"It was Barnes, also a former House speaker in the state, who testified under oath in 1999 in a lawsuit brought by Littwin that he called the head of the Texas Air National Guard to put in a good word for Bush."
The problem is, Barnes was lying. He was proven to have not had any kind of relationship with the Bush family at the time of Bush's Guard stint. Not to mention, if I recall at the time Barnes was a nobody who would have had no power to influence anyone over anything. So why would the Bush's have sought out his help? Farah is letting his Miers-hate get the better of his good judgment if he's trusting the word of a proven liar and a now discredited trash-talking Bush hater. Who's he going to cite next? Bill Burkett?
At the time the popular Ben Barnes was the TX house speaker and the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor. LBJ once predicted that Barnes would be the next Texan (after him) to become President.
QUOTE: ...Barnes' daughter stated to FOX's Sean Hannity that her father told her in 2000 that he had not helped Bush.
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