White House Downplays Bush-Enron Ties

[DrFunkenstein]

WASHINGTON - The White House sought Thursday to minimize President Bush's ties with indicted former Enron chief Kenneth Lay, saying it has been a long time since they talked and suggesting it was only a passing friendship.

When Bush was governor of Texas, he called Lay "Kenny Boy" and Enron was a big financial backer. Bush has received more than $550,000 in donations from Enron, its employees and their relatives during his political career — the most from any source.

"Cracking down on corporate wrongdoing is a top priority for this president," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said when asked about Lay's indictment Thursday. "The administration is taking strong and aggressive actions to pursue corporate wrongdoers and to strengthen corporate accountability. I don't think I'm going to get into discussing specifically a criminal indictment."

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's campaign accused the administration of dragging its feet on Enron. "It was three years too late," Kerry spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said of the Lay indictment.





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[papau]

1. But the 2002 tape by Lester Holt,& the Waxman tape of Ken Lay - doesn't

everyone want to listen to those tapes before agreeing that Bush is not close to Ken Lay!

sigh

:-(

[DrFunkenstein]

Was Kenny Boy At Cheney's Secret Meetings?

I'd love to know.

[DrFunkenstein]

2. dupe

[DrFunkenstein]

3. kicked

i just love seeing a crook in cuffs