[sixmil]

touché

[Maceman]

They’ll believe what their favorite politician says – or what they hear from their favorite news anchors – and that will pretty much be it.

Aye, there's the rub.

[Dog]

Ping!

[ppaul]

Au contrare.
The average voter will not go through the trouble of thinking everything through and weighing the evidence, ala your fine list of questions. Instead, they'll pay attention to the media and the incessant propaganda designed to create guilt by association. The proverbial, "I don't know what the problem is, but it sure STINKS to me!" The fact that President Bush doesn't have anything to "come clean" about over this scandal is even worse. Nothing he can do or say will dissuade the skeptical who think, "Ahhhh, all politicians are alike. Even Bush was involved in scandal." The honeymoon with GWB then over, the Dems drag out their unsullied virgin for the public's ravishing.

[Hugin]

Explain just why there is so much criticism of George W. Bush over the Enron debacle while Enron is being represented in Washington by Bill Clinton’s former attorney.

More on that from the Drudge Report. Unlike Clinton, Bush did nothing to help Enron in exchange campaign contributions.

FLASHBACK: CLINTON OFFICIAL MET WITH ENRON CHAIRMAN; $100,000 CASH DONATION TO DEMOCRATS TIMED TO PLANT APPROVAL TIME MAGAZINE
SEPTEMBER 1, 1997

On Nov. 22, 1995 President Clinton scrawled an FYI note to chief of staff Mack McLarty, enclosing a newspaper article on Enron Corp. and the vicissitudes of its $3 billion power-plant project in India.

McLarty then reached out to Enron's chairman, Ken Lay, and over the next nine months closely monitored the project with the U.S. ambassador to New Delhi, keeping Lay informed of the Administration's efforts, according to White House documents reviewed by TIME magazine.

In June 1996, four days before India granted final approval to Enron's controversial $3 billion power-plant project, Enron's gave $100,000 to President Clinton's party.

Enron denies that its gift was repayment for Clinton's attention, and White House special counsel Lanny Davis says McLarty acted out of concern for a major U.S. investment overseas, TIME's Michael Weisskopf reported.

DRUDGE NOTE: McLarty was later hired by Enron. Lay also played golf with President Bill Clinton and slept in the Clinton White House. A master of political manipulation of both parties, Lay served as an adviser to the Clinton White House on energy issues. The Clinton administration, in turn, helped Enron get a contract for a gas pipeline in Mozambique and other projects, according to reports.

[eureka!]

Prior Discussion Thread On Boortz Piece

[IM2Phat4U]

A scandal in search of something scandalous.

[steve50]

I've seen nothing to implicate Bush in this so far. But if all that comes out of this is a few firings at Anderson for "accidently" destroying documents, the $5+ million Enron has given to both parties was money well spent.

[snakebitevoter]

Mr. Boortz has knocked one out of the park. This whole Enron "scandal" is totally media driven and is a total fraud. The RNC should have this column read on Fox as soon and as often as possible so that the public can see the difference between Fox and the leftist mainstream media. The public wants news and not media fraud.

[Post Toasties]

Maybe this is a bit of an oversimplification, but all the Red Whine seems to be about nothing but campaign contributions from Enron to the Republicans, which were perfectly legal in this country, the last time I checked.

So, just point that out and ask why, if the 'Rats are suddenly interested in so campaign finance reform, don't they go about it honestly rather than try to play partisan politics with it?

[ctonious]

It is a general axiom to anybody who pays attention that Democrats are almost always hugely more guilty of every charge that make against Republicans - and even members of the Left know that. But the dirty truth is - if you are an aware Democrat - you are a coRRUPT Democrat.

And Enron is bound to blow up in their little 'Rat faces. After eight years of being told that corrution probes were distractions from the economy, stupid - and that we should all concentrate on getting back to the "bizness of the 'merkin people", - now (all of a sudden) the Democrats want to talk about corruption in high places. Heh-heh. Let the scumbags bring it on. This "scandal" isn't a week old - and already we've found all kinds of payoffs and coincidental favors right after said payoffs - but by the Clinton Syndicate and Associated Sycophants. Yes, bring it on.

[angkor]

Enron's Campaign Contributions, 1989-2001- Senate & House

[Aurelius]

BUMP

[concerned about politics]

So far, all this corruption from the Clinton Administration concerning Enron is comming to the surface, but no dirt on Bush.

Cool!

[anymouse]

The Enron Scandal and Democrats website