[arete]

It is looking more and more like Enron exec's simply mismanaged the company and then looted it when they knew the game was about to end.

Richard W.

[mattdono]

That has been my thought right from the "get go". I am sure that Enron has some (if not, a helluva lot of) political interests. But, any company that deals in oil and is worth what Enron is, excuse me was, worth would have those types of interest.

The liberal demoSTUPIDs can beat their drums all they want, but they will come to find that there was probably a lot more political "hank panky" between Enron and the Clinton administration vs. Enron and the Bush administration.

They will try to paint the "BIG OIL" connection, but I think that we are all a little tired of that by now.

Next thing you know, the DNC will be running adds saying that it was actually Bush and "his Enron cronies" that were in the truck that dragged James Byrd to death. Don't laugh, I wouldn't put it past them.

[SlickWillard]

Robert Rubin is a world class thief. When he was treasury secretary, he engineered the rescue of the peso [to the tune of maybe $40 billion] so as to save all of his buddies at Goldman Sachs. By his standards, $3 billion dollars is a petty larceny.

[TommyDale]

The DemocRATS are getting a lesson in ethical government -- something that didn't exist under Clinton. The Bush Administration has handled Enron exactly how they should have -- at arm's length, perhaps friendly, but not giving any Quid Pro Quo. The Demos will find this backfiring on them in the next elections, and return the Republicans to a majority in the Senate.

[Tacis]

Remember the good old days? If you wanted something from the government, you just deleivered a satchel of cash to someone in the DNC or dropped it off at a coffee clatsch or left it in the Lincoln Bedroom the morning after. You knew there would be no paper trail. Sure, some of the cash handlers, Vince Foster and Ron Brown, died, but that only encouraged the next batch of guys wanting to sell technology to the Chinese, getting stuff for Israel, or buying a pardon. Rubin can be excused for trying to protect his $3B just like he used to.

[testforecho]

indexing

[Oldeconomybuyer]

I noticed a marked change in the Enron media coverage from Thursday to Friday. Initial reports focused almost 100% of their reporting on GW Bush's relationship with Enron. Not surprising since the leftist media is doing its best to continue the Bush - "Big Oil" theme. However, these same leftists were forced to begin reporting on stories like this Rubin/Enron connection because of the shear volume of emerging Clinton/Enron links. Hopefully by the Sunday talking head shows there will be some real analysis and balance.

[visitor]

c-span will be covering Enron Monday Jan 14 thru Jan 18 each day at 8PM and repeated at 11PM ...rto

[Mike Darancette]

It may be the case that Enron's closeness to the Bush Administration kept them from getting aid that another company might have been afforded.