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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: KLP who wrote (3562)	6/16/2001 7:33:35 PM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 93284

She has no point save the one on top of her head. JLA

To: KLP who wrote (3562)	6/17/2001 2:59:39 AM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 93284

If Gore kept his close ties with $500,000++ OXY ALL during his 8 year tenure, as well as his campaign.....why isn't it OK for someone else to have a lesser amount of another stock....WHAT is your point? The point is not the amount of money or that it was held while the person was holding a decision making position or one of influence. The standard of conduct that is supposed to be observed is that the official should not be meeting with a company that he/she has a financial position in. Here Intel was seeking help wrt to a merger; meeting with a person of influence in the government that had a financial position in Intel. Karl Rove, President Bush's top White House political adviser, met with senior executives of a high-tech firm who were seeking his help in obtaining government approval of a merger at a time when he owned stock in the company worth more than $100,000. Rove told the executives of Intel Corp. in the White House meeting in March that he had no decision-making role in the merger, and suggested they talk to officials at the Pentagon and Treasury Department who were involved. The merger was approved several weeks after the meeting. washingtonpost.com jttmab