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Published on Saturday, October 04, 2008
By LA Daily News Staff Writer
MIDLAND, Texas - President Bush almost made it through his two terms without visiting his boyhood hometown. He broke the more than seven-year, eight-month streak on Saturday for a quick and lucrative fundraising stop in this West Texas oil patch.
The lunchtime event, closed to the public and press, attracted a big crowd to Republican Rep. Mike Conaway's district and benefited a joint fund set up by the national Republican Party and the House GOP's political arm. Between the Midland fundraiser and a second set for Monday in San Antonio, Bush was helping draw in about $1 million for the party.
He stayed less than three hours on his first visit back to Midland since he breezed through town on his way to Washington for his 2001 inauguration.
That stop was an emotional send-off rally for a Texas native who promised at the time that his stay in Washington would be temporary
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