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Media Omission
Posted on 08/30/2003 3:04:34 PM PDT by annyokie
This is an interesting bit of information that you don't hear much about in the media --- Certainly there is a political dimension here:
a.. Enron's chairman did meet with the president and the vice president in the Oval Office.
b.. Enron gave $420,000 to the president's party over three years.
c.. It donated $100,000 to the president's inauguration festivities.
d.. The Enron chairman stayed at the White House 11 times.
e.. The corporation had access to the administration at its highest levels and even enlisted the Commerce and State Departments to grease deals for it.
f.. The taxpayer-supported Export-Import Bank subsidized Enron for more than $600 million in just one transaction. Scandalous!!
g.. BUT...the president under whom all this happened WASN'T George W. Bush.
h.. SURP RISE ......... It was Bill Clinton!
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: bush; clinton; enron; x42
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posted on
08/30/2003 3:04:34 PM PDT
by
annyokie
To: annyokie
Nice post.
2
posted on
08/30/2003 3:07:55 PM PDT
by
aimhigh
To: annyokie
Do you think the Enron scandal will hurt the Bush administration?
Total Votes Cast: 16157
3
posted on
08/30/2003 3:09:07 PM PDT
by
Between the Lines
("What Goes Into the Mind Comes Out in a Life")
To: aimhigh
Thanks!
4
posted on
08/30/2003 3:09:22 PM PDT
by
annyokie
(One good thing about being wrong is the joy it brings to others.)
To: annyokie
Where'd you get this information?
It certainly wasn't in my kids' Weekly Reader...
5
posted on
08/30/2003 3:09:30 PM PDT
by
baltodog
To: annyokie
Not that I doubt you, but do you have a citable source? It would be helpful in discussions the other side.
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posted on
08/30/2003 3:09:54 PM PDT
by
Friend of thunder
(No sane person wants war, but oppressors want oppression.)
To: Between the Lines
Nice pie chart! And????????
7
posted on
08/30/2003 3:11:25 PM PDT
by
annyokie
(One good thing about being wrong is the joy it brings to others.)
To: Friend of thunder
bump for details!
8
posted on
08/30/2003 3:11:45 PM PDT
by
steplock
(www.FOCUS.GOHOTSPRINGS.com)
To: Friend of thunder; baltodog
Hang on while I source it for ya'll.
9
posted on
08/30/2003 3:12:55 PM PDT
by
annyokie
(One good thing about being wrong is the joy it brings to others.)
To: annyokie
bttt
10
posted on
08/30/2003 3:14:29 PM PDT
by
EggsAckley
(......Thank you for not excerpting..........~/;o))
To: All
I got it from a well respected, well read and knowlegable flight comrade of my husband's.
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posted on
08/30/2003 3:17:11 PM PDT
by
annyokie
(One good thing about being wrong is the joy it brings to others.)
To: annyokie
bump
12
posted on
08/30/2003 3:18:53 PM PDT
by
VRW Conspirator
(Has anybody seen my Incredible Hulk underwear?)
To: annyokie
This can be found on Snopes.com and they report it as being false.
Enron End Run
13
posted on
08/30/2003 3:22:19 PM PDT
by
Between the Lines
("What Goes Into the Mind Comes Out in a Life")
To: Between the Lines
Snopes has been wrong before and seem to take particular delight in undermining Republicans. IMO
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posted on
08/30/2003 3:28:39 PM PDT
by
Peach
(The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
To: Between the Lines
There was an article posted on WorldNet Daily (I believe) that discussed the political leanings of Snopes.com owners' and how they have treated some stories that were negative on dimocRATs and the left. It was interesting.
To: Peach; annyokie
Snopes has been wrong before and seem to take particular delight in undermining Republicans. IMOI think you may be right. I read the article accompanying this and it is just down right nasty to Bush. While denying few of the claims in this article it mostly say even if it is right Bush and the GOP were worse than Clinton.
Annyokie, I am sorry for posting this and I do hope that it will not kill your thread. If you want I could get Admin to delete it.
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posted on
08/30/2003 3:33:30 PM PDT
by
Between the Lines
("What Goes Into the Mind Comes Out in a Life")
To: annyokie; Between the Lines
And???????? It shows how well the leftist media propaganda machine is working.
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posted on
08/30/2003 3:36:08 PM PDT
by
StriperSniper
(The Federal Register is printed on pulp from The Tree Of Liberty)
To: Between the Lines
It was "reported" as false by what seems to be a DNC operative intent on ignoring the Clinton connections ...
After quoting the statement it says: "Those numbers, even if accurate, don't come close to matching what has been reported about Enron's contributions to George W. Bush and the Republican party, ..."
Uh excuse me, even "IF ACCURATE"??!? Snopes cant call something false unless they are showing it is not accurate.
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posted on
08/30/2003 3:37:26 PM PDT
by
WOSG
To: annyokie
Let's pretend to be democrats for a while and spread this around.
Heck, they'd do the same thing to us!
Wait! Wait!
Replace Enron with, ummm, Proctor and Gamble!!
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posted on
08/30/2003 3:38:17 PM PDT
by
baltodog
To: annyokie
Thanks for the enterprise. I may offer the suggestion that posting a recent article such as the following
http://newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/8/21/173923.shtml
and then adding your comments would solve the sourcing problem. I believe the article contains the information you posted and much more.
I searched google news section for, Enron Clinton, there were hundreds of recent stories about this -- not all of them unfriendly to BJ but there were plenty to choose from to get the truth out.
. Thanks again
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