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To: tejek who wrote (148866)	7/28/2002 2:42:46 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575596

LIBERAL'S COMPREHENSION of corporate scandals is like the Woody Allen joke about what he knew about "War and Peace" after taking a speed-reading course and reading it in 20 minutes: "It involves Russia." I stopped reading right here. Of course, you did. Somehow, it doesn't surprise me. You don't want to be confronted with the facts. The analogy is apt, if not amusing. Liberals begin the allegations and namecalling LONG BEFORE they understand the issues. This is, in fact, the reason conservatives get whipped so badly in the media -- liberals require no FACTS to make allegations, because they're going to lie anyway. Conservatives will not make false allegations for political purposes, so the facts are important. The American Voter, as a general rule, doesn't have the gumption to ask the liberals for proof. Slowly but surely, more and more 'stuff' is turning up re Bush and Cheney and their business dealings. Huh? I don't know where you got THAT! The entire issue has begun to evaporate, to be replaced by discussions of the TRUE wrongdoers -- McAuliffe & Rubin. It is interesting, in the case of Rubin, that the Liberals in Congress (Levin, Lieberman) don't want to call him to testify before their committees. Just so typical, liberals covering up for stinking liberals.

To: tejek who wrote (148866)	7/28/2002 11:04:53 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1575596

With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff For the story behind the story... Thursday, July 25, 2002 Democrats Hush Up Rubin's Enron Scandal Senate Democrats claiming to investigate the collapse of Enron Corp. don't want to question former Clinton Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, a top official at Citigroup Inc., about its role in concealing Enron's debt from investors. Asked whether he intended to call Rubin as a witness, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, chairman of the Governmental Affairs Committee, said, "I don't," the Washington Times reported today. He said that decision was up to Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the subcommittee probing Enron's internal practices. Levin said he "probably" would call the chief executive officers of Citigroup and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. to testify - but not Rubin. Look What Citigroup Is Doing As we reported in February, the former Clintonoid is on Citigroup's payroll for an astonishing $40 million a year just to "advise on strategy" - even as he continues to help Democrats undermine President Bush. Congressional Republicans note that "Senate Democrats are playing politics by issuing subpoenas for Bush White House aides in the Enron probe but shielding a former Clinton official from sensitive questions," the Times reported. "You can't ask questions on one side if you're not going to ask questions on the other side if something like this is done," said Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss. 'See What Happened' "I think that they may want to call in Mr. Rubin and others before the Government Affairs Committee, and - if that's where the trail leads - and see what happened." Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., is tired of the Democrat hypocrisy. He wants testimony from Rubin and from Sen. Jon Corzine, D-N.J., who used $60 million of his fortune from embattled Goldman Sachs to buy his Senate seat. "If we're going to have hearings, Mr. Lieberman, let's have Goldman Sachs, let's have Citigroup brought to the dais," said Foley. "When we talk about Enron, we ought to talk about all the players," Foley said on the House floor. "And there seems to be some real mischief. In fact, Mr. Corzine used $60 million to run for the Senate. Goldman Sachs was hyping Enron stocks past $90. They encouraged people to buy it." And Then There's Clintonoid Erskine Bowles And now another Clintonoid, former Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, a U.S. Senate wannabe in North Carolina, "is taking heat for a corporate scandal as a board member of Merck Pharmaceutical Inc., which is accused of inflating revenue by $12 billion," the Times reported. North Carolina's Republican Party blasted Bowles' "unwillingness to explain his role in a string of disastrous investments while a managing partner of investment bank Forstmann Little that led to the loss of more than $100 million for Connecticut retirees." Goodness, how those rich Democrats' corporate corruption scandals are growing: Bill Clinton's Enron boondoggle, Global Crossing and Terry McAuliffe, Corzine, Bowles, California Gov. Gray Davis, Tom and Linda Daschle, Democrat diva Martha Stewart ... does the list ever end?