D.C. Chapter Report--Crossfire w/ Ann Coulter 8/05/02

self | Tuesday, August 6, 2002 | Kristinn

[Fred Mertz]

You can say that again:)

[christine]

*giggle* :)

[GEC]

Wow, kristinn looks like such an average American now with the beard and all.

Way to go!

Keep asking the people's questions!

[Humidston]

Great job, Kristinn!

You simply amaze me.
EXCELLENT question.

(Now I wish I had watched!)

[Snow Bunny]

Thank you so much for letting me know about Ann Coulter being on C-Span on Aug.11. I appreciate it my friend.

[RJayneJ]

Thanks for the nomination! };^D)

[RonDog]

What happened to your wonderful screen captures?

Did the "suits" from the Dark Side make you take them down?

[FreeTheHostages]

HELLLLLLO! Check this out. Kristin -- time for a new thread for this one? CNN reports:

SEC asked to look into Rubin's call

Florida congressman questions Enron-related call from former treasury secretary.
August 8, 2002: 1:57 PM EDT
By Scott Spoerry, CNNfn Senior Producer



WASHINGTON (CNN/Money) - A Republican lawmaker is asking the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin's request last year that the Bush administration intervene to help now-bankrupt Enron Corp.

In a letter obtained by CNNfn, Florida Congressman Mark Foley asks SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt for an investigation of Rubin, now a high-ranking official with Citigroup.

It's been known that Rubin, who served through most of the two-term Clinton administration, put in a call to the current treasury undersecretary for domestic finance, Peter Fisher, on Nov. 8, 2001.

The purpose of the call was to ask for help to reassure nervous lenders about Enron's financial credibility. Fisher is on record as saying that he decided to do nothing in response to Rubin's call.


In the letter dated Thursday, Foley tells Pitt, "Apart from the questionable propriety of a former treasury secretary trying to solicit financial favors from former colleagues at a department he once led, I would ask that you investigate all [Enron stock] trades submitted by Citigroup and/or its subsidiaries and their clients in the two weeks preceding Mr. Rubin's call to Mr. Fisher, as well as the two weeks following the call."

Foley's letter notes, "Credit reports are viewed by investors in order to determine the financial soundness of a company before investing capital in that company's equity stock. ...It is imperative that we know what the consequences were on stock actions by Mr. Rubin's apparent attempt at interfering on behalf of Enron -- a company that Citigroup had, and has, a financial interest in."

Rubin joined Citigroup in 1999, a few months after he stepped down as treasury secretary near the end of the Clinton presidency. A company Web site lists Rubin as a director, chairman of the executive committee, a member of the Office of the Chairman of Citigroup Inc., and a member of the Citigroup Management Committee.

Rubin cannot be reached immediately for comments.

[FreeTheHostages]

Check out posting #128. This dog is far ahead of the pack now. I do think Kristinn's well-publicized inquiry has helped start something here.

[hole_n_one]

I just checked.....they're still there.

?.......maybe the server that stores the pics was doing maintenance or something....

[RJayneJ]

Thanks for the heads up! };^D)

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Begala strangely went off on Ann accusing her of believing "al Qaeda spin" about the Sudanese pharmaceutical factory that Clinton bombed not being a chemical weapons plant (that was already disputed by The Washington Post several years ago.)

Unbelievable. When did the pharmaceutical plant stuff become "Al Qaeda spin?" The night of the show?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Bush has run the economy into the ground. Hate to say it, but they're right: the terrorist attacks and high energy prices had nothing whatsoever to do with it...

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

So, did NYT call her book a "surprise bestseller?"

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

...and arranging a book signing party for Ann Coulter at Luigi's this fall!

I gotta get to that one!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Begala said something about W finishing his first book this summer and his aides were getting him another coloring book. He comes across as the mean-spirited creep that his his.

Wonderful, these people that you fought in 'Nam to protect...

[tgslTakoma]

Check out posting #128. This dog is far ahead of the pack now. I do think Kristinn's well-publicized inquiry has helped start something here.

Wow! I haven't had a chance to do a search here yet, (family comes first) has this been posted as an article?

Good catch, FTH.

[tgslTakoma]

Disregard my last post. I found a thread HERE

[ridensm]

Awesome, you're like a fine wine.