FReeper "Enron" Rubin/"Global Crossing" McAuliffe watch - Day THREE - Imus calls for handcuffs.

Free Republic | 08/02/02

[Libloather]

Imus just asked Lieberman why Rubin isn't in handcuffs and dragged out in front of the cameras like all of the other criminals. Lieberman seemed to doze off at that point...

[leadpenny]

Is that you Joe? Thought you might use the screen name "Lieberman" when you signed up.

[truthkeeper]

Good work. BTTT

[leprechaun9]

I think the correct action is FLUSHING THE TOILET, not only throwing out the trash!

[M. Thatcher]

Something tells me that Imus is a closet Rush fan. He could not have thought up the "Rubin" question by himself...

Oh, how ridiculous. Sheesh.

[uncbob]

Here is how the game is played

democrats attack the GOP and the media covers it full bore

Most of the time the wimpy GOP cowers and succombs to media pressure

HOWEVER the few times that the GOP successfully fights back and the heat is directed towards the democrats the media tactic becomes " The public doesn't want partisan bickering but a solution to the problem"

Just watch if the scandal rightly starts ending up in the democrat camp the media will start in with this mantra

[BOBTHENAILER]

Did you notice how LIEberman lied about not knowing how much money Citigroup had given him? He knew well enough how much Enron had given him.

My heart beat picked up ten points when he asked that question. Inasmuch as Citigroup is his numero uno contributor, wasn't it interesting poor ol Joe developed alzheimers when asked the question.

I wish he would have followed it up with..."Seriously Senator, You don't know how much your NUMBER ONE contributor gave you?"

[ken5050]

Off topic, but would you care to share your thoughts as to Barr's GOP prinmary race, and also the GOP senate primary, and the November race?..regards..

[TLBSHOW]

Rubin will get his due!
ENRON=RUBIN/CLINTON

[OXENinFLA]

And Who was it that put up the money for the CLINTON'S Multi-Million dollar house in Chapiqua?

TERRY McAULIFFE

[BOBTHENAILER]

Otherwise, his investigation is without merit and is nothing but a staged photo-op to bash Republicans, and the President in particular.

That's what it has been all along. At least with the hard hitting questions starting to come his way, that is becoming glaringly apparent to the WORLD.

[BOBTHENAILER]

Mr. Don Imus

Mr. Bernard McQuirk
MSNBC TV
One MSNBC Plaza
Secaucus, N.J. 07094

RE: Enron, Citigroup, Rubin

Dear Don,

Enclosed you will find a letter I sent to Senator Lieberman January 14 of this year. You may wish to ask him some questions about his relationship to Enron, Citigroup, Robert Rubin and the Democratic Party.

I’m sure you are aware that Citigroup, with Rubin there, arranged for Enron to use prepays on loans for energy contracts to improve Enron credit rating and boost its stock price, while raking in approximately $200 million in fees.

If Enron had properly accounted for these transactions, it would have had a dramatic effect on its financial statements. An economic analysis conducted by the Senate subcommittee indicates that Enron’s total debt in 2000 would have spiked 40 percent to about $14 billion, and its funds flow from operations would have dropped by almost 50 percent to $1.7 billion.

During the recent DLC love-fest, Senator Clinton said during her “rousing” speech that President Bush and the Republicans are “all blame and no game”, when it comes to going after corporate malfeasance.

Recently, Lieberman and the chairman of the Committee investigating Enron, Senator Carl Levin, have both said that further hearings on Enron will be held in January (well after November elections). How convenient; after issuing subpoenas to Bush White House aides in the Enron probe, Levin and Lieberman refuse to call their “boy” Robert Rubin.

My suggested questions for Mr. Lieberman:
a) Isn’t it true that you and Carl Levin are dragging your feet on Enron because you don’t want to hurt all the Democrats involved before the November elections?
b) Why do you refuse to call Robert Rubin to testify now, when you know that he called two members of Bush’s administration to try and help Enron’s credit ratings (clearly unethical).
c) Isn’t it true Mr. Lieberman that to paraphrase Hillary, “You’re all blame and no game”?

