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Politics : WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2004 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (7638)	12/16/2003 12:44:45 AM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 10965

Enron’s Campaign Contributions From 1989 to 2002, Enron and its employees gave $5.95 million in individual, Political Action Committee (PAC) and soft money contributions to federal candidates and parties, 74 percent to Republicans and 26 percent to Democrats (Source: Center for Responsive Politics). * This does not include Enron's some 5 million in TV ad money given to Ed Gillespie to run a disinformation campaign blaming the California energy crisis on democrats, espcially Grey Davis. Soft money accounted for 60% of total Enron contributions — and 70% from 1995 on (Source: Center for Responsive Politics). From 1991 to June 2001, Enron gave $3.94 million in soft money, 77% to Republican party committees and 23% to Democratic ones (Source: Common Cause). Enron also gave $160,000 in 2000 to Section 527 tax-exempt political groups that collect unlimited soft money contributions to try to influence elections, including $110,000 to committees established or controlled by House Republican leaders. (Sources: Internal Revenue Service and Public Citizen 527 database). President George W. Bush has been an Enron favorite. Enron and its employees contributed $312,500 to Bush’s 1994 and 1998 Texas gubernatorial campaigns. Another $113,800 was donated to the Bush 2000 presidential campaign. ( Enron also gave $10,500 to the Bush-Cheney Recount Fund and $300,000 to the Bush-Cheney 2001 Inaugural Fund.) [Source: Center for Responsive Politics]. * Add to this hundreds of thousands in unreported contributions of jets, manpower, office space, hiring political operatives like Ralph Reed, parties, etc. Enron was not reimbursed for the jets except tiny amounts representing a small fraction of their value, and only after the Bush-Cheney campaign got caught. The total is about 1.5 million. Kerry Campaign pays his wife's jet MUCH more than Bush-Cheney paid Enron. Bush-Cheney paid as little as $365 per jet ride. Kerry is a very honest gentleman. Bush-Cheney are pirates.

To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (7638)	12/16/2003 12:51:32 AM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 10965

Name: Kenneth Lay Occupation: Chair & CEO, Enron Corp. Industry: Energy & Natural Resources Home: Houston, Texas 1999 Salary & Perks: $42.4 Million Political Contributions: Bush Gubernatorial Races: $322,500 Republican Hard Money: $145,850 Republican Soft Money: $250,000 Democratic Hard Money: $39,000 Democratic Soft Money: $0 Federal PAC Hard Money: $17,200 Total Contributions: $774,550 Soft Money from Employer: $1,953,350 to Republicans: $1,501,000 to Democrats: $452,350