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" The tin man vs. the straw man. The candidate with a brain but without a heart against the president with a heart but without a brain. That's how many Latin Americans are viewing the race between John Kerry and George W. Bush. "

Denise Dresser

Man

Without

Straw

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Denise Dresser

Myself

Never

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