{"id":531,"date":"2008-11-25T10:46:21","date_gmt":"2008-11-25T10:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/11\/does-bush-prefer-pardoning-sou.html"},"modified":"2008-11-25T10:46:21","modified_gmt":"2008-11-25T10:46:21","slug":"does-bush-prefer-pardoning-sou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/11\/does-bush-prefer-pardoning-sou.html","title":{"rendered":"Does Bush Prefer Pardoning Southerners?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Does it strike anyone as odd that 11 of the 14 pardons that Bush has announced recently are in the South?<\/a> The pardon recipients come from:
\nFort Worth, Texas
\nFalls Church, Va.
\nRossville, Ga
\nTravelers Rest, S.C..
\nJacksonville, Fla..
\nMidland, Texas
\nSulphur, Okla.
\nGrant, Ala.,
\nLos Angeles, Ca.
\nConroe, Texas
\nWhite Hall, Ark.
\nCharleston, Mo
\nRapid City, S.D.
\nMahomet, Ill
\nAdmittedly, I haven’t looked at his other pardons. Perhaps he pardoned a wave of Midwestern criminals earlier in the year.
\nTheories?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Does it strike anyone as odd that 11 of the 14 pardons that Bush has announced recently are in the South? The pardon recipients come from: Fort Worth, Texas Falls Church, Va. Rossville, Ga Travelers Rest, S.C.. Jacksonville, Fla.. Midland, Texas Sulphur, Okla. Grant, Ala., Los Angeles, Ca. Conroe, Texas White Hall, Ark. 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