All these facts come from Freedom of Information requests, public laws, and various books that have been published, and have not been refuted by Clinton.
Sincerely,
Cdr. Hamilton McWhorter USN (ret)
This
is an interesting bit of information that you don't hear much about in
the media ---
a.. Enron's chairman did meet
with the president and the vice president in the Oval Office.
b.. Enron gave $420,000 to the
president's party over three years.
c.. It donated $100,000 to the
president's inauguration festivities.
d.. The Enron chairman stayed
at the White House 11 times.
e.. The corporation had access
to the administration at its highest levels and even enlisted the Commerce and
State Departments to grease deals for it.
f.. The taxpayer-supported
Export-Import Bank subsidized Enron for more than $600 million in just one
transaction. Scandalous!!
g.. BUT...the president under
whom all this happened WASN'T George W. Bush.
SURPRISE ......... It was
Bill Clinton!
Posted: May 07, 2011
The extent of scandals in Bill Clinton's administration and the
president's uncanny ability to escape political harm from them led one
well-known congressman to compare handling the ex–commander in chief to
a fight with elusive flatulence.
"Nailing Bill Clinton is like trying to nail a fart to the wall,"
former Rep. Bob Barr, R-Ga., reportedly said. "There's a lot of smell
and you know it's there. You just aren't sure where to nail."
The account of the fragrant remark comes from Barr's fellow Republican,
former Rep. James Rogan of California, who led impeachment proceedings
against Clinton in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Rogan unveiled the comment in his brand-new book, "Catching Our Flag:
Behind the Scenes of a Presidential Impeachment," published by WND
Books.
In his in-depth analysis of the story that captivated America in the
late 1990s, Rogan reminds readers there were actually impeachment
efforts underway even before news of Clinton's sexcapades with his
former intern, Monica Lewinsky.
"Most people now forget that two months before the Lewinsky story
broke, Congressman Bob Barr introduced a resolution authorizing an
impeachment inquiry for his foreign campaign money laundering
operations," writes Rogan. "If Mrs. Clinton's 'vast right-wing
conspiracy' supported this, its membership must have missed Bob Barr's
invitation to the dance. Only a handful of Bob's 228 GOP colleagues
cosponsored his resolution; not one was in the Republican leadership."
Rogan explains the reason Barr had no meaningful support was because
most Republicans at the time thought impeaching Clinton was a bad idea.
He noted that just days after the Lewinsky scandal became public, he
had a private discussion with 1996 GOP vice presidential nominee Jack
Kemp.
"'Why is Bob doing this?' Jack asked. 'It makes us look silly. Newt
[Gingrich] handled himself beautifully in interviews when he urged
caution, and not jumping to conclusions until we get all the facts.'"
Rogan says soon after, he ran into former Vice President Dan Quayle,
and despite plenty of media coverage of the Lewinsky affair, Quayle
"felt it was better politically for the Republican Party to see Clinton
survive the tsunami."
Rogan says another high-profile Republican unhappy with Barr's
impeachment proposal was the man who controlled the committee of
jurisdiction for impeachments: Chairman Henry Hyde of Illinois.
Two months before Lewinsky, Rogan says he asked Hyde if he thought
enough evidence would ever merit an impeachment inquiry against Clinton.
According to Rogan, Hyde opined, "There's no smoking gun yet on the president, but we all know he is dirty."
Rogan noted, "When I asked Henry why Bob Barr introduced an impeachment
resolution before our committee received the anticipated report and
recommendations from Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr (who was
concluding a four-year investigation into Clinton scandals), Henry
scowled: 'Publicity,' he grumbled, 'pure and simple.' Later that
afternoon, I ran into Bob ... . I asked if he felt there was enough
evidence to impeach Clinton right now. 'No,' he conceded. 'There's a
lot of smoke though. Nailing Bill Clinton is like trying to nail a fart
to the wall. There's a lot of smell and you know it's there. You just
aren't sure where to nail."
"Catching Our Flag" is an uncensored, behind-the-scenes look at what went on during America's last presidential impeachment.
"This first-hand narrative provides a fascinating inside tale of
politics, power, expendiency and intimidation," said former House
Speaker Newt Gingrich, who wrote the foreword. "Other books in this
subject invariably rely on fading recollections (or wholesale
fantasies). Congressman James Rogan was more than a witness; he was a
leading figure in the most important trial in our country's political
and legal history. It is a story only he can tell."
Read more: 'Nailing Bill Clinton is like trying to nail a f--t to the wall' http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=293761#ixzz1MGB52k2F