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Old 04-25-2007, 10:46 AM  
Virago
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Originally Posted by JoesTraffic View Post
BTW, Bush isn't from Texas.




"He served as the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000 before being elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2004 as President...

Bush was raised in Midland and Houston, Texas, with his four siblings, Jeb, Neil, Marvin, and Dorothy. Another younger sister, Robin, died in 1953 at the age of three from leukemia.[5] Bush's grandfather, Prescott Bush, was a U.S. Senator from Connecticut, and his father served as U.S. President from 1989 to 1993....

Bush entered the oil industry in Texas. In 1977, he was introduced by friends to Laura Welch, a schoolteacher and librarian. They married and settled in Midland, Texas.

In 1978, Bush ran for the U.S. House of Representatives from the 19th Congressional District of Texas ...

Returning to Texas, Bush purchased a share in the Texas Rangers baseball franchise in April 1989, where he served as managing general partner of the Rangers for five years...

Bush used a budget surplus to push through a $2 billion tax-cut plan, the largest in Texas history...

He proclaimed June 10 to be Jesus Day in Texas..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush

Might not be where he was born but it sounds like he's from Texas to me.
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