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To: TARADO96 who wrote (138703)	7/10/2008 8:04:45 PM
From: SiouxPal	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 361650

These Republicans keep pooping on each other. McCain thinks this is January. Flashbacks to one of his jet crashes. Yikes if I crashed that many planes I'd take the bus.

To: TARADO96 who wrote (138703)	7/10/2008 10:02:15 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Respond to of 361650

re Gramm Mr Phil.. and his dear wife Wendy are as crooked as ken lay.. "Source: chicagotribune.com The collapse of Enron Corp. has drawn new scrutiny of a powerful Washington couple who between them played prominent roles in deregulating energy trading to the benefit of the company. The couple, U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Texas) and his wife, Wendy Gramm, who serves on Enron's board of directors, both know Enron's top executive, Kenneth Lay--and have benefited financially from their relationship with him. Phil Gramm has collected more than $97,000 in campaign contributions from Enron, according to the advocacy group Public Citizen. Wendy Gramm was paid between $915,000 and $1.8 million in salary, attendance fees, stock options and dividends over the past eight years, the group concluded. "What has all of this bought" Enron, asked Sheila Krumholz, research director for the Center for Responsive Politics. "Has this bought them cover?" In the early 1990s, Wendy Gramm, then chairwoman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, moved to lift governmental oversight of energy contracts that Enron and other companies traded. A short time later, she was appointed to Enron's board of directors. ... ......................................... more..... oreilly-sucks.com