align=center|200||Miami Dolphins||John Owens|| -- ||Tennessee State

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|align=center|201||New Orleans||Ed Bauer|| -- ||Notre Dame

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|align=center|202||New England||Perry Brooks|| -- ||Southern

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|align=center|203||St. Louis Cardinals||Phil Rogers|| -- ||Virginia Tech

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|align=center|204||Oakland Raiders||Clarence Chapman|| -- ||Eastern Michigan

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|align=center|205||Cincinnati Bengals||Ken Kuhn|| -- ||Ohio State

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|align=center|206||Minnesota Vikings||Larry Brune|| -- ||Rice

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|align=center|207||Los Angeles Rams||Larry Buie|| -- ||Mississippi State

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|align=center|208||Dallas Cowboys||David Williams|| -- ||Colorado

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|align=center|209||Pittsburgh Steeler||Barry Burton|| -- ||Vanderbilt

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===Round eight===

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|align=center|210||Seattle Seahawks||Larry Shipp|| -- ||Louisiana State

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|align=center|211||New York Jets||Joe Davis|| -- ||USC

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|align=center|212||San Diego Chargers||Tony DiRienzo|| -- ||Oklahoma

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|align=center|213||New Orleans||Craig Cassady|| -- ||Ohio State

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|align=center|214||New York Jets||[[Louie Giammona]]|| -- ||Utah State

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|align=center|215||Buffalo Bills||Scott Gardner|| -- ||Virginia

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|align=center|216||Philadelphia Eagles||Richard LaFargue|| -- ||Arkansas

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|align=center|217||Detroit Lions||Rich Sorenson|| -- ||Chico State

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|align=center|218||Green Bay||Jim Burrow|| -- ||Nebraska

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|align=center|219||Atlanta Falcons||Frank Reed|| -- ||Washington

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|align=center|220||Oakland Raiders||Jerome Dove|| -- ||Colorado State

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|align=center|221||New York Giants||John Jordan|| -- ||Indiana

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|align=center|222||Kansas City Chiefs||Orrin Olsen|| -- ||Brigham Young

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|align=center|223||San Francisco 49ers||[[John Ayers]]|| -- ||West Texas State

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|align=center|224||Denver Broncos||James Betterson|| -- ||North Carolina

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|align=center|225||Detroit Lions||Charles Braswell|| -- ||West Virginia

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|align=center|226||Buffalo Bills||Bobby Joe|| -- ||Easter Middle Tennessee State

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|align=center|227||Buffalo Bills||Art Meadowcroft|| -- ||Minnesota

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|align=center|228|| Baltimore Colts||Ricky Thompson|| -- ||Baylor

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|align=center|229||Houston Oilers||Bobby Simon|| -- ||Grambling

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|align=center|230||Miami Dolphins||Bob Simpson|| -- ||Colorado

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|align=center|231||Oakland Raiders||Terry Kunz|| -- ||Colorado

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|align=center|232||Cincinnati Bengals||Ron Hunt|| -- ||Oregon

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|align=center|233||St. Louis Cardinals||Randall Burks|| -- ||SE Oklahoma State

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|align=center|234||Washington Redskins||Bryan Fryer|| -- ||Alberta

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|align=center|235||New England||Stu Betts|| -- ||Northern Michigan

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|align=center|236||Dallas Cowboys||Henry Laws|| -- ||South Carolina

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|align=center|237||Pittsburgh Steelers||[[Ed McAleney]]|| -- ||Massachusetts

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===Round nine===

It has been charged that he skipped over a waiting list to receive a coveted National Guard slot, that he did not report for required duty, and that he was suspended from flying after he missed a required physical examination. Even though he adored everything about Vietnam, the little pinhead never actually went there. These issues were publicized during the 2004 campaign by [[Texans for Truth]] and other Bush critics. See [[George W. Bush military service controversy]] for details.

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|align=center|238||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||Bruce Welch|| -- ||Texas A&M

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|align=center|239||Seattle Seahawks||Bob Bos|| -- ||Iowa State

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|align=center|240||New Orleans||Warren Peiffer|| -- ||Iowa

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|align=center|241||Buffalo Bills||Jeff Turner|| -- ||Kansas

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|align=center|242||Cleveland||James Reed|| -- ||Mississippi

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|align=center|243||New England||Doug Beaudoin|| -- ||Minnesota

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|align=center|244||New York Jets||Ronnie Moore|| -- ||Virginia Military Inst.

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|align=center|245||Green Bay||Jim Gueno|| -- ||[[Tulane University|Tulane]]

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|align=center|246||Atlanta Falcons||[[Phil McKinnely]]|| -- ||UCLA

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|align=center|247||Philadelphia Eagles||Mike Hogan|| -- ||Tennessee-Chattanooga

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|align=center|248||Philadelphia Eagles||Richad Osborne|| -- ||Texas A&M

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|align=center|249||Kansas City Chiefs||Tim Collier|| -- ||East Texas State

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|align=center|250||San Francisco 49ers||Ken Harrison|| -- ||Southern Methodist

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|align=center|251||San Diego Chargers||Glynn Harrison|| -- ||Georgia

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|align=center|252||Denver Broncos||Jim Czirr|| -- ||Michigan

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|align=center|253||Detroit Lions||Leanell Jones|| -- ||Long Beach State

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|align=center|254||Washington Redskins||Curtis Akins|| -- ||Hawaii

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|align=center|255||Buffalo Bills||Bob Kotzur|| -- ||Southwest Texas State

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|align=center|256||Houston Oilers||Art Stringer|| -- ||Ball State

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|align=center|257||Miami Dolphins||[[Norris Thomas]]|| -- ||Southern Mississippi

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|align=center|258|| Baltimore Colts||Stu Levenick|| -- ||Illinois

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|align=center|259||Cincinnati Bengals||Lonnie Allgood||Wide Receiver||Syracuse

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|align=center|260||Denver Broncos||Jim Lisko|| -- ||Arkansas State

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|align=center|261||Cleveland Browns||Craig Nagel|| -- ||Purdue

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|align=center|262||Minnesota Vikings||Isaac Hagins|| -- ||Southern

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|align=center|263||Los Angeles Rams||Jeb Church|| -- ||Stanford

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|align=center|264||Dallas Cowboys||[[Beasley Reece]]|| -- ||[[University of North Texas|North Texas State]]

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|align=center|265||Pittsburgh Steelers||Wentford Gaines|| -- ||Cincinnati

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===Round ten===

Bush entered [[Harvard Business School]] in 1973. He was awarded a [[Master of Business Administration]] (MBA) in [[1975]], making him the first U.S. president to hold an MBA degree. And for the first time, he could read it! He was so proud to know he could afford this stuff.

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|align=center|266||Seattle Seahawks||Randy Coffield|| -- ||Florida State

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|align=center|267||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||Sid Smith|| -- ||Brigham Young

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|align=center|268||San Diego Chargers||Jeff Perlinger|| -- ||Michigan

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|align=center|269||New Orleans Saints||Junior Hardin|| -- ||Eastern Kentucky

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|align=center|270||New England||Ricky Feacher|| -- ||Mississippi Valley State

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|align=center|271||Cleveland Browns||Doug Kleber|| -- ||Illinois

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|align=center|272||Washington Redskins||Paul Strohmeier|| -- ||Washington

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|align=center|273||Philadelphia Eagles||Herb Lusk|| -- ||Long Beach State

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|align=center|274||Green Bay Packers||Jessie Green|| -- ||Tulsa

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|align=center|275||San Francisco 49ers||Robin Ross|| -- ||Washington State

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|align=center|276||New York Giants||John Thomas|| -- ||Valley City (ND)

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|align=center|277||Kansas City Chiefs||Whitney Paul|| -- ||Colorado

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|align=center|278||Denver Broncos||Art Gilliam|| -- ||Grambling

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|align=center|279||Detroit Lions||Bill Bowerman|| -- ||New Mexico State

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|align=center|280||Buffalo Bills||Keith Moody|| -- ||Syracuse

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|align=center|281||Miami Dolphins||bgcolor="#FFCC00"|[[Gary Fencik]]|| -- ||[[Yale University|Yale]]

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|align=center|282||Miami Dolphins||Don Testerman|| -- ||Clemson

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|align=center|283|| Baltimore Colts||Tim Baylor|| -- ||[[Morgan State University|Morgan State]]

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|align=center|284||Houston Oilers||Steve Kincannon|| -- ||[[Humboldt State University|Humboldt State]]

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|align=center|285||St. Louis Cardinals||Randy Walker|| -- ||Bethune-Cookman

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|align=center|286||Oakland Raiders||Dwight Lewis|| -- ||Purdue

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|align=center|287||Cincinnati Bengals||Tom Klaban|| -- ||Ohio State

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|align=center|288||Los Angeles Rams||Freeman Johns|| -- ||Southern Methodist

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|align=center|289||Minnesota Vikings||Bill Salmon|| -- ||Northern Iowa

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|align=center|290||Dallas Cowboys||Leroy Cook|| -- ||Alabama

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|align=center|291||Pittsburgh Steelers||Gary Campbell|| -- ||Colorado

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===Round eleven===

On [[Labor Day]] weekend, [[September 4]], [[1976]], Bush was pulled over by police near his family's [[Kennebunkport, Maine|Kennebunkport]] summer home in Maine. He was arrested and fined $150 and temporary suspension of driving privileges in the state for [[drunk driving|driving under the influence]] of alcohol.[http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/bushdui1.html]. News of the arrest was released five days before the [[U.S. presidential election, 2000|2000 presidential election]] by the Kennebunkport police department.

