POWER FOR SALE: Senate probe(d) Clinton loans for Enron deals (Senators' wives as lobbyists)

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | February 20, 2002 | Paul Sperry

[Liz]

The Clintons' evil lives on and on and on and on.....

[Samurai_Jack]

Yes, I have noticed that democrats are particularly sensitive about the clinton legacy. It seems that democrats are quick to wax nastalgic about the clinton years. However if you point out that the price of all those good times was the 9/11 attacks then they suddenly dont want to talk about the clinton record anymore. Accusations of 'obsession' with the clintonian oval office hijinx are cast for a smoke screen and suddenly there is a change of subject. Fascinating.

[harpo11]

Great reporting, Liz. The road to riches for the Clinton's, et al, certainly is paved on the backs of us, "We the People".

[Barset]

"Senate probed Clinton loans for Enron deals; senators' wives as lobbyists." save for later

[Ann Archy]

I've always wondered about the name..Lippo. Did they name it after Web Hubbel??

[Liz]

Want more dirt on the Daschle's?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/818468/posts

[lodwick]

bttt

[bimbo]

Has anything changed under Bush?
Have any of these Senate wives even lost their lobbying jobs?
... the beat goes on ...

[steve50]

If it were just the klintoon evil we would have had some prosecution by now, imo. Evil seems to be more widespread than originally estimated.

[Just mythoughts]

Sounds like they had and have plenty of help. After all remember how high his poll numbers stayed because of the bubble economy. Ignorance is bliss but didn't keep the bubble from imploding, and now these low lives want to blame Bush and Republican for being for the rich. Clinton cooked the books to try and help Gore get elected and the Dems sure don't want to talk about that. I wish that the gov't would cut a deal with K. Lay under conditions he would spill all the beans. (wishful thinking)

Hard to believe Harking is so much for the people, just how much has his weatlth increased as Senator?

[Liz]

The capacity for evil-doing exists in all of humanity, but societal disapproval, religious proscriptions, laws that threaten incarceration, and so on, limit the tendency for wrongdoing.

The advance of liberalism that toppled religious proscriptions and enabled the secularization of the culture (thanks to the Christian-hating ACLU), erased the ancient lines between right and wrong.

The corrupt Clintons attracted evil-doers. Their own venality helped other wrong-doers to flourish. The sham Clinton justice dept under Janet Reno eviscerated the rule of law and let numerous criminals go free.

[lucysmom]

If we are going to examine (and I think we should) political wives involvement with Enron, we should include Wendy Gramm. Nothing is going to change if we take a partisan view of corruption.

As chairwoman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commis-sion, a federal regulatory agency, Wendy Gramm exempted Enron’s energy derivative contracts from regulation in the fall of 1992, setting the stage for the company to become a huge player in the wholesale energy market. That was one of her last official acts; Enron hired her a few days later to serve on their board, where she would earn at least $900,000 over the next eight years. After Wendy joined the board, Enron quickly became Phil Gramm’s top corporate contributor. It paid off. In December 2000 Phil Gramm pushed through–over the objection of regulators–a bill deregulating energy commodity trading, which set the stage for Enron’s online trading operation and ensuing dominance of the California energy market. That bill was a disaster for California ratepayers and a bonanza for Enron.

http://www.texasobserver.org/showArticle.asp?ArticleID=582

[Liz]

Harkin and mealy-mouthed liberals like him are only too happy to say they are for the common people-----just as long as they can make a buck on it.

This is the signature Dimocrat scam that they perpetrate on the voters. The criminal class of politicians will always protect their own interests to the detriment of the citizenry.

[Mo1]

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[TommyDale]

This is shocking -- just shocking, I tell you! I thought that only Rebublicans were responsible for all the wrongdoings for the last 10 years!

[Liz]

Nice Claude Rains impersonation.

[Liz]

Phony, self-serving Dimocrats' lobbying is much more egregious since the "party of the people" touts it's concern for the little people as they hypocritically enrich themselves on the backs of these very same people.

I don't think the Gramm's ever pretended to be anything but who they are.

[gatorbait]

If we are going to examine (and I think we should) political wives involvement with Enron, we should include Wendy Gramm. Nothing is going to change if we take a partisan view of corruption.

I think the Communists, uh, sorry,the Democrats, already tried to do just that and fell on their little ratty faces.

[Blue Collar Christian]

"...let numerous crimainals go free."

Not to mention how many new "criminals" were made by the agenda to outlaw self defense.

[Liz]

........pingo..........