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The United States of Enron

Thu, 06/01/2006 - 10:38am — admin2 (not verified)

Molly Ivins dings another one out of the park. Via Chicago Tribune:

I'm not attempting to make this a partisan deal--only 73 percent of Enron's political donations went to Republicans. But I'll be damned if Enron's No. 1 show-pony politician, George W. Bush, should be allowed to walk away from this. Ken Lay gave $139,500 to Bush over the years. He chipped in $100,000 to the Bush-Cheney Inaugural Fund in 2000 and $10,000 to the Bush-Cheney Recount Fund. [snip] Until January 2004, Enron was Bush's top contributor.

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