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|align=center|292||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||Melvin Washington|| -- ||Colorado State

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|align=center|293||Seattle Seahawks||Keith Muehr|| -- ||Southwestern Louisiana

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|align=center|294||New Orleans Saints||Greg Kokal|| -- ||Kent State

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|align=center|295||San Diego Chargers||[[Raymond Preston|Ray Preston]]|| -- ||Syracuse

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|align=center|296||New York Jets||Lawrence Pillers|| -- ||[[Alcorn State University|Alcorn State]]

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|align=center|297||Cleveland Browns||Chuck Celek|| -- ||Kent State

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|align=center|298||New England Patriots||Donnie Thomas|| -- ||Indiana

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|align=center|299||Chicago Bears||Norman Andersen|| -- ||UCLA

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|align=center|300||Philadelphia Eagles||Mike Gilbert|| -- ||San Diego State

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|align=center|301||Green Bay Packers||Curtis Leak|| -- ||Johnson C. Smith

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|align=center|302||Atlanta Falcons||Chuck Brislin|| -- ||Mississippi State

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|align=center|303||New York Giants||Craig Brantley|| -- ||Clemson

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|align=center|304||Kansas City Chiefs||Bob Squires|| -- ||Hastings

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|align=center|305||San Francisco 49ers||Paul Hofer|| -- ||Mississippi

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|align=center|306||Denver Broncos||Greg Pittman|| -- ||Iowa State

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|align=center|307||Detroit Lions||Gary Shugrue|| -- ||[[Villanova University|Villanova]]

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|align=center|308||Washington Redskins||Dean Gissler|| -- ||Nebraska

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|align=center|309||Buffalo Bills||Forry Smith|| -- ||Iowa State

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|align=center|310|| Baltimore Colts||Rick Gibney|| -- ||Georgia Tech

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|align=center|311||Houston Oilers||Skip Walker|| -- ||Texas A&M

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|align=center|312||Miami Dolphins||Dexter Pride|| -- ||Minnesota

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|align=center|313||Oakland Raiders||Rich Jennings|| -- ||Maryland

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|align=center|314||Cincinnati Bengals||Melvin Morgan|| -- ||Mississippi Valley State

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|align=center|315||St. Louis Cardinals||Marty Akins|| -- ||Texas

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|align=center|316||Minnesota Vikings||Steve Kracher|| -- ||Montana State

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|align=center|317||Los Angeles Rams||Brian Nemeth|| -- ||South Carolina

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|align=center|318||Dallas Cowboys||Cornelius Greene|| -- ||Ohio State

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|align=center|319||Pittsburgh Steelers||Rolland Fuchs|| -- ||Arkansas

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===Round twelve===

Bush married [[Laura Bush|Laura Welch]] in [[1977]]. They have twin daughters, [[Barbara and Jenna Bush]], born in [[1981]]. In [[1986]], at age 40, he became a [[born-again Christian]](even though he was''already'' an arrogant little bastard), leaving the [[Episcopal Church]] and joining his wife's denomination, the [[United Methodist Church]].

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|align=center|320||Seattle Seahawks||Ron Barnett|| -- ||Texas-Arlington

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|align=center|321||Tampa Bay Buccaneers ||George Ragsdale|| -- ||North Carolina A&T

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|align=center|322||San Diego Chargers||Ron Lee|| -- ||Oregon

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|align=center|323||New Orleans Saints||Milton Butts|| -- ||North Carolina Central

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|align=center|324||Houston Oilers||Larry Bell|| -- ||East Texas State

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|align=center|325||New England Patriots||Nathaniel Bell|| -- ||Tulane

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|align=center|326||New York Jets||Don Buckey|| -- ||[[North Carolina State University|North Carolina State]]

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|align=center|327||New York Jets||Dave Buckey|| -- ||North Carolina State

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|align=center|328||Green Bay Packers||[[Mel Jackson (American football)|Mel Jackson]]|| -- ||USC

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|align=center|329||Atlanta Falcons||Pat Bolton|| -- ||Montana State

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|align=center|330||Chicago Bears||John O'Leary|| -- ||Nebraska

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|align=center|331||Kansas City Chiefs||Harold Porter|| -- ||Southwestern Louisiana

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|align=center|332||San Francisco 49ers||Gerald Loper|| -- ||Florida

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|align=center|333||New York Giants||Jerry Golsteyn|| -- ||Northern Illinois

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|align=center|334||Denver Broncos||Randy Moore|| -- ||Arizona State

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|align=center|335||Detroit Lions||Mike McCabe|| -- ||South Carolina

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|align=center|336||Buffalo Bills||Joe Lowery|| -- ||Jackson State

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|align=center|337||Washington Redskins||Walter Tullis|| -- ||Delaware State

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|align=center|338||San Diego Chargers||Herman Harris|| -- ||Mississippi Valley State

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|align=center|339||Miami Dolphins||Randy Young|| -- ||Iowa State

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|align=center|340||Baltimore Colts||Frank Stavroff|| -- ||Indiana

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|align=center|341||Cincinnati Bengals||Joe Dale Harris|| -- ||Alabama

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|align=center|342||Miami Dolphins||Darryl Brandford|| -- ||Northwestern

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|align=center|343||Oakland Raiders||[[Cedric Brown]]|| -- ||Kent State

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|align=center|344||Los Angeles Rams||Jim Jodat|| -- ||Carthage

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|align=center|345||Minnesota Vikings||Robert Sparks|| -- ||San Francisco State

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|align=center|346||Dallas Cowboys||Charles McShane|| -- ||California-Lutheran

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|align=center|347||Pittsburgh Steelers||Bill Carroll|| -- ||East Texas State

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===Round thirteen===

Bush has described his days before his religious conversion as his "nomadic" period and "irresponsible youth". Bush admitted to drinking "too much" in those years. He gave up drinking for good shortly after his 40th birthday celebration. A number of reasons were cited for the change including a [[1985]] meeting with Rev. [[Billy Graham]]. [[CNN]] reported during the 2000 campaign that Bush said "I quit drinking in 1986 and haven't had a drop since then".

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|align=center|348||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||[[Brad Jenkins]]|| -- ||Nebraska

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|align=center|349||Seattle Seahawks||[[Andy Reid]]|| -- ||Georgia

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|align=center|350||New Orleans Saints||[[Kenny Downing]]|| -- ||Missouri

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|align=center|351||San Diego Chargers||[[John Lee]]|| -- ||Nebraska

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|align=center|352||New England Patriots||[[James Jones]]|| -- ||Central Michigan

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|align=center|353||Philadelphia Eagles||[[Terry Tautolo]]|| -- ||UCLA

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|align=center|354||Cleveland Browns||[[Brian Murray]]|| -- ||Arizona

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|align=center|355||Green Bay Packers||[[Bradley Bowman]]|| -- ||Southern Mississippi

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|align=center|356||Atlanta Falcons||[[Mike Williams]]|| -- ||Florida

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|align=center|357||Chicago Bears||[[Dale Kasowski]]|| -- ||North Dakota

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|align=center|358||Philadelphia Eagles||[[Steve Ebbecke]]|| -- ||Villanova

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|align=center|359||San Francisco 49ers||[[Larry Brumfield]]|| -- ||Indiana State

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|align=center|360||New York Giants||[[Rick Caswell]]|| -- ||Western Kentucky

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|align=center|361||Kansas City Chiefs||[[Joe Bruner]]|| -- ||N.E. Louisiana

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|align=center|362||Denver Broncos||[[Donnie McGraw]]|| -- ||Houston

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|align=center|363||Detroit Lions||[[Mel Jacobs]]|| -- ||San Diego State

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|align=center|364||Washington Redskins||[[Waymon Britt]]|| -- ||Michigan

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|align=center|365||Buffalo Bills||[[Will Wilcox]]|| -- ||Texas

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|align=center|366||Miami Dolphins||[[Bernie Head]]|| -- ||Tulsa

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|align=center|367||Oakland Raiders||[[Craig Crnick]]|| -- ||Idaho

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|align=center|368||Houston Oilers||[[Dan O'Rourke]]|| -- ||Colorado State

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|align=center|369||St. Louis Cardinals||[[Greg Brewton]]|| -- ||Michigan State

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|align=center|370||Oakland Raiders||[[Mark Young]]|| -- ||Washington State

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|align=center|371||Cincinnati Bengals||[[Randy Walker]]|| -- ||Miami (OH)

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|align=center|372||Minnesota Vikings||[[Gary Paulson]]|| -- ||Colorado State

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|align=center|373||Los Angeles Rams||[[Steve Hamilton]]|| -- ||Emporia State

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|align=center|374||Dallas Cowboys||[[Mark Driscoll]]|| -- ||Colorado State

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|align=center|375||Pittsburgh Steelers||[[Larry Kain]]|| -- ||Ohio State

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===Round fourteen===

Bush has addressed the issue of his alleged [[cocaine]] abuse on several occasions. The 2000 campaign initially refused to answer on principle, but later Bush told the press that, as a condition of Federal employment, he had signed a form averring he had not taken drugs in the previous seven years. Hmmm... what had happened when seven years before? When asked if he could have signed it when his father was president, he paused to think, and then answered that he could have. But Bush refused to answer if he had ''ever'' taken cocaine. Very interesting....

