Sure, he murdered, lied, trafficked drugs, and threatened everyone within an inch of their lives to get there, but he has, ostensibly, changed.
Ricky Martin may not have been a musical genius, but he was ostensibly still singing on his albums.
From 31 until 23 bce the constitutional basis of his power remained a continuous succession of consulships, but in January 27 bce he ostensibly "transferred the State to the free disposal of the Senate and people," earning the misleading, though outwardly plausible, tribute that he had restored the republic.
9/11 has been the springboard Bush has repeatedly used to give him the self-ordained rights to break the law time and time again in order to bring what he considers justice not only to the country he ostensibly serves, but to the world.
As a young man he studied law but, finding it dull, left school and moved to Paris, where he ostensibly studied philosophy but actually spent most of his time at the Cinémathèque Française.
He ostensibly restored democracy in 2002, but meanwhile claimed huge powers for his office.
He ostensibly went to Morocco to divorce a second wife.
He was elected president in 1996, although he ostensibly represented no political party.
He came into office with a commitment to complete Guinea's democratic transition by holding parliamentary elections, but he delayed them, ostensibly on procedural grounds, then delayed them again.
