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Bob Ray Sanders - In My Opinion On hearing the radio news or seeing the morning newspaper headline "Bush pardons ex-mayor for role in bank fraud," no doubt many of the president's critics immediately put on their cynical caps. I can imagine them saying, "There he goes again, protecting his rich buddies while turning his back on the little people." Not this critic. I knew there had to be more to the story. There had to be something other than patronage that would prompt the president to make such a potentially controversial decision in this highly charged election year. Without...

President Bush pardons former Plano mayor03:51 PM CST on Monday, February 16, 2004Associated Press PLANO - President Bush has pardoned a former mayor of this North Dallas suburb who pleaded guilty to bank fraud in 1996. David B. McCall Jr., 79, admitted he was involved in more than $25 million in fraudulent loans made at the Plano Savings and Loan Association, which failed in the mid-1980s. Bush pardoned McCall on Saturday, the U.S. Justice Department said Monday. McCall, who is battling cancer, slipped into a coma three days ago, his wife, Nellie, said Monday. She declined to comment on the...