Removal of Bush, Cheney images doesn't quell debate over exhibit

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The Kennebunk Free Library removed images of President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday from an exhibit of collages made from old American flags.

Library Director Janet Cate said the works did not meet "normative community standards" because of the Bush family's connection with the area, and noted that they had been the subject of complaints from the public.

"This is Mr. Bush's hometown," Cate said, referring to the Bush summer home on Walker's Point in Kennebunkport. "It is very local, and that's the community part of the normative community standards."

It was the second time in a week that controversy has arisen over G. Bud Swenson's exhibit, which includes 22 collages made from old American flags that Swenson purchased at flea markets.

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