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To: TimF who wrote (141522)	1/11/2002 7:31:35 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1586046

But if taking money from ENE is a scandal why not from other companies that have gone bankrupt? And what's special about bankrupt companies? Why wouldn't pols that had taken money from any company be considered objects of scandal? After all if they recieved government benefits they are less likely to go bankrupt so maybe we should look here for scandal. And why just companies, why not unions and professional organizations? Tim, I don't think anyone is calling this a scandal because the Bush administration took contributions from ENE. What has come out is that at least two or three months before ENE started to fall apart, ENE's mgmt was contacting members of the Bush administration asking for a bailout. Assuming that's true, then the question becomes why did those persons not do anything to alert the shareholders and employees of ENE that things were bad. They certainly should have stepped in when ENE froze their employees' 401s. That's the major issue.....did the Bush members collaborate with ENE to coverup the seriousness of their financial situation, not the fact that Bush took contributions from ENE. That's why Harris's posts didn't make any sense to me. ted