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Guardian Unlimited Observer | Special reports | Bush at bay
(Ed Vulliamy, The Observer, June 23, 2002)
The invitation arrived at the White House a few days before last week's historic World Cup victory by the United States over Mexico. . . . It was from the Mexican President Vincente Fox, suggesting that President George Bush and he watch the game together, as a gesture of friendship between neighbouring nations. The reply came, from a member of Bush's staff: the President would be asleep at that hour of the night. . . . the rebuff spoke volumes to columnists and Washington DC observers about the clueless, crassly selfish quality of a President and a presidency which are suddenly lurching, rather than governing, at the apex of American power. . . . Although Bush's poll ratings remain good, there are signs that the Americans who propelled his candidature and elected him into office now worry about - and do not trust - their President. . . . On 10 September, the President's popularity had fallen to 50 per cent, the lowest on record for a President after that period in office. . . . Corporate sleaze - highly unpopular after the Enron scandal - is becoming a hallmark of the Bush presidency. . . . In the parlance of Washington, the Republicans have a word for this constituency, which slips off the tongue without regard to what it has come to mean given recent events. They call it 'The Base', which in Arabic translates as 'al-Qaeda'.

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