When you get to page 259 and read that Rev. Joel Job Harrison said: � ���"The Texan who guns down his neighbor does not visualize himself as committing a crime,� �� � it starts to become apparent that a President from that state might not be bothered by the legalities of a scrap of paper from a conference he didn't attend and be constricted by a bunch of foreigners who established rules that might restrict the interrogation of a prisoner who might be withholding valuable information that might, if it were not divulged, put the lives of American military personnel at risk.
The Texan's regard for religion becomes even more obvious when, on the same page, the author outlines the case of the Baptist minister John Franklyn Norris who won an argument with three bullets. Michner says: � ���"The jury found him innocent on the grounds, I suppose, that he was a member of the cloth and therefore incapable of doing wrong. It seems that Texans accord that assumption for Presidents also.
When Judge O. D. Cannon shoots a black lawyer (on page 741) the readers learn: � ���"The coroner's verdict: Harriel Geiger had been guilty of repeated contempt and had been properly rebukes.� �� �
Some � ���"scientists� �� � say that a man can't hold two contradictory thoughts in his head simultaneously. Obviously those experts (who believe in � ���"global warming� �� � also?) have never been to Texas. Michener notes on page 615: � ���" . . . many slave holders were convinced tat their slaves, at least, were supremely happy in their position of servitude; but at the same time, the owner were desperately afraid of slave uprisings, . . . .� �� �
Michener sums it all up in the last line: � ���"Never forget, son, when you represent Texas, always go first class.� �� � The American citizens who live outside of Texas may need to read this book to see that, by Texas standards, George W. Bush did just that. This book is highly recommended for any of the fans who would like to understand George W. Bush better. (We know the book uses the novel format to relate incidents based on the events of actual Texas citizens and hence it could have been a better book (at least for reviewers) if it had an index.)
The best Texas quote may have come from a non-Texan woman, Leona Helmsley who said: � ���"We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes ....� �� � That quote alone should get her a place of honor in the George W. Bush Presidential Library.
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