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Presidents should not use swear words Sunday, July 30, 2006 President Bush has caught a lot of flak lately. In spite of that, I’ve defended most of his actions. Not anymore. When I was 9, I picked up the fourletter "s" word from a young friend, being careful not to say it within earshot of Mom. But one day I slipped up, and I still remember that physical rebuke. Apparently, Bush slipped up similarly before an open mike ("Foreigners fleeing Lebanon," Associated Press article, July 18). A president who uses that word in ordinary conversation is no longer a good...