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|align=center|376||Seattle Seahawks||Jarvis Blinks|| -- ||Northwest Louisiana

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|align=center|377||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||Carl Roaches|| -- ||Texas A&M

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|align=center|378||San Diego Chargers||Ed Jones|| -- ||Cincinnati

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|align=center|379||New Orleans Saints||Rich Hucke|| -- ||Western Montana

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|align=center|380||New York Jets||Al Gluchoski|| -- ||West Virginia

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|align=center|381||Cleveland Browns||Joe Smalzer|| -- ||Illinois

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|align=center|382||New England Patriots||David Quehl|| -- ||Holy Cross

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|align=center|383||Atlanta Falcons||Mark Husfloen|| -- ||Washington State

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|align=center|384||Chicago Bears||Ron Cuie|| -- ||Oregon State

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|align=center|385||Philadelphia Eagles||Melvin Shy|| -- ||Tennessee State

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|align=center|386||Green Bay Packers||John Henson|| -- ||Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo

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|align=center|387||New York Giants||Jerry Mullane|| -- ||Lehigh

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|align=center|388||Kansas City Chiefs||Rick Thurman|| -- ||Texas

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|align=center|389||San Francisco 49ers||Johnny Miller|| -- ||[[Livingstone College]]

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|align=center|390||Denver Broncos||Larry Evans|| -- ||Mississippi College

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|align=center|391||Detroit Lions||Leonard Elston|| -- ||Kentucky State

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|align=center|392||Buffalo Bills||Tony Williams|| -- ||Middle Tennessee State

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|align=center|393||Washington Redskins||Quinn Buckner|| -- ||Indiana

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|align=center|394||Baltimore Colts||Jeremiah Cummings|| -- ||Albany State

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|align=center|395||Houston Oilers||John Reimer|| -- ||Wisconsin

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|align=center|396||Miami Dolphins||Bob Gissler|| -- ||South Dakota State

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|align=center|397||Oakland Raiders||Calvin Young|| -- ||Fresno State

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|align=center|398||Cincinnati Bengals||Greg Coleman|| -- ||Florida A&M

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|align=center|399||St. Louis Cardinals||Raymond Crosier|| -- ||[[Abilene Christian University|Abilene Christian]]

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|align=center|400||Los Angeles Rams||Al Burleson|| -- ||Washington

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|align=center|401||Minnesota Vikings||Jeff Stapleton|| -- ||Purdue

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|align=center|402||Dallas Cowboys||Larry Mushinskie|| -- ||Nebraska

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|align=center|403||Pittsburgh Steelers||Wayne Field|| -- ||Florida

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===Round fifteen===

Bush is sometimes referred to as ''Dubya'' (which is a Southern dialect variant of "[[Double U]]"), a play on his middle initial "W". His [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] [[codename]] is '''Trailblazer''' or '''Tumbler'''. He was also known as "Shitty Little ass-wipe." His aides had no comment on that during the 2000 election.

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In [[1978]], Bush ran for the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] but lost to [[Texas Legislature|State Sen.]] [[Kent Hance]], a [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]. Thank God!

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[[Image:texasgovbush.jpg|thumb|George W. Bush's portrait as [[Governor of Texas]] (1995-2000).]]

|align=center|404||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||Bob Dzierzak|| -- ||Utah State

Bush began his career in the [[oil industry]] in [[1979]] when he established [[Arbusto Energy]], an oil and gas exploration company he formed in [[1977]] with leftover funds from his education trust fund and money from other investors. Some of this funding came from the [[Bin Laden family|bin Laden family]], which in [[1994]] publicly distanced itself from its kinsman [[Osama bin Laden]]. The [[1979 energy crisis]] hurt Arbusto and, after a name change to Bush Exploration Co., Bush sold the company in [[1984]] to [[Spectrum 7]], another Texas oil and gas exploration firm. Under the terms of the sale, Bush became CEO of Spectrum 7. The oil crisis of 1985-1986 bankrupted Spectrum 7. Spectrum 7 was subsequently saved by a buyout from [[Harken Energy]] Corp. in [[1986]] with Bush becoming a director of Harken.

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|align=center|405||Seattle Seahawks||Dan Smith|| -- ||Washington State

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|align=center|406||New Orleans Saints||Steve Seminoff|| -- ||Wichita State

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|align=center|407||San Diego Chargers||Jack Hoffman|| -- ||Indiana

After working on his father's successful [[U.S. presidential election, 1988|1988 presidential campaign]], he was told by a friend, [[William DeWitt, Jr.]], that then-owner [[Eddie Chiles]], another of the Bushes' many friends, wanted to sell the [[Texas Rangers]], an [[Arlington, Texas|Arlington]]-based [[Major League Baseball]] franchise. In April [[1989]], Bush assembled a group of investors from his father's close friends, who bought 86% of the Rangers for $75 million. (Bush later appointed one of these partners, [[Tom Schieffer]], to the post of Ambassador to [[Australia]].) Critics expressed concern about the propriety of the purchase, charging use of political influence and favoritism involving a family friend. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/wh2000/stories/bushside073199.htm] Bush received a two percent share by investing $606,302, with $500,000 of it a loan from a bank. Bush paid off the loan by selling $848,000 worth of stock in [[Harken Energy]] Corp. in 1990, sparking allegations of [[insider trading]].

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|align=center|408||Cleveland Browns||Luther Philyaw|| -- ||Loyola (CA)

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|align=center|409||New England Patriots||Bernard Coleman|| -- ||Bethune-Cookman

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|align=center|410||New York Jets||Rick Faulk|| -- ||San Francisco State

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|align=center|411||Chicago Bears||Jerry Meyers|| -- ||Northern Illinois

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|align=center|412||Philadelphia Eagles||Brett White|| -- ||UCLA

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|align=center|413||Green Bay Packers||Jerry Dandridge|| -- ||[[University of Memphis|Memphis State]]

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|align=center|414||Atlanta Falcons||Ron Olson|| -- ||Washington

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|align=center|415||Kansas City Chiefs||Dave Rozumek|| -- ||New Hampshire

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|align=center|416||San Francisco 49ers||Howard Stidham|| -- ||Tennessee Tech

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|align=center|417||New York Giants||Eddie Morgan|| -- ||Arkansas State

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|align=center|418||Denver Broncos||Wilbur Summers|| -- ||Louisville

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|align=center|419||Detroit Lions||Trent Smock|| -- ||Indiana

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|align=center|420||St. Louis Cardinals||[[Lee Nelson (football player)|Lee Nelson]]|| -- ||Florida State

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|align=center|421||Buffalo Bills||Arnold Robinson|| -- ||Bethune-Cookman

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|align=center|422||Houston Oilers||Bobby Byars|| -- ||Cheyney (PA)

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|align=center|423||Miami Dolphins||Ron Holmes|| -- ||Utah State

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|align=center|424||Baltimore Colts||Gary Alexander|| -- ||Clemson

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|align=center|425||Cincinnati Bengals||Lynn Hieber|| -- ||Indiana (PA)

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|align=center|426||Washington Redskins||John Monroe|| -- ||Bluefield State

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|align=center|427||Oakland Raiders||Carl Hargrave|| -- ||Upper Iowa

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|align=center|428||Minnesota Vikings||Ron Groce|| -- ||Macalester

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|align=center|429||Los Angeles Rams||Malcolm Campbell|| -- ||Cal State-Los Angeles

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|align=center|430||Dallas Cowboys||Dale Curry|| -- ||UCLA

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|align=center|431||Pittsburgh Steelers||Mel Davis|| -- ||North Texas State

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===Round sixteen===

In the book ''[[House of Bush, House of Saud]]'' by [[Craig Unger]] on page 123, [[Harken Energy]] at the time of Bush's sale "was expected to run out of money in just three days". In a last-ditch attempt to save the company, Harken was advised by the endowment fund of Harvard University to spin-off two of its lower-performing divisions. "According to a Harken memo, if the plan did not go through, the company had 'no other source of immediate financing.'" Bush had already taken out a $500,000 loan and sought Harken's general counsel for advice. The reply was explicit: "The act of trading, particularly if close in time to the receipt of the inside information, is strong evidence that the insider's investment decision was based on the inside information... the insider should be advised not to sell". This memo was turned over by Bush's attorney the day after the SEC ruled that it would not charge Bush with insider trading. On June 22, Bush sold his 212,140 shares of stock anyway for a net profit of $848,560. The very next quarter, Harken announced losses of $23 million, which continued to the end of the year when the stock "plummeted from $4 to $1.25".

