truthdig.com - 12/5/2008
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The Smoking Gun has the scuttlebutt on the president’s new $2 million home in Dallas. Should he need sugar, Bush can ask billionaire neighbor Tom Hicks, who succeeded him as owner of the Texas Rangers.
The Smoking Gun via Political Wire :
The property was purchased for ...
dallasnews.com - 12/4/2008
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dallasnews.com —
03:44 PM CST on Thursday, December 4, 2008
By TODD J. GILLMAN and RUDOLPH BUSH / The...
Dallas Morning News tgillman@dallasnews.com ; rbush@dallasnews.com The White House confirmed Thursday that the Bushes have purchased a house in Dallas’ Preston Hollow ...
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Bushes confirm purchase of Dallas home in Preston Hollow ...
dallasnews.com - 12/4/2008
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dallasnews.com —
07:31 AM CST on Friday, December 5, 2008
By WAYNE SLATER / The Dallas Morning News wslater@dallasnews.com...
AUSTIN – In creating a committee Thursday to explore a run for governor, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison sent her strongest signal yet that she's ready ...
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Hutchison signals she's ready for a showdown with Perry ...
huffingtonpost.com - 12/6/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
As was reported this week, George Bush has
bought a new house in a wealthy part of...
Dallas, called Preston Hollow, to live in after he leaves office. Preston Hollow homeowners are used to having well-known neighbors; the area is already home to Dallas Mavericks' owner Marc Cuban and former ...
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New Bush Neighbor In Dallas: I'm Afraid "The Whole ...
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Firedoglake —
... Big Three back on the hill.
Government overhaul in the works?
Some bad news about retail sales.
And jobless report could be more bad news.
W.'s new mansion in Big D.
Kissinger impressed with Obama's national security team.
Obama's total haul -- wow.
Ezra vs. Sully on health care.
Just because I can't help it.
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DownWithTyranny! —
... became governor of Texas, Hicks sold him 12% of the Rangers for $500,000 (which almost certainly was paid to Bush by the bin Laden family). After the new Ranger stadium was built Bush cashed out his stock for $16 million. Hicks likes to help politicians and their families. Later, as governor, Bush gave a no-bid contract to one of Hicks companies to manage some state pension funds. Bush just retired to a new home in the extremely upscale Preston Hollow area of Dallas and his next door neighbor is... Tom Hicks. ...
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