Maclean's Cover Featuring Bush as Saddam Causing Flap in U.S.

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Source: The Canadian Press

Maclean's cover featuring Bush dressed as Saddam causing flap in U.S.

WASHINGTON - The latest cover of Maclean's magazine featuring President George W. Bush dressed as Saddam Hussein is provoking a flap south of the border. ABC News, in a web article Friday, notes that bloggers on the left and right have been having a field day debating the merits of depicting Bush as Saddam, complete with a moustache, beret and military attire.

Newsbusters, a U.S.-based conservative blog, took aim at the article by writer Patrick Graham that says Bush is "reaching out to the late dictator's henchmen."

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Others were unimpressed with the cover, including Scotty Greenwood, executive director of the Canadian American Business Council. "I think it's distasteful and offensive," she said. "Even liberal Democrats will find it offensive," she predicted.

Suneel Khanna, communications director for Maclean's, told ABC the magazine hasn't had any complaints from its 10,000 American subscribers.

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