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The subsequent [[Securities and Exchange Commission|SEC]] investigation ended in 1992 with a memo stating "it appears that Bush did not engage in illegal insider trading," but noted that the memo "must in no way be construed as indicating that the party has been exonerated or that no action may ultimately result". [http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/07/03/bush.stock/] Critics allege that this decision was strongly influenced by the makeup of the SEC at the time, which heavily favored Bush. The chairman at the time was [[Richard Breeden]], a good friend of the Bush family's who had been nominated to the [[Securities and Exchange Commission|SEC]] by President [[George H. W. Bush]] and a lawyer in [[James Baker|James Baker's]] firm, [[Baker Botts]]. The [[Securities and Exchange Commission|SEC's]] general counsel at the time was [[James Doty]], who had represented George W. Bush when he sought to buy into the [[Texas Rangers]] (although Doty recused himself from the investigation.) Bush's own lawyer was [[Robert Jordan]], who had been "partners with both Doty and Breeden at Baker Botts and who later became George W. Bush's ambassador to [[Saudi Arabia]]". Finally, [[Bruce Hiler]], the associate director of the SEC's enforcement division, who wrote a letter to Bush's attorney saying the investigation was being terminated, now represents former [[Enron]] president [[Jeff Skilling]] in matters before the government. [http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml%3Fi=20020722&s=leopold20020718]

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As President, Bush has refused to authorize the SEC to release its full report on the Harken investigation. When the Rangers franchise was sold for $250 million in [[1998]], at a total profit of $170 million, Bush personally received $14.9 million for his $600,000 investment. [http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/vol17/issue19/pols.bush.html]

He served as managing general partner of the Rangers until he was elected [[Governor of Texas]] on [[November 8]], [[1994]] over [[incumbent]] Democrat [[Ann Richards]]. He went on to become, in 1998, the first Texas governor to be elected for two consecutive four-year terms. His tenure in office featured a positive reputation for bipartisan leadership. Among issues attracting national and international attention during his terms was Texas' use of the [[death penalty]]. He signed the death warrants of 152 criminals, including that of [[Karla Faye Tucker]]. This is more than any previous Texas Governor. Critics charged that the death penalty was being badly administered and was too likely to result in execution of an innocent person, but Bush expressed his confidence all these defendants were guilty. [http://partners.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/051400wh-gop-bush.html] He granted only one stay of execution his entire term of office, to [[Henry Lee Lucas]], the [[serial killer]].

In [[1996]], Bush was summoned to [[jury]] duty in a [[Travis County, Texas]] drunk driving case. His counsel, [[Alberto R. Gonzales]], successfully argued that, as governor, Bush might one day be called to pardon the defendant, and that this should excuse him from sitting on the jury. When Bush's 1976 drunk driving conviction was made public during the 2000 presidential campaign, Ken Oden, a Democrat, the prosecutor of the 1996 case, re-examined the case and revealed that Bush's juror questionnaire left blank the question whether he had ever been accused in a criminal case. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! Ah, that makes me laugh. The prosecutor said, "With all the new information that has come forward, it's logical to see that there may have been motives at work that none of us knew about." (Hysterical laughter at sniveling excuses). He concluded that Bush "used his position as governor" to avoid disclosing the information, because the conviction was neither included on the written form nor mentioned by Gonzales. The prosecutor added, "I feel I was directly deceived." More like you were decieving the public, jerk. A Bush campaign spokesman responded that the form had been "filled out by a staff member who left a variety of questions blank, including the Social Security number, because he didn't know the answers to them". Huh, maybe this guy's even dumber then I thought.... [http://dir.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/11/05/jury_duty/index.html]

==Presidential campaigns==

[[image:GoreBush.jpg|thumb|Al Gore greets President-Elect Bush at the White House in late December of 2000.]]

[[Image:Bush_43_10-19-04_Stpete.jpg|thumb|George W. Bush speaks at a campaign rally in 2004.]]

In [[George W. Bush presidential campaign, 2000|Bush's 2000 presidential election campaign]], he declared himself to be a "compassionate conservative". Good one! He campaigned on, among other issues, allowing [[religion|religious]] [[charity|charities]] to compete on an equal basis for participation in federally funded programs, [[tax cut|reducing taxes]], promoting the use of [[education voucher]]s, supporting oil drilling in the [[Arctic National Wildlife Refuge]] despite the fact that there a lot of endangered species, maintaining a balanced federal budget, and restructuring of the [[United States armed forces|armed forces]]. In foreign policy, he stated that he was against using the U.S. armed forces in "[[nation building]]" attempts abroad.

Bush became President on [[January 20]], [[2001]] as the winner of one of the closest general elections in U.S. history, the first one to piss on one of the oldest traditions in American Democracy, and the first one to turn on a [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] decision. Bush defeated [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[Vice President of the United States of America|Vice President]] [[Al Gore]] in 30 of 50 states for a narrow victory by five [[U.S. Electoral College|electoral votes]] (Bush-271, Gore-266). Gore won a plurality of the nationwide popular vote by approximately 540,000 votes out of 105 million, a margin of barely one-half of one percent. It was the first presidential election since the [[U.S. presidential election, 1888|1888 election]] in which a candidate lost the popular vote while winning the Electoral College vote.

Well, lets think about this.

The Florida vote, which favored Bush by a tiny margin in the initial count, was heavily contested after concerns were raised about flaws and irregularities in the voting process, and became the subject of a series of contentious court cases. After the Supreme Court's mid-December decision in ''[[Bush v. Gore]]'', which favored Bush, Gore conceded the election. In the final official count, Bush took Florida's 25 electoral votes, and thereby won the presidency, by 537 votes. See [[U.S. presidential election, 2000]]. The election results are still disputed by many, though no longer contested in any legal venue.

In the 2004 election, Bush won a second term with a margin of 3.5 million popular votes over [[John Kerry]]. Truthfully, he did win. Bush was the first presidential candidate since his father in [[U.S. presidential election, 1988|1988]] to win a majority of the popular vote, but his margin over Kerry of about 3 percent was the smallest victory margin for a sitting President since [[Woodrow Wilson]] in [[U.S. presidential election, 1916|1916]]. Despite this, the little smirking assblow thinks he won by a landslide. As in the 2000 election, there were charges raised about inaccurate counting of votes and other irregularities, although in 2004 they did not lead to recounts that could affect the result. George W. Bush is now the only President to survive a bid for reelection after losing the popular vote in his first election. The other three, [[John Quincy Adams]], [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] and [[Benjamin Harrison]], were each defeated in their bid for a second term.

:''Related articles: [[2004 U.S. Election controversies and irregularities]] and its subsidiary articles on [[2004 U.S. presidential election controversy, voting machines|2004 election (voting machines)]], [[2004 U.S. presidential election controversy, exit polls|2004 election (exit polls)]], and [[2004 U.S. presidential election controversy, vote suppression|2004 election (voter suppression)]]''

== Years as President ==

* [[George W. Bush's first term as president of the United States|First Term]]

* [[George W. Bush's second term as president of the United States|Second Term]]

==Presidency==

===Foreign policy and security===

{{mainarticle|[[Foreign policy of the George W. Bush administration]]}}

[[Image:Fox-Bush_in_Crawford_TX.jpg|thumb|right|300px|George W. Bush flanked by wife Laura Bush, Marta Sahagún Fox, and Mexican President [[Vicente Fox]].]]

During his first presidential visit to Europe in June 2001, Bush came under harsh criticism from European leaders for his rejection of the [[Kyoto Protocol]], which is aimed at reducing [[carbon dioxide]] emissions that may contribute to [[global warming]]. It could work, but the shit-bastard refused. The treaty, however, had already been rejected by the [[United States Senate]] on the grounds that it would exempt polluting nations classified as "developing," such as [[China]]. In November 2004, [[Russia]] ratified the treaty, giving it the required minimum of nations to put it into force.

President Bush's imposition of a [[steel tariff|tariff on imported steel]] and on Canadian soft lumber was controversial in light of his pursuit of other free market policies, and attracted criticism both from his fellow conservatives and from nations affected. The steel tariff was later rescinded under pressure from the [[World Trade Organization]]. No wonder people hate this moron!

During his campaign, Bush's foreign policy platform included support of a stronger economic and political relationship with Latin America, especially Mexico, and a reduction in involvement in "nation-building" and other small-scale military engagements. However, after the [[September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks]], the administration focused much more on foreign policy in the [[Middle East]]. Boy people get dumber after bad things happen?

