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Southern Illinoisan in Carbondale, Illinois

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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 2002

Page

41

Ben Barnes and Texas scandal ripple reach Illinois politics

A 1970s Texas political finance scandal surfaces as Ben Barnes’s $10,000 donation to a Democratic candidate ties to insider deals and a broader graft web. The piece links Barnes’s later consulting work and a 1990s lottery inquiry to potential kickbacks, while criticizing campaign tactics and urging scrutiny of political fundraising.

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Bush portrait of an affectionate, genuine president

Ann Coulter highlights Frank Bruni's reflections on George W. Bush in Ambling Into History, praising Bruni's candor about media biases and Bush's humane moments. The piece notes Bruni's critiques of press plotting, Clinton nostalgia, and Bush's homesick, personable traits, framing Bush as the opposite of a flimflam artist.

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