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This time the Florida girl gone wild had apparently decided to knock over a Penney's, or
at least snatch some underwear. In 1995 "Noell Bush" was caught, arrested, and sentenced
to a $305 fine. The person arrested attended a boarding school where it's been confirmed
that, yes, the governor's daughter was enrolled. "Noell" even has the same name and
birthdate.
A paper in Flagstaff broke the news Thursday -- yet other news outlets won't touch it.
Florida officials released her from jail because they thought she had a clean record. Now
they're thinking she's going to need a bail bondsman. Why this vast journalistic
conspiracy of silence? While the Florida judicial system processes the new information on
yet-another Bush family scandal, the newspapers obligingly look away...
It's been said any whiff
of scandal involving liberal politicians gets vetted and pumped up through a pipeline of
conservative pundits -- but that there's no corresponding fluffers for Bush-bashing. Add
aggressive stone-walling from the Bush family, and you get a press corp that's cowed into
submission.
All signs suggest reporters should steel themselves for more controversy in the future. Noelle's release was part of a program
to lessen jail crowding by not detaining any Bush daughters gone loco if it's their first
offense. The obvious conclusion, of course, is that there's more to come.
Check it out yourself
nabob@pigdog.org
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