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Enron is not Bush's Whitewater: It's Worse
CBS Marketwatch ^ | 1/10/02 | David Callaway

Posted on 01/10/2002 7:00:04 AM PST by brbethke

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Of course it will be worse. It will be worse because every evening Dan Rather and all the other media lapdogs who slept through the Clinton administration will be telling us it's worse. They'll be straining at their chains, baring their tiny fangs, and spraying saliva as they yap, "It's worse! It's worse! It's worse!"

And after the evening news is over, Tom Daschle will pat them on their cute little heads, give them all milk bones, and congratulate them on what good little media watchdogs they are.

1 posted on 01/10/2002 7:00:06 AM PST by brbethke
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To: brbethke
Not a shred of evidence of anything in this entire article. Not a single line connecting any of the favoritism innuendo to the actual reason for Enron's collapse - risky business practices and suspicious accounting.
2 posted on 01/10/2002 7:03:41 AM PST by spqrzilla9
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To: brbethke
Did Bush have insiders working at S and L's covering for him? Did Bush attempt to sway bank regulators? Did Bush attepmt to gain personal wealth like Xlinton X-42 did while in Arkansas? I'm having trouble getting the parallels here ...
3 posted on 01/10/2002 7:05:06 AM PST by _Jim
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Don't expect to see either Bush or Vice President Cheney directly linked to the financial shenanigans that brought Enron down. They won't be. This is not about finding a smoking gun, as much as some Democrats might wish it were.

If there are no "financial shenanigans" by Bush how could it be worse than Whitewater? I guess this author thinks people are just too stupid to ask that basic, threshold question before they decide if a "scandal" exists.

4 posted on 01/10/2002 7:05:29 AM PST by beckett
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To: brbethke
Meanwhile ignoring Little Tommy and his wife's lobbying conflict of interests.....
5 posted on 01/10/2002 7:05:33 AM PST by Corporate Law
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To: brbethke
You forgot "Barf Alert".
6 posted on 01/10/2002 7:05:38 AM PST by Texaggie79
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To: brbethke
Sounds like a case of wishful thinking on the part of CBS
7 posted on 01/10/2002 7:05:57 AM PST by cake_crumb
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To: brbethke
I think I read an article some time ago about Dem connections to Enron. Does anyone else remember?
8 posted on 01/10/2002 7:06:05 AM PST by dalebert
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To: spqrzilla9
Since when do facts or evidence matter to CBS? The headline is the story, and the attack point.
9 posted on 01/10/2002 7:06:06 AM PST by brbethke
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To: brbethke
Mega-bump!

God bless the true patriot.

rushtafarian

10 posted on 01/10/2002 7:06:12 AM PST by rushtafarian
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It will be worse because every evening Dan Rather

I saw Blather on SeeBS just last night 'working' this ...

11 posted on 01/10/2002 7:07:38 AM PST by _Jim
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Meanwhile ignoring Little Tommy and his wife's lobbying conflict of interests.....

He (Tom 'Puff' Daschle) did a GOOD JOB of laying all the costs of "Airport Security" on the shoulders of the US taxpayer and OFF the airlines and airports themselves ...

12 posted on 01/10/2002 7:09:48 AM PST by _Jim
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There is a slew of them. If anyone did political favors for Enron, it was Ron Brown and Bill Clinton. Sweet heart deals in India, etc.

Bush was on TV today talking about investigations into Enron so he is out front on this.

My personal belief in all this is it was all the non-energy crap that Enron got involved in that brought them down. They wanted to be a dot-commer like everyone else and got caught holding the bag. I don't think (and this is pure supposition on my part) that the energy trading part was flawed, just all the superfluous stuff. We shall see.

13 posted on 01/10/2002 7:11:03 AM PST by Wphile
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"rammed through an expensive economic plan that wiped out the budget surplus but to date hasn't had any positive effect on the economy."

The Daschle mantra. David Callaway is an idiot and a shill.

14 posted on 01/10/2002 7:12:04 AM PST by TheHeterodoxConservative
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I wonder if this David Callaway ever wrote one critical thing about the Clinton's Whitewater "debacle" .....I wonder.
15 posted on 01/10/2002 7:12:08 AM PST by A Citizen Reporter
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David Callaway is executive editor of CBS.MarketWatch.com...

Ah, I see. So the executive editor of the site gets to throw in his commentary, slamming our President but we're expected to believe See BS News is fair and balanced???????

Whatta bunch of clymers. I'm so glad I don't have to watch network TV or rely on their lamea** websites for news anymore.

Keep it up, See BS News...it'll be a delight watching your influence swirl down the commode.

16 posted on 01/10/2002 7:12:50 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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Enron's failure was not Bush's fault. Sheesh, it was poorly run and if they did anything illegal the managment is soley to blame. Apparently hundreds of money mangers invested BILLIONS into Enron becauae they LIKED what they saw.
17 posted on 01/10/2002 7:12:55 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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"Don't expect to see either Bush or Vice President Cheney directly linked to the financial shenanigans that brought Enron down. They won't be. This is not about finding a smoking gun, as much as some Democrats might wish it were."

But they sure will try and make it seem like they are.

18 posted on 01/10/2002 7:13:54 AM PST by Texas Mom
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Look at the language. "Financial shenanigans" ... "Whitewater was a sideshow" "Lincoln Bedroom" "undo the Clean Air Act" "congressional probes" "Justice Department investigations" "scores of unanswered questions"

Most people don't read articles, they skim them for a salient phrases. This is a hit piece intended to create doubt and muddy the waters, and as such it could have been written by the DNC. Maybe it was.

19 posted on 01/10/2002 7:13:55 AM PST by brbethke
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Try as they might, CBS and their fellow Libs cannot connect Enron's debacle to Bush anymore than they can to Texas Democrats. Enron executives donated to both parties.
And, as usual, CBS gives us a tut-tut on the Clintons' Savings and Loan criminality.
20 posted on 01/10/2002 7:15:43 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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