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 MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - The crowd roars and people swoon as the presidential candidate bounds onto the stage, striding on the powerful legs that propelled him from the slums of Monrovia to international soccer stardom.
George Weah hardly glances at the adoring throng. He offers no wave nor victory sign. He delivers his speech in a monotone, reading from notes.
His awkward style may be one of the reasons he could win Tuesday's runoff election. Liberians have had enough of polished politicos looting their country's wealth and spilling its blood. And if this election goes well, voters will have finally closed the book on 14 years of civil war and lifted their country into the spreading ranks of African democracies.
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