Posted on 01/13/2002 6:27:48 AM PST by usconservative
Just seen on Fox News:
John Dingell, Commerce Committee Ranking Member REFUSES to recuse himself from ENRON Investigation.
ENRON was a contributor to Dingell's campaign.
HYPOCRISY AT ITS FINEST!
SOP for the DemocRATS!!!
Dingell: Well, I intend to give ENRON a fair hearing, and for the record I gave my campaign contribution (after the fact!) to a fund to help make ENRON employees whole, so No, I do not need to recuse myself.
It was priceless!!!!
And yet, he expects the American Public to believe that he can run a "fair" investigation.
Attention ENRON Exec's: that's CODE SPEAK from Dingell that really means if you give him MORE money, the "investigation" will be in your favor!
It will probably be some other interested party who gives Dingel a lot of money. Perhaps one of Enron's creditors or one who benefited, or continues to benefit, by Enron's misconduct. There are a lot of banks, companies and individuals who have a large stake in this.
Such as oh, say CITIGROUP who gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to Sen. Joe LIEberman? Or how about Robert Rubin, who now helps head the conglomerate? Rubin as you know, is the former CLINTON administration Treasury Secretary.
Ooooh....ain't the stench from this something?
Prepare yourself for the hate mail to come! I've been saying this very thing in dozens of posts across FR and yet, there are SOME freepers who don't understand this very simple concept.
It all depends on who's ox is gored....
What a big surprise.
And the Sec of Commerce made a good point to Russert when asked why the Sec didn't intervene (obviously Timmy was trying to find something to hang on the admin), that if they had intervened that the folks who'd have bought stock boosted by the intervention would have been screwed later on when Enron went belly up. That shup Timmy up on that topic.
Thank you Mrs Daschle.
ENRON donated to EVERYONE!! As is the case with most political contributors these days....so by the time they get done recusing anyone who recieved $$$ from ENRON WHO THE HECK IS GOING TO BE LEFT TO HEAR ANYTHING????
Pray for GW and the Truth
Switching gears. The thing we need to do is to chunk the current tax system. Implement a flat tax for individuals and the same for corporations. Or just chunk corporate taxes period. But that won't happen because the campaign contributions would dry up. The tax system in this country is used to shake down people by the politicians. That's why it will never go away. The US is a third world country when it comes to taxation. Even Russia has a better tax system than the US.
Watching these Sunday talk shows make me sick. Sick that we have foul little men like Joe Lieberman and John McCain in positions of power. They don't represent anybody but themselves and they are just in it for the money.
|
Name |
Overall Total |
89-90 |
91-92 |
93-94 |
95-96 |
97-98 |
99-00 |
01-02 |
|
John D. Dingell (D-Mich) |
$9,000 |
$1,000 |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$2,000 |
$0 |
Calls for a fair complete investigation.
Listened to Evans defend the Administration against some pretty heavy accusations on Meet the Press this morning!
I think the Democrats will follow the Waxman approach to interrogation.
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