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To: John Carragher who wrote (68051)9/8/2004 2:21:41 PM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 793955
 
OK, here's the deal: Barnes was Speaker of the Texas Legislature at the time, not Lt. Governor. He claims that he got one of his rich Texas buddies to help by getting to a NG Brigadier General who is now conveniently dead.

And, yes, Barnes is a famous Texas sleazo.

Read the story, as it appeared five years ago, here:

washingtonpost.com

And, yes, like the Swift Boat vets story, I think this one is going to hurt W even though it was hashed and re-hashed five years ago. The voting public has ADD.