A montage of the iconic images of George W. Bush in his role of America's heroic leader.
Thanksgiving at Baghdad Intl Airport
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| Bush and firefighter Bob Beckwith on ruins of Ground Zero (referenced by Faludi) |
President Bush's visit to the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003 to announce "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq saw the President become hero/soldier
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| Bush walking on deck of carrier as if pilot officer |
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| Bush in jumpsuit alongside "fellow" fighter pilots |
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| Bush posing with flight-deck crew |
Bush in New Orleans after Katrina not only posed with firefighters and relief workers, but seemed to want to get down and dirty with them in the rescue efforts.
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| Bush rolls up his sleeves, "getting to work" with firefighters |
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| Bush with National Guard holding chainsaw |
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| Bush in New Orleans post-Katrina on April 27, 2006 repairing homes during National Volunteer Week |
Images of President Bush at home on his Crawford, Texas ranch become supplemental to his masculine heroic image. Blogs such as "Manly's Republic" use this to align Bush and Reagan as opposites of more, what one reader called, "metrosexual" political leaders.
Below is a magazine cover I stumbled across that's highly relevant to Susan Faludi's "Cowboys of Yesterday". Title: "Love After 9/11" Enjoy.
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