Clinton-Gore sales team eased Enron's path to success

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | December 9, 2001 | "Dateline D.C." - Washington, D.C.-based British journalist and political observer.

[Hugh Akston]

WASHINGTON - "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall."

This week, this old nursery rhyme has taken control of this column. From Washington to Pittsburgh by way of New York City and Los Angeles with important detours to China, Japan, India, Mozambique, Croatia, England, Germany and elsewhere in the world, we have been watching and reading about the great fall of Enron.

[Hugh Akston]

As heard this morning on the Quinn in the Morning show here in Pittsburgh.

If you live in an area that has a conservative leaning station with a lousy morning show, you might want to consider mailing them and asking them to try to syndicate this show.

[Hugh Akston]

Worthy of a ping list treatment?

[JohnHuang2]

Worthy of a ping list treatment?

But of course, amigo. Mega ping, comin' right up...

[JohnHuang2]

Ping!

[Deep_6]

Excellent post!!!!

[no surprise, however]
Where there's corruption, there's a democrat.

[harpu]

whoa - VERY nice catch!

[Neets]

Goodness!!! Bookmarked..I'll be right back with a comment.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

After the Clinton-Gore "What Ever It Takes" Era (protected by the LIBERAL media and an obedient justice department),
these shell games and security "lapses" will become increasingly exposed.

[eureka!]

Far be it for the lamestream presstitution racket to run with this angle, eh? Today's fishwrap had one line in 20 column inches about the big $$ to W, Ashcroft, pubbies that essentially said: "Oh, Enron also gave some money to the Rats." Sickening lot the pressholes really are....

[rdb3]

Well, we know what the Left is up to.

Did you catch this mornings front page New York Times article?

[eureka!]

ping. ;^)

[JohnHuang2]

Sickening lot the pressholes really are....

They're delusional, my friend. The Democrats are, too.

How quickly they forget that scandal only 'works' when there's evidence -- real evidence, not innuendo -- of SOME 'COVER-UP' or official malfeasance. There isn't even the vaguest intimation of either of these here.

The public's eyes will glaze over, as they ask, in unison, 'where's the beef'?

[SW6906]

Just as Rush was strongly hinting yesterday: the Democrats better be careful what they stir up with their attempts to hang Enron around GWB's neck, for it will come back to bite them!

[SW6906]

I'm afraid I think you may be wrong. I'm already experiencing it with my liberal coworkers. They are buying the media-pushed line of this is W's WhiteWater. When I ask what the crime is, they babble something about the rich getting rich and the ordinary guy losing all, but when pressed to come up with a crime, they can't. But still, they insist W is guilty of something here.

The media is working overtime to help the Democrats hang this on W. This is payback time for Clinton and for Florida.

This will ikely devolve into nothingness since both parties were "involved" and the general public will get more cynical because once again no one will get punished for perceived "crimes".

[eureka!]

You are probably right. Check this out too, courtesy of Freeper angkor--(sorry about the lack of format)

T H E C E N T E R F O R R E S P O N S I V E P O L I T I C S Enron Contributions to Current Senators, 1989-2001* Back to Alert Name Total Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) $99,500 Phil Gramm (R-Texas) $97,350 Conrad Burns (R-Mont) $23,200 Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) $21,933 Michael D. Crapo (R-Idaho) $18,689 Christopher S. Bond (R-Mo) $18,500 Gordon Smith (R-Ore) $18,000 Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) $14,124 Chuck Hagel (R-Neb) $13,331 Pete V. Domenici (R-NM) $12,000 John B. Breaux (D-La) $11,100 John McCain (R-Ariz) $9,500 Robert F. Bennett (R-Utah) $8,053 Pat Roberts (R-Kan) $8,000 Bob Graham (D-Fla) $8,000 John Ensign (R-Nev) $7,500 Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho) $7,250 Don Nickles (R-Okla) $7,000 Craig Thomas (R-Wyo) $7,000 Tom Daschle (D-SD) $6,000 Ben Nelson (D-Neb) $6,000 Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind) $5,750 Kent Conrad (D-ND) $5,650 Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo) $4,500 Ron Wyden (D-Ore) $4,000 Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) $4,000 George Allen (R-Va) $3,500 Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala) $3,500 Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND) $3,500 Ernest F. Hollings (D-SC) $3,500 Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) $3,500 Thad Cochran (R-Miss) $3,000 Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) $3,000 Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) $3,000 Sam Brownback (R-Kan) $2,750 James M. Inhofe (R-Okla) $2,550 James M. Jeffords (I-Vt) $2,500 Mary L. Landrieu (D-La) $2,500 Frank H. Murkowski (R-Alaska) $2,500 Jon L. Kyl (R-Ariz) $2,450 Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo) $2,300 Max Baucus (D-Mont) $2,250 Peter G. Fitzgerald (R-Ill) $2,038 John W. Warner (R-Va) $2,000 Jesse Helms (R-NC) $2,000 Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn) $2,000 Trent Lott (R-Miss) $2,000 Evan Bayh (D-Ind) $2,000 John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WVa) $2,000 Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn) $2,000 Tim Johnson (D-SD) $1,756 Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) $1,500 Jon Corzine (D-NJ) $1,250 Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-Mich) $1,000 Harry Reid (D-Nev) $1,000 Strom Thurmond (R-SC) $1,000 Robert C. Byrd (D-WVa) $1,000 Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) $1,000 Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md) $1,000 Judd Gregg (R-NH) $1,000 Bill Nelson (D-Fla) $1,000 Wayne Allard (R-Colo) $1,000 Robert C. Smith (R-NH) $1,000 Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass) $1,000 Zell Miller (D-Ga) $1,000 Tim Hutchinson (R-Ark) $1,000 Robert G. Torricelli (D-NJ) $1,000 Jean Carnahan (D-Mo) $1,000 Rick Santorum (R-Pa) $1,000 Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) $950 Jim Bunning (R-Ky) $769 *Based on FEC data downloaded 11/1/01. Senators not on this list received no Enron contributions

[JohnHuang2]

I'm already experiencing it with my liberal coworkers.

