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Article: UNMASKED: THE GEORGE W BUSH THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T WANT THE WORLD TO SEE With less than 50 days to the US polls and a 10-point lead over John Kerry, George W Bush's re-electionas President looks a breeze. Despite his dodgy past, he has successfully sold himself as a 'hero' War President and defender of traditional US values. How did he do it? Bush's people have run riot over Kerry's record, so what about the President's?
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- The Sunday Herald
- Article date:
- September 12, 2004
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Is President George W Bush, who weaves a narrative about himself
as a man of God, actually a charlatan? Is he really a wolf in sheep's
clothing? Is his faith a sham? Is he more bad boy than born again?
More playboy than penitent?
This past month has seen John Kerry, Bush's Democratic rival for
the White House, take one almighty pasting from the Republican right
wing over accusations that he exaggerated his military record in
Vietnam. Kerry, a many times decorated navy Vietnam veteran, said the
smear campaign was orchestrated by a Bush team desperate to divert
attention from the woeful state of the US economy and the running
sore of Iraq.
But this week it's Bush's turn to line up for a ...