Have fun with Ol’ Joe.

Very truly yours,
BOBTHENAILER

[Miss Marple]

Excellent letter, Bob! Good work!

I, of course, am well aware that Lieberman's "investigation" has been nothing more than a political ploy. My comment was meant to illustrate the poiint to be made to the Bush-attackers.

By the way, I am remembering that way back when the Enron thing first appeared, Lanny Davis cautioned the Rats about making it a partisan issue.

I thought at the time this was curious, because although Davis actually has known President Bush from college days and likes him as a person, I have never known him to urge caution in political posturing before.

My bet is that he knew what Rubin was up to. I further think that not only did Rubin do stuff at Citigroup, but that perhaps there is stuff Rubin did while Secretary of the Treasury, at the behest of you-know-who.

Curiouser and curiouser.

[Ole Okie]

And Who was it that put up the money for the CLINTON'S Multi-Million dollar house in Chapiqua?

TERRY McAULIFFE

And where did philanthropist McAuliffe get that money?

Do Global Crossing and 18 mil ring a bell?

[OldFriend]

LIEberman knew exactly how much money he received from ENRON but just couldn't or wouldn't tell IMUS how much he received from Citigroup.

Every time IMUS brought up Rubin, LIEberman said he wanted to speak to Rubin AND O'Neil and Evans....always tying the three names together as if all were guilty.

The man is slime and his only intention is to dirty up the President and Vice President no matter the harm to the country.

[BOBTHENAILER]

My bet is that he knew what Rubin was up to. I further think that not only did Rubin do stuff at Citigroup, but that perhaps there is stuff Rubin did while Secretary of the Treasury, at the behest of you-know-who.

Didn't mean to imply that you weren't aware of the "ploy" nature of LIEberman's sham investigation.

Yeah, you're right. The RATS have their stinking paws all over Enron and not only Rubin.

Good point about Rubin while Sec. of Treas. Who's to say he didn't intervene during certain times to help certain stocks maintain high value? Global Crossing maybe? World Comm? AOL? Other big RAT donors?

[OldFriend]

Notice too that LIEberman said he didn't know if it was illegal for Rubin to try to get the rating company to falsify Enron's fiscal status, but it was certainly unethical............GIVE ME A BREAK.......he was trying to get Moody's to commit fraud.

[Citizen Soldier]

No, Imus had JD Hayworth on his show two days ago and JD told Imus a list of questions to ask Liberman when he had him on next and Imus had Bernie write them down and said he would ask them all. He likes JD, but Imus is as always, a fiar weather fan of the moment, but lately hesees things more conservatively.

[My Favorite Headache]

I never watch MSNBC if I don't have to. I wish I did now this morning since I was up at 6. Damn! Anyone get a full transcript of this I would like to read it.

[flamefront]

Lieberman's been part of the fianacial mess from the beginning in 1994. As Warren Buffet recently wrote in the NYT:

Indeed, actions by Congress and the Securities and Exchange Commission have the potential of creating a smoke screen that will prevent real accounting reform. The Senate itself is the major reason corporations have been able to duck option expensing. On May 3, 1994, the Senate, led by Senator Joseph Lieberman, pushed the Financial Accounting Standards Board and Arthur Levitt, then chairman of the S.E.C., into backing down from mandating that options be expensed. Mr. Levitt has said that he regrets this retreat more than any other move he made during his tenure as chairman. Unfortunately, current S.E.C. leadership seems uninterested in correcting this matter.

I don't believe in Congress setting accounting rules. But the Senate opened the floodgates in 1994 to an anything-goes reporting system, and it should close them now. Rather than holding hearings and fulminating, why doesn't the Senate just free the standards board by rescinding its 1994 action?

No wonder he wants to duck any responsibility.

[JohnPaulJones]

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