An Affirmative Action President is a person selected for that office based partly or entirely on traits other than that person's political platform. In 2000, Affirmative Action was used in this way to fill the position of President of the United States, when George W. Bush became the nation's first mentally-disabled Commander in Chief. Under the conservative ideology, a candidate's populist promotion of substance abuse and mental deficiencies is considered to be as important as, and perhaps more important than, traditional criteria of qualifications and experience.