Shortly after the attacks, a war was launched against [[Afghanistan]] to topple the [[Taliban]], which harbored [[Osama bin Laden]]. This action had fairly strong international support, and the Taliban government folded quickly after the invasion. However, subsequent nation-building efforts in concert with the [[United Nations]] under [[Hamid Karzai]] have proved troublesome, and bin Laden was never apprehended nor believed to have been killed. Afghanistan is in chaos. A large contingent of troops and advisors remains through 2004. See [[U.S. invasion of Afghanistan]] for details. [[Afghan presidential election, 2004|Democratic elections]] were held on [[October 9]], [[2004]], although marred by flawed registration and validation and threatened withdrawal of 15 of 18 presidential candidates. International observers called the elections "fairly democratic" at the "overall majority" of polling centers. The election was won by [[Hamid Karzai]] with 55.4% of the votes. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3977677.stm]

On [[December 14]], [[2001]], Bush scrapped the [[1972]] [[Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty]], which had been a bedrock of U.S.-[[Soviet Union|Soviet]] nuclear stability during the [[Cold War]], arguing it was no longer relevant. Instead, Bush focused resources on a ballistic missile defense system. The proposed system has been the subject of much [[National_Missile_Defense#July 2003 Report of the American Physical Society|scientific criticism]]. Field tests have been mixed, with both some successes and failures. It is scheduled to start deployment in [[2005]]. A ballistic missile defense system will not stop cruise missiles, or missiles transported by boat or land vehicle. Hence, many critics of the system believe it is an expensive mistake, built for the least likely attack, a nuclear tipped ballistic missile. Bush has also increased spending on military research and development and the modernization of weapons systems, but cancelled programs such as the [[XM2001 Crusader|Crusader]] self-propelled artillery system. The administration also began initial research into bunker-busting nuclear missiles.

[[Image:05-My-pet-goat.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Bush reading ''[[The Pet Goat]]'' on the morning of September 11, 2001.]] Since 1998, when the [[United States Congress]] passed the [[Iraq Liberation Act]], U.S. policy had been to remove the regime headed by [[Saddam Hussein]] from power. After the 9/11 attacks, the Bush administration argued that the Iraq situation had now become urgent. The premise was that Hussein's regime had acqured nuclear, biological, and chemical [[weapons of mass destruction]] (WMD) in violation of U.N. sanctions. The urgent danger was that Hussein would deliver such WMD into the hands terrorists such as al Qaeda, even Osama and Saddamn hated each other, and the weapon inspectors already told the US about there being no WMD's. In [[2002]] and escalating in spring [[2003]], Bush pressed the UN to act on its disarmament mandates to [[Iraq]], precipitating a [[Iraq disarmament crisis|diplomatic crisis]]. In response, the [[UN Security Council Resolution 1441]] passed [[UN Security Council Resolution 1441|Resolution 1441]] which directed a weapons-inspection team led by [[Hans Blix]] and [[Mohamed ElBaradei]] to investigate Bush's allegations. Increasing pressure from the United States in the spring of 2003 forced the UN weapons inspectors to leave the country, unable to verify the existence of WMD. The Bush administration considered the possibility of a seeking a new resolution directly authorizing military action from the [[UN Security Council|Security Council]], but abandoned the idea when it became clear that such a resolution would not pass (cf. [[The UN Security Council and the Iraq war]]). The United States managed to gather a group of countries to support a war, a total of about forty. They have been called "[[coalition of the willing]]" and while most of them are small there were some notable exceptions such as the [[United Kingdom]], [[Japan]], [[Spain]], and [[Poland]]. Almost all of them were bribed and blackmailed. Spain has since pulled out of the war; Poland has announced that it will withdraw troops in 2005.

The United States invaded Iraq in March, citing the old resolution and the lack of Iraq cooperation. The original stated goal of the war was to stop Iraq from deploying and developing WMD and to remove the dictator Saddam Hussein from power. The war proved extremely divisive, without any clear resolution and some of the U.S.'s long-term allies such as [[France]] and [[Germany]] strongly opposed to it. In many countries there have also been [[Global protests against war on Iraq|civilian opposition and antiwar protests]], on a scale not seen since the [[Vietnam War]]. The war was called illegal by the [[Secretary General of the United Nations]] [[Kofi Annan]].

While the Iraqi armed forces fell apart within a few days the problems in Iraq have since escalated. During a continuing insurgency after the declared end of major combat operations on [[May 1]], [[2003]],despite the fact that fighting was still going on, over 1000 U.S troops were killed and over 9000 wounded in action.[http://icasualties.org/oif/] The failure to uncover the alleged WMD led to renewed allegations that intelligence estimates were spun or distorted to support the war. These claims have been corroborated by investigations and reports by the [[Senate Select Committee on Intelligence]]. Nevertheless, Bush states that he still believes it was the right decision, because a demonstrably brutal tyrant has been overthrown and can no longer threaten the world. Stupid moron. See [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] for full coverage.

In July of [[2002]], Bush cut off all funding to the [[United Nations Population Fund]] (UNFPA). Bush claimed that the UNFPA supported forced [[abortion]]s and [[sterilization]]s in [[People's Republic of China|China]]. So does that really matter when it comes to third-world countries and starving kids, fuckwipe?!

Bush's foreign policy is influenced by the [[Neoconservatism_(United_States)|neo-conservative]] [[think tank]] [[Project for the New American Century]], many of whose members have prominent positions in the Bush administration. Wow, what a coincedence! Many argue that the administration is far more inspired by the [[Heritage Foundation]], and to a lesser degree the [[Cato Institute]], although these organizations lack representation in the administration.

===Domestic policy===

{{mainarticle|[[Domestic policy of the George W. Bush administration]]}}

[[image:BushCAGovs.jpg|thumb|300px|George W. Bush raises his arm to greet an audience of firefighters on November 4, 2003, as California Governor-Elect [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] and Gov. [[Gray Davis]] listen.]]

President Bush has endorsed an [[Federal Marriage Amendment|amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]] that defines marriage as being between a man and a woman, which would ban [[same-sex marriage]], but leaves open the possibility of [[civil union]]s, although gay people are nice people, and none of them are terrorists and nothing bad will happen if they marry. Bush has tended to be opposed to forms of [[affirmative action]], but expressed appreciation for the Supreme Court's ruling upholding selecting college applicants for purposes of [[diversity]]. Although President Bush did meet with the [[National Urban League]], he is the first sitting President not to meet with the [[NAACP]] since [[Herbert Hoover]].

Bush implemented three [[tax cut]]s during his first term in office that eliminated the "marriage penalty" and the "death tax" and reduced marginal tax rates. These cuts were enacted by Congress with large bipartisan majorities, but were later criticized as regressive give-aways. By 2004, these tax cuts reduced federal tax revenues, as a percentage of the [[Gross Domestic Product]], to the lowest level since 1959. [http://www.cbpp.org/10-14-04bud.htm] The effect was to create record budget deficits. In the last year of the Clinton administration, the federal budget showed an annual surplus of more than $230 billion. [http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/09/27/clinton.surplus/] Under Bush, however, the government returned to deficit spending. The annual deficit reached a record level of $374 billion in 2003 ([http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/08/26/politics/main570166.shtml]) and then a further record of $413 billion in 2004. How could that have happened? By electing idiots, thats how!([http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-10-14-deficit_x.htm]). In an open letter to Bush in 2004, more than 100 professors of business and economics at U.S. business schools ascribed this "fiscal reversal" to Bush's "policy of slashing taxes - primarily for those at the upper reaches of the income distribution". Good Men! [http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_14283.shtml]

Bush advocates the partial privatization of [[Social Security]] wherein an individual would be free to invest a portion of his Social Security taxes in personal retirement accounts. This initiative has not yet been considered by Congress.

Bush signed the [[Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act|Medicare Act of 2003]], which added prescription drug coverage to [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]], subsidized large employers to discourage them from eliminating private prescription coverage to retired workers, and prohibited the Federal government from negotiating discounts with drug companies.

Of the US$2.4 [[trillion]] budgeted for [[2005]], about US$401 billion [http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2004/nr20040202-0301.html] are planned to be spent on defense. This level is generally comparable to the defense spending during the cold war. [http://www.d-n-i.net/charts_data/evolution_of_the_fy_2003_budget.htm]

In January of [[2003]], Bush signed the [[No Child Left Behind]] Act, which targets supporting early learning, measures student performance, gives options over failing schools, and ensures more resources for schools. Critics (including Senator Kerry and the [[National Education Association]]) say schools were not given the resources to help meet new standards despite a 50% increase in federal education spending. Some state governments are refusing to implement provisions of the act as long as they are not adequately funded.[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52720-2004Feb18.html]Strangely, it's not working.

