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Thanks for visiting. On a semi-daily basis we scan Florida's major daily newspapers for significant Florida political news and punditry. We also review the editorial pages and political columnists/pundits for Florida political commentary. The papers we review include: the Miami Herald, Sun-Sentinel, Palm Beach Post, Naples News, Sarasota Herald Tribune, St Pete Times, Tampa Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Tallahassee Democrat, and, occasionally, the Florida Times Union; we also review the political news blogs associated with these newspapers.

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The Blog for Monday, January 03, 2005

It's a "Photo Op"

    Curious headline, this, "Americans must show generosity, governor says". Anyway, the article relates the following:
    This week's trip is part fact-finding mission, part photo opportunity. Bush said there would be meetings with political leaders in Bangkok and Jakarta as well as tours of "impacted areas," to see relief workers and victims at a remote hospital.
    And this is a nice touch:
    Bush said he will be back in Washington on Thursday -- in time to make a personal report to his brother and to attend the 60th wedding anniversary party of his parents, George and Barbara Bush, at the White House.
    Finally, this tid bit:
    It is not his first trip to South Asia. He said he visited the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, in the late 1980s or early 1990s as a businessman. An aide in Tallahassee could not provide details of Bush's previous activities there, saying they predated his time in the governor's office.
    Heaven knows what he was doing; perhaps he was selling water pumps, to be purchased with U.S. taxoayer-backed loans (see "U.S. fraud suit targets ex-partner of Jeb Bush" ("Justice Department says a water pump company fraudulently helped Nigeria obtain $74-million in taxpayer-backed loans.")

    See also "Bush departs for south Asia to inspect Tsunami damage".

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