1.0 link 55814 <![CDATA[The Ghosts Bush Left Behind]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-mapes/the-ghosts-bush-left-behi_b_55814.html Scooter Libby's commutation is still being celebrated in some circles, but down here in Texas, President Bush's move has stirred bitter memories and awakened old ghosts.

I can't help remembering all the people I reported on who begged then-Governor Bush for mercy. They begged for the lives of clients and childhood friends, fathers, sons and brothers, mothers and next-door neighbors. They begged for their own lives. They were all turned away.

Texas has a fabled history of frontier-style...

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