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Non-Tech : The ENRON Scandal -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (1190)	1/25/2002 5:51:56 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5185

I know. I must be wrong, but I thought I read that as far as the Presidential election went, Enron was not the largest contributor, BUT over the course of his career Enron has been W's biggest contributor.

To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (1190)	1/25/2002 6:01:41 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 5185

"Aides to President Bush assert that since no one in the administration seems to have tried to rescue Enron, Enron's campaign money cannot be an issue. That is nonsense. In the last election cycle, Enron was one of the nation's biggest donors. The company and its executives doled out $2.4 million, more than two-thirds of it in unregulated soft money. What the administration fails to see is that, as Representative Christopher Shays points out, campaign money is given to obtain two things, influence and access. Enron clearly got what it paid for. Its executives were able to get through on the phone to virtually everyone they wanted." Excerpt from: A New Rallying Cry for Reform New York Times Editorial January 22, 2002