Goldman Sachs and BHO

[Twisp]

Originally Posted by n david

The SAME AS WITH BUSH.

Bush was assaulted daily from the news for contributions received from Enron employees. Why shouldn't BHO receive the same?

Obama is getting heat from the press on this, same as Bush did.

[Twisp]

Besides that, there were very shady things that Bush pushed that seemed to favor Enron. I don't know of anything Obama did that favored Goldman Sachs.

[n david]

Originally Posted by Twisp

Obama is getting heat from the press on this, same as Bush did.

Not much. Not NEARLY even close to what Bush did. Let BHO's money ties to GS dominate the headlines for months; let Time Magazine put out a hit piece on BHO and GS; and have the NYTimes write countless articles on Bush and Enron the next few months .... then just maybe we can compare the heat W received to what BHO received. As of now it's barely the flicker of a candle compared to the jet-fuel infused blaze W had to deal with.

Originally Posted by Twisp

Besides that, there were very shady things that Bush pushed that seemed to favor Enron. I don't know of anything Obama did that favored Goldman Sachs.

Name one. We don't know what BHO has done, other than accept their funds.

Another Democratic leader, Harry Reid, will KEEP the $37,000 raised recently at a fundraiser hosted by the Goldman Sachs President.

Source

[Twisp]

Originally Posted by n david

Not much. Not NEARLY even close to what Bush did. Let BHO's money ties to GS dominate the headlines for months; let Time Magazine put out a hit piece on BHO and GS; and have the NYTimes write countless articles on Bush and Enron the next few months .... then just maybe we can compare the heat W received to what BHO received. As of now it's barely the flicker of a candle compared to the jet-fuel infused blaze W had to deal with.


Name one. We don't know what BHO has done, other than accept their funds.

Another Democratic leader, Harry Reid, will KEEP the $37,000 raised recently at a fundraiser hosted by the Goldman Sachs President.

Source

Bush did his fair share to earn those contributions from Enron:

http://www.alternet.org/story/12155/
http://www.seattlepi.com/business/enrn25.shtml
http://www.mapcruzin.com/news/bush121301a.htm

Yeah, these articles have an obvious anti-Bush bias, but they do present facts to go along with their opinions.

You said you don't know what Obama has done besides accept funds from individual donors. Wouldn't it be wise to wait for a smidgen of impropriety before going into full-on "Obama sucks!" mode?

[n david]

Originally Posted by Twisp

Bush did his fair share to earn those contributions from Enron:

http://www.alternet.org/story/12155/
http://www.seattlepi.com/business/enrn25.shtml
http://www.mapcruzin.com/news/bush121301a.htm

Yeah, these articles have an obvious anti-Bush bias, but they do present facts to go along with their opinions.

You said you don't know what Obama has done besides accept funds from individual donors. Wouldn't it be wise to wait for a smidgen of impropriety before going into full-on "Obama sucks!" mode?

Bush's alleged involvement with Enron was known right away when the media firestorm hit. Enron collapsed and immediately the media crucified W because of campaign contributions from employees of Enron.

I'm saying that if at first contributions from employees of a shady company are enough to crucify the President ... BHO should be treated the same as W.

[Twisp]

Originally Posted by n david

Bush's alleged involvement with Enron was known right away when the media firestorm hit. Enron collapsed and immediately the media crucified W because of campaign contributions from employees of Enron.

I'm saying that if at first contributions from employees of a shady company are enough to crucify the President ... BHO should be treated the same as W.

And he is. I have seen it reported on Fox, if you google it you will find numerous articles about it already. Maybe it might not be as big a deal as Bush's because there is nothing there. It was individual contributions from individuals. No conflict of interest.

I find it interesting that we are agreeing on another thread and disagreeing on this thread. I guess politics and sports don't mix? lol.

[n david]

Originally Posted by Twisp

And he is. I have seen it reported on Fox, if you google it you will find numerous articles about it already. Maybe it might not be as big a deal as Bush's because there is nothing there. It was individual contributions from individuals. No conflict of interest.

I find it interesting that we are agreeing on another thread and disagreeing on this thread. I guess politics and sports don't mix? lol.

Politics doesn't mix with much of anything. haha

[Twisp]

Originally Posted by n david

Politics doesn't mix with much of anything. haha

lol, if we ever incorporate religion into our politics/sports threads, God help us all. The end of the world! lol

I think Troy Polamalu needs to cut his hair to give power to the angels and vote Democratic!

[Sam]

Originally Posted by n david

The SAME AS WITH BUSH.

Bush was assaulted daily from the news for contributions received from Enron employees. Why shouldn't BHO receive the same?

Because the media generally speaking is pro-Obama and was anti-Dubya

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Twisp

He did not receive it from Goldman Sachs. According to the link, "The organizations themselves did not donate , rather the money came from the organization's PAC, ...

PAC?

Doesn't that stand for
Payoff
And
Corruption
?

Isn't the term "PAC" just a politically correct word for "Bribe"?