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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Hauser who wrote (220950)	1/22/2002 2:30:33 PM
From: Arthur Radley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

John, You state that Limbaugh is saying that Enron gave more to Richards until AFTER the election, and this is when they started giving more to Bush. John, Limbaugh would never lie and distort the truth to the ditto heads. But as to the true on this issue, let me give you a clue. Until recently Ken Lay, the head of Enron was refered to by President Bush, as Kenny Boy. NOW Bush is calling him, Mr. Lay. So you figure out if Limbaugh is lying to the dittos. It is a very simple task to find the answer.

To: John Hauser who wrote (220950)	1/22/2002 2:41:59 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Only after Bush won Limbaugh is master of the half truth. Lay gave more money to Bush Jr. after his initial governor's election than before, but that is only because he starting giving millions for the presidental election at that time. He still have Bush Jr. about 5 or 10 times more cash than he did Richards before the governor's election. It was in different races. TP

To: John Hauser who wrote (220950)	1/22/2002 3:06:30 PM
From: ThirdEye	Respond to of 769670

Take your pick: Wasn't that the best?" said a laughing Ann Richards this week, when I asked her reaction to President Bush's effort to hide behind her skirt when questioned about Enron. "It was so silly. Why didn't he just say Ken Lay was a strong supporter and gave him a half-million dollars and is a good friend, and he's really sorry Ken's in these terrible circumstances?" Good question. As the world knows now, George W. Bush told two lies when first asked about his ties to the top guy in what may prove the largest corporate flimflam in history. The president said (1) that he only "got to know" Mr. Lay in 1994, when in fact their relationship goes back at least to 1992; and (2) that Mr. Lay "was a supporter" of Governor Richards, when in fact Mr. Lay told TV's "Frontline" last year that he "did support" Mr. Bush over Ms. Richards in their Texas race. commondreams.org While President Bush has come under fire for saying that Enron's Kenneth Lay backed Democratic Gov. Ann Richards against him in 1994, in fact, the bankrupt energy company's CEO was close enough to Richards that he refused to be Bush's Houston area finance chairman in that campaign. In 1993, Lay told Bush he would support him in the Republican primary but was committed to Richards's re-election. Lay and his wife, Linda, contributed $12,500 each to Bush's primary election victory against token opposition. Lay contributed $12,500 to Richards. Toward the end of the 1994 campaign, Mrs. Lay contributed an additional $12,500 to Bush but expressed hope it would not be disclosed because of her husband's support for Richards. In view of this performance, Bush political adviser Karl Rove urged that Lay not be retained as the Richards-appointed chairman of the Governor's Business Council. However, Gov. Bush kept Lay. creators.com Now, in the White House telling, he was some guy they hardly knew until 1995. In the Texas gubernatorial race of 1994, the president told the press, Lay “was a supporter” of his Democratic foe, Ann Richards. True, but only in the Clintonian sense. In fact, Lay supported Bush the First in 1988 and 1992, organized the GOP Houston convention for him and raised money for the Bush library. Lay gave money to Richards in 1994, but he and Enron gave much more to Bush: $146,000. Much of that money came in after Election Day, a Bush ally recalled contemptuously. So “Ken Who” was never really a friend of George’s—and certainly isn’t considered one now. msnbc.com