Scientists have repeatedly criticized the Bush administration for reducing funding for scientific research, setting restrictions on federal funding of [[stem cell research]], ignoring scientific consensus on [[global warming]], and hampering cooperation with foreign scientists by enforcing deterring immigration and visa restrictions. In February [[2004]], over 5,000 scientists (including 48 Nobel Prize winners) from the [[Union of Concerned Scientists]] signed a statement "opposing the Bush administration's use of scientific advice". They felt that "the Bush administration has ignored unbiased scientific advice in the policy-making that is so important for our collective welfare." This basically means that we're gonna have to wait a while for anything to get cured, because of religious radical fools.[http://www.ucsusa.org/global_environment/rsi/page.cfm?pageID=1320] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=5476374][http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5722898/]

On [[January 14]], [[2004]], Bush announced a [http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/01/14/bush.space/index.html "space vision"], calling for a return to the [[Moon]] by [[2020]], the completion of the [[International Space Station]] by [[2010]] and eventually sending [[astronauts]] to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. However, the plan faces funding problems, and Bush has not mentioned the initiative since his speech, perhaps owing to its largely tepid reception. [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/8572141.htm?1c].

Bush's environmental record has been attacked by environmentalists, who charge that his policies cater to industry demands to weaken environmental protections. He did sign the Great Lakes Legacy Act of 2002 authorizing the federal government to begin cleaning up pollution and contaminated sediment in the Great Lakes. He signed the Brownfields Legislation in 2002, accelerating the cleanup of abandoned industrial sites, or brownfields, to better protect public health, create jobs, and revitalize communities. In December 2003, President Bush signed legislation implementing key provisions of his Healthy Forests Initiative; environmental groups have charged that the plan is simply a giveaway to timber companies. Another subject of controversy is Bush's Clear Skies plan; opponents say that the initiative will in fact allow utilities to pollute more than they do currently. During his first presidential bid, Bush stated he supported the Kyoto [[global warming]] treaty, but once in office he reversed that position, saying it would harm the U.S. economy. Environmental groups note that many Bush Administration officials, in addition to Bush and Cheney, have ties to the energy industry, automotive industry, and other groups that have fought environmental protections. Also, he headed oil companies, and he obviously does not care about the environment.

===Cabinet===

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!style="background:#A8BDEC;" width=6%|Pick # !!width=40% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|NFL Team !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Player !!width=14% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|Position !!width=20% style="background:#A8BDEC;"|College

|align="left"|'''OFFICE'''||align="center"|'''NAME'''||align="left"|'''TERM'''

|-

|align=center|432||Seattle Seahawks||Jeff Urczyk|| -- ||Georgia Tech

|-

|align=center|433||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||Tommy West|| -- ||Tennessee

!bgcolor="#000000" colspan="3"|

|-

|align=center|434||San Diego Chargers||Jack Harrison|| -- ||California

|[[President of the United States|President]]

![[George W. Bush]]

|2001&mdash;

|-

|align=center|435||New Orleans Saints||Gene Jones|| -- ||Bowling Green

|[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]

![[Dick Cheney]]

|2001&mdash;

|-

|align=center|436||New England Patriots||Clifford Brown|| -- ||Tuskegee

!bgcolor="#000" colspan="3"|

|-

|align=center|437||New York Jets||James Godwin|| -- ||Fayetteville

|[[United States Secretary of State|State]]

![[Colin Powell|Colin L. Powell]]

|2001&ndash;2004

|-

|align=center|438||Cleveland Browns||Chris Lorenzen|| -- ||Arizona State

|[[United States Secretary of Defense|Defense]]

![[Donald Rumsfeld|Donald H. Rumsfeld]]

|2001&mdash;

|-

|align=center|439||Philadelphia Eagles||Steve Campassi|| -- ||Kentucky

|[[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Treasury]]

![[Paul O'Neill|Paul H. O'Neill]]

|2001&ndash;2003

|-

|align=center|440||Green Bay Packers||Mike Timmermans|| -- ||Northern Iowa

|

![[John W. Snow]]

|2003&mdash;

|-

|align=center|441||Atlanta Falcons||Pat Curto|| -- ||Ohio State

|[[Attorney General of the United States|Justice]]

![[John Ashcroft|John D. Ashcroft]]

|2001&ndash;2004

|-

|align=center|442||Chicago Bears||Ronald Parker|| -- ||Texas Christian

|[[United States Secretary of the Interior|Interior]]

![[Gale Norton|Gale A. Norton]]

|2001&mdash;

|-

|align=center|443||San Francisco 49ers||Reggie Lewis|| -- ||San Diego State

|[[United States Secretary of Commerce|Commerce]]

![[Donald Evans|Donald L. Evans]]

|2001&ndash;2004

|-

|align=center|444||New York Giants||David Lawson|| -- ||Air Force

|[[United States Secretary of Labor|Labor]]

![[Elaine Chao|Elaine L. Chao]]

|2001&mdash;

|-

|align=center|445||Kansas City Chiefs||Dennis Anderson|| -- ||Arizona

|[[United States Secretary of Agriculture|Agriculture]]

![[Ann Veneman|Ann M. Veneman]]

|2001&ndash;2004

|-

|align=center|446||Denver Broncos||John Huddleston|| -- ||Utah

|[[United States Secretary of Health and Human Services|HHS]]

![[Tommy Thompson]]

|2001&ndash;2004

|-

|align=center|447||Detroit Lions||Craig McCurdy|| -- ||William & Mary

|[[United States Secretary of Education|Education]]

![[Rod Paige]]

|2001&ndash;2004

|-

|align=center|448||Buffalo Bills||Gary Gorrell|| -- ||Boise State

|[[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development|HUD]]

![[Mel Martinez]]

|2001&ndash;2003

|-

|align=center|449|| Baltimore Colts||Mike Fuhrman|| -- ||Memphis State

|

![[Alphonso Jackson|Alphonso R. Jackson]]

|2004&mdash;

|-

|align=center|450||Miami Dolphins||Mike Green|| -- ||Ohio

|[[United States Secretary of Transportation|Transportation]]

![[Norman Mineta|Norman Y. Mineta]]

|2001&mdash;

|-

|align=center|451|| Baltimore Colts||Steve Ludwig|| -- ||Miami (FL)

|[[United States Secretary of Energy|Energy]]

![[Spencer Abraham]]

|2001&ndash;2004

|-

|align=center|452||Houston Oilers||Claude Johnson|| -- ||Florida A&M

|[[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs|Veterans Affairs]]

![[Anthony Principi|Anthony J. Principi]]

|2001&mdash;

|-

|align=center|453||St. Louis Cardinals||Cecil Beaird|| -- ||Fisk

|[[United States Secretary of Homeland Security|Homeland Security]]

|-

![[Tom Ridge]]

|align=center|454||Oakland Raiders||[[Doug Hogan]]|| -- ||USC

|2003&ndash;2004

|-

|align=center|455||Cincinnati Bengals||George Demopoulis|| -- ||Miami (FL)

|-

|align=center|456||Los Angeles Rams||Rick Gage|| -- ||Arkansas Tech

|-

|align=center|457||Minnesota Vikings||Randy Hickel|| -- ||Montana State

|-

|align=center|458||Dallas Cowboys||Rick Costanzo|| -- ||Nebraska

|-

|align=center|459||Pittsburgh Steelers||Randy Butts|| -- ||Kearney State

|}

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Bush's cabinet holds the largest number of [[minority group|minorities]] of any U.S. federal cabinet to date, including the first two [[Asian-American]] federal cabinet secretaries (Chao and Mineta). It is also, according to the [[Guinness_Book_of_World_Records|Guinness Book of Records]], the wealthiest cabinet ever.

Only one non-Republican is present in Bush's cabinet. [[United States Secretary of Transportation|Secretary of Transportation]] [[Norman Mineta]], the first Asian-American cabinet secretary, who had previously served as [[United States Secretary of Commerce|Secretary of Commerce]] under [[Bill Clinton]], is a [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]].

His cabinet includes figures prominent in past Republican administrations, notably [[Colin Powell]], who had served as [[United States National Security Advisor]] under [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]] under [[George H. W. Bush]], and [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] [[Donald Rumsfeld]], who had served in the same position under [[Gerald Ford]].

Within a few weeks after the 2004 election, several Cabinet members announced their resignations: [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] [[John Ashcroft]], [[United States Secretary of Commerce|Secretary of Commerce]] [[Donald Evans]], [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Colin Powell]], [[United States Secretary of Energy|Secretary of Energy]] [[Spencer Abraham]], [[United States Secretary of Agriculture|Secretary of Agriculture]] [[Ann Veneman]], [[United States Secretary of Education|Secretary of Education]] [[Rod Paige]], [[United States Secretary of Homeland Security|Secretary of Homeland Security]] [[Tom Ridge]], and [[United States Secretary of Health and Human Services|Secretary of Health of Human Services]] [[Tommy Thompson]]. Bush has announced his nominations of [[Condoleezza Rice]] to replace Powell, [[Alberto R. Gonzales]] to replace Ashcroft, [[Margaret Spellings]] to replace Paige, [[Carlos Gutierrez]] to replace Evans, [[Mike Johanns]] to replace Veneman, and [[Bernard Kerik]] to replace Ridge.

