Will the Enron Convictions be a sign of what is to come for the Republicans?
537122
Ken Lay was Bush and friends single biggest campaign contributor...that's what it has to do with politics.\n\nhttp://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/indivsrecips.asp?ID=D000000137&ContribID=U0000000049&Cycle=A\n\nhttp://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.asp?ID=D000000137&Type=A\n\nThe Bush family also has a long history with Ken boy.\nhttp://www.commondreams.org/views02/0210-04.htm\n\nhttp://www.topplebush.com/article1_busdeal.shtml
784854
big businesses are republicans.  you do the reckoning.
580633
YES! He stole the first with the help of Jebber in Florida and with Enron's finances. Do some research on the latter. It is the truth.\n\nThe second he stole as well. Two words: Ohio. Florida.
557528
Only if they're Republicans.
809267
Nope both parties are equally corrupt and it matters not who is charge.The truth about this will never be fully known although many intelligent people have theorized what happened.
818642
There aren't any ties any more because Enron no longer exists (it sold its last assets in September).  When it did exist, it had several significant connections to the Republican Party:\n\n1)  In the late 1980s, they worked on some joint ventures with George W. Bush's company, Spectrum 7, which led to some close personal relationships between Bush and some key leaders at Enron.\n2)  Kenneth Lay, Enron's CEO, was an undersecretary in the Department of Interior in the Nixon administration.\n3)  Lay was a major contributor to the Presidential campaign of George W. Bush, and was considered for the position of Treasury Secretary.\n4)  Enron donated approximately $6M to Republican candidates between 1990 and its demise.
952465
LMAO!!  The criminal republicans will go back to sexual harassment (ie Bill O'reilly) or Drug abuse (ie Bush and Limbaugh), they may resort to plagiarism (ie Ann Coulter) or blatant disregad of the Constituion (ie Bush and his criminal administration), or perhaps attempted murder (ie Dick Cheney shooting his friend in the face).  The bottom line is they will resort to some sort of unethical and hypocritical behavior.\n\nhttp://www.internetweekly.org/images/bush_walmart.jpg
816373
The Enron story would be a good example of how hiding the truth caused enormous troubles for investors as well as employees.
739117
Without a doubt. While the parties would like to portray this as a Democrat victory, it is clear that the main factor in the Republican losses was the anger exhibited by moderates and true Conservatives toward the neo-con wing of the party. Even some neo-cons have had enough of the Administration and their bible-thumping lackeys.
973217
"Didn't they foresee the tables could get turned?"\n\nNo. There are 2 kinds of Republicans. One type has a one fiscal quarter horizon arising out of business mentality of looking mostly at immediate results, and short term profits. A few knocks on the head will cure these guys. The other, infinitely more dangerous type, fully expected to make this a one party nation.
979839
Their own, of course.  When it comes to Republicans, invoking the magic words "National Security" is supposed to silence all dissent from us peons.  If we let them get away with it, we get what we deserve.
1030833
They do understand. \n\nThey just don't want to acknowledge it because that would force them to put more environmental restrictions on companies... and we all know Republicans are owned by big business.
361320
I don't think it will be the end quite yet. With Republican control, there will have to be unrefutable evidence of the "name your issue" that has crossed the Bush Administration's path to get them to actually do something about it. There is mounting evidence against him in several areas, but not black and white outstanding evidence; at least not good enough for them as of yet. It is only a matter of time, but if the Democrats wrestle control in November, the risk of this happening will increase; however, they will have to be careful and do that only with credence, or they will be accused of just wanting to get back at Bush. When that day happens, I will be ecstatic.
852907
I've already heard mention that some investigation of Bush's conduct in office will probably be instituted in the future. Right now the Dems are savoring their win and will proceed slowly at first. Don't look for too much rhetoric about this investigation until after the Dems take control in January. We still have two months of a lame duck Republican congress to endure.
277899
For better or worse, it'll still be a Republican. Admit it or not, the Dems STILL don't have a PLAN for anything of substance. That's the prime failing that will keep them out of the White House for another decade or more. \n\nIf whining were votes, they'd have been in a long time ago.
938660
No.  they'll feel that it's an obvious liberal Democrat ploy to discredit the evangelical christians that form the base of the Republican party.
279408
Republican value? I would not say that but George Bush has a history of surrounding himself with sleazeballs - Like Enron and Haliburton and others who want money, power, oil no matter who gets run over.