Bill Maxwell (St. Pete Times): Bush and the Myth of Great Leadership

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President Bush's new campaign ads are on the air and generating unintended consequences.

Nov. 2, of course, will tell us if these ads were effective. We do not need to wait until November to know, however, that these ads are some of the most cynical, tasteless, deceptive and exploitative the nation has ever seen.

I have seen the ads, by the way. They make heavy visual use of the charred, smoldering remains of the World Trade Center. One clip even shows firefighters ferrying what appears to be the flag-draped body of a terrorist victim.

Remember now, these ads are the work of the same George W. Bush who, when seeking more money from Congress in 2003 to fight terrorism, said: "I have no ambition whatsoever to use this as a political issue."

The president lied. The World Trade Center tragedy is being used politically. Americans can see for themselves by watching the ads on TV.

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http://www.sptimes.com/2004/03/07/Columns/Bush_and_the_myth_of_.shtml

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1. the president lied and lied and lied and lied

and lied and lied and lied and lied....

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2. 911: Bush ran and hid in an American spider hole.

Then he rehearsed READING a speech someone else wrote.
Then he recorded the speech (a la Saddam and Bin Laden)and distributed it to the networks.

Some leadership.