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===Other advisors and officials===

*[[CIA|CIA Director]] - [[George Tenet]] (2001&ndash;2004), [[John E. McLaughlin]] (interim director, 2004), [[Porter Goss]] (2004&mdash;)

*[[FBI|FBI Director]] - [[Robert Mueller]]

*[[National Security Adviser]] - [[Condoleezza Rice]]

*[[EPA]] Administrator - [[Christine Todd Whitman]] (2001&ndash;2003), [[Michael O. Leavitt]] (2003&mdash;)

*[[UN]] [[United States Ambassadors to the United Nations|Ambassador]] - [[John Negroponte]] (2001&ndash;2004), [[John Danforth]] (2004)

*[[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] Chairman - [[Michael Powell (politician)|Michael Powell]]

*[[Office of Management and Budget|OMB]] Director - [[Mitch Daniels]] (2001&ndash;2003), [[Joshua B. Bolten]] (2003&mdash;)

*[[White House Chief of Staff]] - [[Andrew Card]]

*Senior Advisor - [[Karl Rove]]

*White House counsel - [[Alberto R. Gonzales]](2001&ndash;2005), [[Harriet Miers]] (2005-)

*Advisor - [[Karen Hughes]] (2001&ndash;2002)

*[[White House Press Secretary]] - [[Ari Fleischer]] (2001&ndash;2003), [[Scott McClellan]] (2003&mdash;)

Among the more criticized appointments have been [[John Negroponte]], [[Elliott Abrams]], Otto Reich, and [[John Poindexter]] for their roles in the [[Iran-Contra Affair]] and for allegedly covering up human rights abuses in [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]. horrible, horrible people.

Some of Bush's other appointments have been noted as reflecting a preference for family members of favored officials. These include: [[Michael K. Powell]] (son of Secretary of State Powell) as FCC Chairman (although his initial appointment to the FCC came during the Clinton administration), 28-year-old [[J. Strom Thurmond Jr.]] (Senator [[Strom Thurmond]]'s son) as [[South Carolina]]'s U.S. Attorney, [[Eugene Scalia]] (Supreme Court Justice [[Antonin Scalia]]'s son) as Solicitor for the Labor Department, [[Janet Rehnquist]] (U.S. Chief Justice [[William Rehnquist]]'s daughter) as Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (later fired for firearms charges and inappropriate job terminations), and [[Elizabeth Cheney]] (Vice President Cheney's daughter) to the newly created position of Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near-East Affairs.

===Legislation===

''Partial list:''

*[[June 7]], [[2001]]: [[Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001]]

*[[September 18]], [[2001]]: [[Authorization for Use of Military Force]]

*[[September 28]], [[2001]]: [[United States-Jordan Free Trade Area Implementation Act]]

*[[October 26]], [[2001]]: [[USA PATRIOT Act]]

*[[November 28]], [[2001]]: [[Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act]]

*[[January 8]], [[2002]]: [[No Child Left Behind Act]]

*[[March 9]], [[2002]]: [[Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002]]

*[[March 27]], [[2002]]: [[Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act|Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002]]

*[[May 13]], [[2002]]: [[Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002]]

*[[July 30]], [[2002]]: [[Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002]]

*[[October 16]], [[2002]]: [[Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq]]

*[[November 25]], [[2002]]: [[Homeland Security Act of 2002]]

*[[March 11]], [[2003]]: [[Do-Not-Call Implementation Act]]

*[[April 30]], [[2003]]: [[PROTECT Act of 2003]] (Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act) (see also [[Age_of_consent#Social_and_legal_attitudes]]) [http://judiciary.senate.gov/special/S151CONF.pdf]

*[[May 27]], [[2003]]: [[United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003]]

*[[May 28]], [[2003]]: [[Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003]]

*[[September 3]], [[2003]]: United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act

*[[September 3]], [[2003]]: United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act

*[[November 5]], [[2003]]: [[Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act|Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003]]

*[[December 8]], [[2003]]: [[Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003]]

*[[December 16]], [[2003]]: [[Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act]] (CAN-SPAM)

*[[April 1]], [[2004]]: [[Unborn Victims of Violence Act]] (Laci and Conner's Law)

==Public perception and assessments==

=== Domestic ===

In the time of national crisis following the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]], Bush briefly enjoyed approval ratings of greater than 85 percent. Bush maintained these extraordinary ratings (the highest approval ratings of any president since such regular polls began in [[1938]]) for some months following the attack, though they gradually dropped to lower levels.

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During the [[2002]] midterm congressional elections, Bush had the highest approval rating of any president during a mid-term election since [[Dwight Eisenhower]], and subsequently the Republican Party retook control of the [[United States Senate|Senate]] and added to their majority in the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]. These results marked an unusual deviation from the historic trend of the President's party losing congressional seats in the midterm elections, and was just the third time since the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] that the party in control of the White House gained seats in both houses of Congress in a midterm election (others were [[1902]] and [[1934]]). One explanation for this historic event is that Bush's wartime popularity carried over to other Republicans in races for legislative office. Another is that the singularly close election of Bush in [[2000]] complicates expectations based on general historic trends.

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In [[2003]], Bush's approval ratings continued their slow descent from the [[2001]] highs, with 13 major polls agreeing on [http://www.hist.umn.edu/~ruggles/Approval.htm a remarkably stable and consistent 1.7% per month decline] for his entire presidency with the exceptions of only three significant increases: immediately after 9/11, during the Iraq War, and the capture of Saddam Hussein. By late [[2003]], his approval numbers were in the low to middle 50s. Nevertheless, his numbers were still solid for the third year of a Presidency, when the President's opponents typically begin their campaigns in earnest. Most polls tied the decline to growing concern over the [[U.S.-led occupation of Iraq]] and the economy's slow recovery from the [[2001]] recession. Late during the Democratic primary, most major polls showed Bush losing to the various Democratic challengers by a narrow margin. Polls of May [[2004]] showed anywhere from a 53 percent approval rating [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Bush_Job_Approval.htm] to a 46 percent approval rating. [http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/polls/usatodaypolls.htm] Composite time-series graphs of Bush's approval ratings from [[January]] [[2001]] to [[May]] [[2004]] are available at [http://www.hist.umn.edu/~ruggles/Approval.htm] [http://www.pollkatz.homestead.com/files/pollkatzmainGRAPHICS_8911_image001.gif], an analysis of G. W. Bush's popularity over time is available at [http://www.polisci.wisc.edu/~behavior/perspective(Oct2003).pdf].

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George W. Bush has been the subject of both high praise and stringent criticism, and has been called by some the "love him or hate him" president. The former have focused on matters such as the [[Domestic_policy_of_the_George_W._Bush_administration|economy]], homeland security, and especially his leadership after the September 11 attacks; the latter on matters such as the economy, the [[U.S. presidential election, 2000|controversial 2000 election]], and the [[occupation of Iraq]].

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=== Outside the United States ===

|align=center|460||Tampa Bay Buccaneers||[[Jack Berry]]|| -- ||Washington & Lee

[[Image:Bush and Chirac.jpg|thumb|left|President Bush and French President [[Jacques Chirac]] during the G-8 sessions, July 21, 2001.]]

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|align=center|461||Seattle Seahawks||[[Chris Rowland]]|| -- ||Washington

Bush's popularity outside the United States is generally lower. In many parts of the world he is very unpopular, with many reporting a dislike of his personality and foreign policy. The [[2003 Invasion of Iraq]] particularly provoked charges of [[unilateralism]]. Recent polls indicate erosion of support among Europeans for Bush, for example a drop from 36% to 16% favorability over the last year in Germany.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3081254.stm] A broader Associated Press/Ipsos survey of industrialized nations found that a majority of people in [[Politics of France|France]], [[Politics of Italy|Italy]], [[Politics of Germany|Germany]], [[Politics of Mexico|Mexico]], [[Politics of Spain|Spain]]&mdash;in addition to [[Politics of Canada|Canada]] and the [[Politics of the United Kingdom|UK]], where [[Anglo-America]]n cooperation traditionally reigns&mdash;have an unfavorable view of Bush and his policy on foreign affairs, although significant minorities continue to report favorable views. [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/04/world/main604135.shtml] In Muslim countries Bush's unfavorability ratings are particularly high, often over 90%. [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/02/opinion/02wright.html] Among the non-U.S. nations polled in a worldwide study, Bush's popularity was highest in [[Israel]], where 62% reported favorable views. [http://www.cbc.ca/news/america/poll.html]

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|align=center|462||New Orleans Saints||[[Scott MacDonald (athlete)|Scott MacDonald]]|| -- ||West Virginia

A July and August 2004 survey by the [[University of Maryland]] and [[GlobeScan|GlobeScan, Inc.]] of 34,330 people in 35 nations found that, in 30 out of 35 countries polled, a majority or plurality would have preferred to see Democratic presidential candidate [[John Kerry]] win in the 2004 election. Kerry was strongly preferred by traditional European allies like [[Norway]] (74% for Kerry to 7% for Bush), [[Germany]] (74% to 10%), [[France]] (64% to 5%), the [[Netherlands]] (63% to 6%), [[Italy]] (58% to 14%), [[Spain]] (45% to 7%), and the [[United Kingdom]] (47% to 16%). Also other allies such as [[Japan]] (43% to 23%), [[Mexico]] (38% to 18%), [[Turkey]] (40% to 25%) and [[South Africa]] (43% to 29%). The only countries where President Bush was preferred by a majority were the [[Philippines]], [[Nigeria]], and [[Poland]]. [[India]] and [[Thailand]] were divided. [http://www.globescan.com/news_archives/GlobeScan-PIPA_Release.pdf]

