Do you know the story behind the Kennedy Assassination, behind Watergate, behind George W. Bush's quick ascension to the most powerful office in the world? I thought I did. It was pretty simple, really. Oswald killed Kennedy, Nixon was an ogre, and W triumphed through a combination of ruthless political tactics, the weakness of his opponent, timing, and dumb luck.
That's what I thought--I and many others. Then I began to wonder about George W. What, really, underlay his improbable rise...
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