[kristinn]

President Bush gets no credit for cracking down on corrupt CEOs and accounting firms after they had gotten away with murder under Clinton.

Bush set a standard that has given investors confidence. It was his Justice Dept. that went after Enron and Worldcom and all the rest.

[sappy]

exactly! don’t forget Terry McAwefuls $18million gain from defunct Global Crossing.

[libstripper]

President Bush gets no credit for cracking down on corrupt CEOs and accounting firms after they had gotten away with murder under Clinton.

Absolutely. Indeed, I strongly believe that Clinton deliberately allowed the CEO's crimes to continue so their companies' stock prices would be artifically inflated, creating a bubble and a fake impression of prosperity.

[Hardastarboard]

President Bush gets no credit for cracking down on corrupt CEOs and accounting firms after they had gotten away with murder under Clinton.

You know, you make a good point. I always thought it was Clinton's "anything goes" / no interference from the MSM / administration that led to a lot of that coporate malfeasance. It just seemed to me that they thought, "Hey, the President's corrupt (and probably a few of them dropped some bucks in his pocket), we can get away with it, too".

Or, as I like to say, I use the moral standard WWBCD - "What would Bill Clinton do?". It gives me a LOT more leeway.

[1035rep]

"Bush set a standard that has given investors confidence. It was his Justice Dept. that went after Enron and Worldcom and all the rest."

Thank you President Bush!