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An October [http://www.guardian.co.uk/flash/0,5860,1327656,00.html]poll by a range of major international newspapers show that in Australia, Britain, Canada, France, Japan, Spain and South Korea a majority of voters share a rejection of the Iraq invasion, contempt for the Bush administration and a growing hostility to the U.S.; however, while they all oppose the Bush government's politics, they do not express a dislike of American people. Another poll found that Israel was the only country surveyed in which a majority favored President Bush over Senator Kerry.

|align=center|463||San Diego Chargers||[[Clarence Sanders]]|| -- ||Cincinnati

''Conclusion''

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Georgy is the worst president in the history of the Us. Shit, who needs Jason over this guy?

|align=center|464||New York Jets||[[Darwin Willie]]|| -- ||Tulane

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|align=center|465||Cleveland Browns||[[Tom Fleming]]|| -- ||Dartmouth

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==Further reading==

|align=center|466||New England Patriots||[[Todd Anderson]]|| -- ||Stanford

*George W. Bush, ''A Charge to Keep'', (1999) ISBN 0688174418

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*George W. Bush, ''We Will Prevail'', (2003) ISBN 0826415520

|align=center|467||Green Bay Packers||Ray Hall|| -- ||Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo

*Ronald Kessler, ''A Matter Of Character: Inside The White House Of George W. Bush'', Penguin, USA, August, 2004, hardcover, 320 pages, ISBN 1595230009

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*David Frum, ''The Right Man'', (2003) ISBN 0375509038 ISBN 0812966953

|align=center|468||Atlanta Falcons||Tony Green|| -- ||Texas Tech

*Bob Woodward, ''Bush At War'', (2002) ISBN 0743244613

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*Bob Woodward, ''Plan of Attack'', (2004) ISBN 074325547X

|align=center|469||Chicago Bears||[[Mike Malham]]|| -- ||Arkansas State

*Bill Sammon, ''Fighting Back: The War on Terrorism from Inside the Bush White House'', (2002) ISBN 0895261499

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*Stephen Mansfield, ''The Faith of George W. Bush'', (2003) ISBN 1585423092

|align=center|470||Philadelphia Eagles||[[Anthony Terry]]|| -- ||California-Davis

*M. Ivins and L. Dubose, ''Shrub: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush'' (2000) ISBN 0375503994

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*H. Gillman, ''The Votes That Counted: How the Court Decided the 2000 Presidential Election'' (2001) ISBN 0226294080

|align=center|471||New York Giants||[[Steve Curnutte]]|| -- ||Vanderbilt

*J. H. Hatfield, ''Fortunate Son: George W. Bush and the Making of an American President'' (1999) ISBN 1887128840

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*Ben Fritz, Bryan Keefer & Brendan Nyhan, ''All the President's Spin: George W. Bush, the Media, and the Truth '' (2004) ISBN 0743262514

|align=center|472||Kansas City Chiefs||[[Pat McNeil]]|| -- ||Baylor

*Craig Unger, ''House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties'' ISBN 074325337X

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*Bill Sammon, ''Misunderestimated: The President Battles Terrorism, John Kerry, and the Bush Haters'' (2004) ISBN 0060723831

|align=center|473||San Francisco 49ers||[[Darryl Jenkins]]|| -- ||San Jose State

*Richard Miniter, ''Shadow War: The Untold Story of How Bush Is Winning the War on Terror'' (2004) ISBN 0895260522

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*Robert Bryce, ''Cronies: Oil, The Bushes, and the Rise of Texas, America's Superstate'', PublicAffairs, ISBN 1586481886

|align=center|474||Denver Broncos||[[Randy Cozens]]|| -- ||Pittsburgh

*Ian Williams, ''Deserter: George Bush's War on Military Families, Veterans, and His Past'' ISBN 1560256273

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*E. Mitchell, ''W: Revenge of the Bush Dynasty'' (2000) ISBN 0786866306

|align=center|475||Detroit Lions||[[Jim Meeks]]|| -- ||Boise State

*B. Minutaglio, ''First Son: George W. Bush and the Bush Family Dynasty'' (1999) ISBN 0609808672

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*K. Auletta (January 19, 2004). ''Fortress Bush: How the White House Keeps the Press Under Control'', ''The New Yorker'', LXXIX, 53.

|align=center|476||Washington Redskins||[[Chuck Wills]]|| -- ||Oregon

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==See also==

|align=center|477||Buffalo Bills||Bob Berg|| -- ||New Mexico

*[[U.S. presidential election, 2000|2000 Presidential Election]]

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*[[U.S. presidential election, 2004|2004 Presidential Election]]

|align=center|478||Oakland Raiders||Buddy Tate|| -- ||Tulsa

*[[Bush doctrine|Bush Doctrine]]

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*[[Patriot Day]]

|align=center|479||Houston Oilers||[[Allen Misher]]|| -- ||Louisiana State

*[[Bush family conspiracy theory|Bush Family Conspiracy Theory]]

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*[[VoteToImpeach]]

|align=center|480||Miami Dolphins||[[Jeff Grantz]]|| -- ||South Carolina

*[[Compassionate conservatism]]

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*[[Neoconservatism]]

|align=center|481||Oakland Raiders||[[Nate Beasley]]|| -- ||Delaware

*[[History of the United States (1988-present)]]

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*[[Iraq on the Record Report]]

|align=center|482||Cincinnati Bengals||[[Scott Dannelley]]|| -- ||Ohio State

*[[Bush political family]]

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|align=center|483||St. Louis Cardinals||[[Dan Myers]]|| -- ||Georgia Tech

==External links==

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===Transcripts===

|align=center|484||Minnesota Vikings||[[Dick Lukowski]]|| -- ||West Virginia

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|align=center|485||Los Angeles Rams||Gary Shaw|| -- ||Brigham Young

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*[http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2000/conventions/republican/transcripts/bush.html 2000 GOP Convention Nomination Speech] (August 3, 2000)

|align=center|486||Dallas Cowboys||[[Stan Woodfill]]|| -- ||Oregon

*[http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/inaug/gbush1.htm Inaugural Address]

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*[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010911-16.html Presidential Address to the Nation] ([[September 11, 2001]])

|align=center|487||Pittsburgh Steelers||[[Kelvin Kirk]]|| -- ||Dayton

*[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010911.html Remarks by the President After Two Planes Crash Into World Trade Center] ([[September 11, 2001]])

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*[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010911-1.html Remarks by the President Upon Arrival at Barksdale Air Force Base] ([[September 11, 2001]])

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*[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010920-8.html Declaration of War on Terrorism]

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*[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/09/20030923-4.html Address to the UN General Assembly]

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*[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/01/20020129-11.html 2002 State of the Union Address]

*[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/01/20030128-19.html 2003 State of the Union Address]

*[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030319-17.html Presidential Address to the Nation Announcing Operation Iraqi Freedom]

*[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/05/iraq/20030501-15.html President Announces Major Combat Operations in Iraq Have Ended]

*[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/09/20030907-1.html Presidential Address to the Nation on America's Actions in the War on Terrorism]

*[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/12/20031214-3.html Presidential Address to the Nation on the Capture of Saddam Hussein]

*[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/01/20040120-7.html 2004 State of the Union Address]

*[http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4179618/ "Meet the Press with Tim Russert" interview with President George W. Bush] (The Oval Office, February 7, 2004)

*[http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/0624/primetime.html Bush Interview by RTÉ News (Irish TV)] &ndash; June 25, 2004 &ndash; Real player video feeds

*[http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2004&m=June&x=200406251637031CJsamohT0.963833&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html Bush Interview by RTÉ News (Irish TV)] &ndash; June 25, 2004 &ndash; transcript

*[http://www.gopconvention.com/cgi-data/speeches/files/v46q7t4op60p0109d9b8i8373arhnn0r.shtml 2004 GOP Convention Nomination Speech] (September 2, 2004)

*[http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/george_w._bush/ George W. Bush quotes]

===Official and news links===

*[http://whitehouse.gov Official White House website]

*[http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/gwbbio.html Official authorized White House biography]

*[http://origin.georgewbush.com/ Re-election website for George W. Bush]

*[http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/governors/modern/page3.html#Bush Governors of Texas - Texas State Library site]

*[http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34&in=us&cat=bush_administration Yahoo! News coverage of the Bush administration (updated regularly)]

*[http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1035353.htm Bush nomination for Nobel]

*[http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20040314a5.htm Japan Times: Citizens find Bush guilty of Afghan war crimes]

*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2886931.stm Belgium rethinks war crimes law - Belgium to amend a controversial law which some fear could be used in a war crimes lawsuit against U.S. President George W. Bush]

===Information sites===

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*[http://www.thebots.net/GWBushSampleArchive.htm The George W. Bush Public Domain Audio Archive]

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