Liddy Dole Donates Enron/Ken Lay Money to Broke Families

National Journal and the Charlotte Observer ^ | January 18, 2001 | Hotline's A.M. Political Tip Sheet Staff

[codebreaker]

Enron chair Ken Lay hosted a fundraiser Sept. 20 for Elizabeth Dole.

About $20,000 was raised.

The $5,000 "she raised from Lay and his family will be donated to Enron employees."

(Charlotte Observer)

[codebreaker]

Great move, Clinton Flack Erskine Bowles will have nothing to say and it neutralizes the issue.

Still searching for the full article in the local paper.

[sandydipper]

The lady has class.

[linemann]

That is what you call "classy".

[MurryMom]

Good. Maybe all Dems and Reps will follow suit.

There are 2 chances this might happen: slim and none.

Repukie politicians would go broke if they had to play by the same rules as the Dems. Note that cheapskate Liddy only donated $5K received from the Lays, with Liddy keeping the other $15K received by her campaign at the Lay dinner.

[codebreaker]

I think the $5,000 may have been the only monies from Ken Lay and Enron, that way her hands are washed clean of the issue.

[linemann]

THat is how I read it as well. it was from Lay.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Who cares? E. Dole is a RINO anyway, she associates with you and your liberal leftist buddies.

[VA Advogado]

Gotta love Liddy!

[VA Advogado]

Classy would've been staying away from corporate money in the first place.

Corporate money is illegal you dunce. This came from a person.

[codebreaker]

If the Senate is in GOP hands, I would take a Republican like Liddy Dole anyday over a Clinton flack like Bowels.

[liberallarry]

I always thought so. He too, when he's not running for President.

[YaYa123]

Once again....style over substance. Trademark of a liberal. I expect better of Mrs. Dole.

[deport]

She got the methodology from the king of weasel in DC. How much of the Riady money has the Clintons and DNC returned? Didn't they say they would return it?

[LN2Campy]

No, that is what I'd call a real shrewd move by a cold calculating career politician.

She fully expects to milk a lot of good will out of that measly 5 G, and, based on some of the naive commentary here, it is working just fine.

[codebreaker]

The Dems are going after Liddy on the Gateway board issue in the Raleigh paper today, that one might have a little bit longer legs.