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To: Condor who wrote (3745)	12/5/2002 4:48:29 PM
From: Rascal	Respond to of 6901

(Rove is Just mad because no one wanted to pay for a picture with Bush. They said that if Bush gave a speech at a think tank it would only be a 5 gallon. You have to give them credit for the efficiency of their "Destruction Machine". They really are producing the news. Timing is everything.) :^) drudgereport.com DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX THU DEC 05, 2002 16:08:25 ET XXXXX INTRIGUE SURROUNDS GORE TRIP TO CHINA; PAID BY 'COMMUNIST' THINK-TANK; MET WITH FORMER ENRON EXEC Former vice-president Al Gore recently made a visit to China, where he is believed to have been paid to speak at a communist government-linked think-tank and attended a lunch hosted by former ENRON director Ronnie Chan Chi-chung. Participants at the China Development Institute-sponsored forum in Shenzhen, at which Gore was a key speaker last month, were offered the chance to have their photo taken with Gore if they paid 50,000 yuan (HK$ 47,000) or 100,000 yuan for conference sponsorship packages, the SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST reported. MORE The news of his visit, which was said to have been personal, is expected to raise questions about whether he was engaged in fundraising activities following his role in an Asian campaign donation controversy in 1996. Gore embarked on the China trek on the eve of his current book tour. "You can't be the leading Democrat candidate for the upcoming elections and come to a communist country, take money from a communist think-tank and declare it a private event," said Mark Simon, vice-chairman in Hong Kong of Republicans Abroad. Chan was an independent director of bankrupt US energy company ENRON, which triggered a crisis of confidence in American corporate governance when it collapsed last December. Asked whether Gore was aware of Chan's relationship with ENRON, Mr Moon said: "He was . . . because I told him before we went into it the lunch ." Developing... ----------------------------------------------------------- Filed By Matt Drudge Reports are moved when circumstances warrant drudgereport.com for updates (c)DRUDGE REPORT 2002