Conservatives (Judicial Watch) turn on Bush over Enron

The Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | 01/12/2002 | Ben Fenton

[habs4ever]

Since I make a tidy fortune as a hedge fund manager,I feel qualified to state that if people pay attention to market signals, they would see when a stock isn't acting right, and Enron has been weak since December 2000, so that any news item was going to go in the direction of the trend.Plus, you're in the teeth of the nastiest bear marktet since 1981-'82, and people somehow think their stocks won't get hit?? Its a cruel world at times for investing, but the market knows more than any Federal regulator ever will, nor any cabinet member, too.

[A Citizen Reporter]

Let me ask you this, if Judicial Watch is so "non-partisian" in it's approach, how in the world would this reporter get the idea that they are conservatives? And what about this quote,

"Mr. Fitton: "Conservatives are very uncomfortable about the relations between the Bush White House and Enron and I doubt you will see many coming forward to defend the conduct, at least so far."

Now, I expect to see a press release come out that Judicial Watch was unfairly smeared by the leftist UK Telegraph.....however, I'm not holding my breath.......

[Deb]

My, my, my how we throw around words like "corruption". Whose "corruption"? Bush's? How so?

You must not mean Enron's since none of the employees could sell or trade their stock for only a brief period when the company was in the middle of changing and reorganizing their 401k carriers. It's all in their filings.

Maybe you mean Wall Street's "corruption" for creating and maintaining the hysterical atmosphere that surrounded the Enron phenom.

The truth is, when Mr. Daschle killed the Energy bill, that killed Enron because they became energy brokers with no product to broker and that took down the poor, tragic investors your heart breaks for. So you must mean the Democrat's "corruption" for destroying the 7th largest company in the country in order to get George Bush.

You seem to be jumping to conclusions you know nothing about, but you sure seem to have absorbed the exact information the Democrats wanted you to. Imagine that!

I suggest you spend more time hanging out on some of the financial web sites or CNBC during the trading day. The best is "Your World" on FOX. Of course you might come into contact with facts...scary stuff.

[Howlin]

I heard that if California paid Enron what it owes it, there would be plenty of money for the employees, have you heard that?

[Howlin]

The point is that all the 401(k) investors did not have a heads-up so they could sell their shares.

January 1st: $82.00

October 15th: $13.00

That's a headsup for your A$$.

[Torie]

I heard that if California paid Enron what it owes it,

Oh say it ain't so. California is short of cash right now. Just ask Gov Davis. Are you trying to put pressure on the powers that be to raise my taxes or something?

[Howlin]

Bush is good friends with those creeps.

Is that what he's being officially *charged* with?

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

Woohoo !!!!!!!! Good letter Miss M.

[Howlin]

Even in this article, there isn't a word about Enron, is there, or did I miss something?

[Howlin]

As I saw somebody else say today, two things that have returned since Bush took office:

Homelessness

Investigative reporting

[BUSHdude2000]

I never thought of Klayman as conservative. I always thought of him as non-partisan...he was going after Slick while Slick was in office, now he's going after Bush since Bush is in office. Many Republican party loyalists will turn on Klayman like they have on Drudge. My complaint with Klayman is that he seems to have about 2,000 lawsuits filed right now and they never seem to turn into anything.

[Howlin]

Honestly, you are so ill-informed, I hope you DO vote for the Dems.

Amnesty for illegals

A lie.

food stamps for illegals

Another lie.

[Howlin]

Judicial Watch watches for injustice and tries to right the wrongs done to America.

You know, Klayman said something very close to that when he introduced himself in Judge Sauls' courtroom during the recount.

I bet those people are STILL laughing.

[Howlin]

I doubt you will see many coming forward to defend the conduct, at least so far."

Fitton must not have a TV. ALL the GOP is defending Bush!

[A Citizen Reporter]

" They are conservatives. They say that on the air all the time. That's different from being partisan."

Newsflash! Because they say it, doesn't make it so. Try reading the entire thread again.

[Howlin]

No.........No.............but that's what I heard!

[Deb]

Yep, that's what even the regulators out here have said. When it's all said and done I'll bet Enron will have done nothing wrong. I'd be willing to bet that even the claim their execs took millions while their company tanked will prove wrong.

The Democrats have been trying to sink a really big Texas company or get some Texas related scandal going for two years. If someone did a Google search of the words "Texas/execution/oil/cocaine" since GW declared his plans to run for prez, a series of books could be compiled from the articles.

[A Citizen Reporter]

THAT depends on what your definition of "conservative" is....is....