Are they political junky-types? As far as the public in general, absent evidence of a crime/cover-up, this story won't have much gravitas.....<=====Uh-oh! There's that word again! ;^)

[JohnHuang2]

Interesting, my friend. Thanks for posting.

[SW6906]

I'd say they are in between sheeple and political junkies. They watch some of the Sunday shows and read the lamestream press, but they don't engage in sites like FR. They've been pretty good barometers of the general public's perception in the past. I think they think this is a "there's lots of smoke, there must be fire" kind of thing, couple with a lot of "they all do it", which is different than what they said during Clinton. For Clinton, they believed it was a witch hunt and "all about sex" which is exactly what the media fed them....

[Quilla]

May I?

T H E C E N T E R F O R R E S P O N S I V E P O L I T I C S

Enron Contributions to Current Senators, 1989-2001*

Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) $99,500

Phil Gramm (R-Texas) $97,350

Conrad Burns (R-Mont) $23,200

Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) $21,933

Michael D. Crapo (R-Idaho) $18,689

Christopher S. Bond (R-Mo) $18,500

Gordon Smith (R-Ore) $18,000

Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) $14,124

Chuck Hagel (R-Neb) $13,331

Pete V. Domenici (R-NM) $12,000

John B. Breaux (D-La) $11,100

John McCain (R-Ariz) $9,500

Robert F. Bennett (R-Utah) $8,053

Pat Roberts (R-Kan) $8,000

Bob Graham (D-Fla) $8,000

John Ensign (R-Nev) $7,500

Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho) $7,250

Don Nickles (R-Okla) $7,000

Craig Thomas (R-Wyo) $7,000

Tom Daschle (D-SD) $6,000

Ben Nelson (D-Neb) $6,000

Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind) $5,750

Kent Conrad (D-ND) $5,650

Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo) $4,500

Ron Wyden (D-Ore) $4,000

Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) $4,000

George Allen (R-Va) $3,500

Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala) $3,500

Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND) $3,500

Ernest F. Hollings (D-SC) $3,500

Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) $3,500

Thad Cochran (R-Miss) $3,000

Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) $3,000

Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) $3,000

Sam Brownback (R-Kan) $2,750

James M. Inhofe (R-Okla) $2,550

James M. Jeffords (I-Vt) $2,500

Mary L. Landrieu (D-La) $2,500

Frank H. Murkowski (R-Alaska) $2,500

Jon L. Kyl (R-Ariz) $2,450

Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo) $2,300

Max Baucus (D-Mont) $2,250

Peter G. Fitzgerald (R-Ill) $2,038

John W. Warner (R-Va) $2,000

Jesse Helms (R-NC) $2,000

Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn) $2,000

Trent Lott (R-Miss) $2,000

Evan Bayh (D-Ind) $2,000

John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WVa) $2,000

Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn) $2,000

Tim Johnson (D-SD) $1,756

Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) $1,500

Jon Corzine (D-NJ) $1,250

Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-Mich) $1,000

Harry Reid (D-Nev) $1,000

Strom Thurmond (R-SC) $1,000

Robert C. Byrd (D-WVa) $1,000

Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) $1,000

Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md) $1,000

Judd Gregg (R-NH) $1,000

Bill Nelson (D-Fla) $1,000

Wayne Allard (R-Colo) $1,000

Robert C. Smith (R-NH) $1,000

Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass) $1,000

Zell Miller (D-Ga) $1,000

Tim Hutchinson (R-Ark) $1,000

Robert G. Torricelli (D-NJ) $1,000

Jean Carnahan (D-Mo) $1,000

Rick Santorum (R-Pa) $1,000

Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) $950

Jim Bunning (R-Ky) $769

*Based on FEC data downloaded 11/1/01. Senators not on this list received no Enron contributions

[browardchad]

I'd say they are in between sheeple and political junkies. They watch some of the Sunday shows and read the lamestream press, but they don't engage in sites like FR. They've been pretty good barometers of the general public's perception in the past. I think they think this is a "there's lots of smoke, there must be fire"

Good analysis -- and description of a syndrome played like a violin by the NYT and the broadcast media. Give them half the truth, scream it loudly, and then drop it when it appears to have no legs, but take occasional broadsides to keep the suspicion festering in the public conscience. The result is lingering doubt by a votership that allows themselves to be led by the nose.
When the good guys (I can't include all Repubs in that tag) learn to be proactive, rather than reactive, this may stop, but I don't see that happening anytime soon. You have to think like a liberal to anticipate a liberal, and conservatives are just not devious enough -- that may have been a virtue in the past, but it's swiftly becoming suicidal.