Gore Bashes Bush Policy As Cause of Biz Scandals

[Dooby]

Gore Bashes Bush Policy
As Cause of Biz Scandals


By JOEL SIEGEL and LEO STANDORA
Daily News Staff Writers

eating what's likely to be the Democratic war drum in this year's elections, Al Gore blamed the nation's economic scandals — from Enron to WorldCom — last night on President Bush's economic policies.

"You see now what it means to have an administration that's that committed to fighting and working on behalf of the powerful, and letting the people of this country get the short end of the stick," Gore told more than 200 supporters at a Manhattan fund-raiser.

It was his strongest attack yet on Bush's economic policies and a preview of the likely Democratic strategy for November's elections.

"What we see now is a lack of confidence in our national economic policy, in the integrity of our accounting system, in the way government is being run," Gore told more than 200 supporters in Lot 61, a trendy Chelsea night spot.

The private companies, he said, "are not telling the truth about their future liabilities so they can shovel money out to executives at the top. That is exactly what the Bush-Cheney tax plan will do. They are misleading the country about the extent of the liabilities they are putting on us ... on you."

Gore also said the Securities and Exchange Commission isn't doing its job, and he called on its chairman, Harvey Pitt, to resign, suggesting Pitt is too cozy with captains of industry.
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Al Gore can kiss my ass. The vast majority of transactions that are currently being investigated occured during the Clinton Gore administration and he knows it. A bulk of the fraud in the Enron, WorldCom, Global Crossing and Xerox scandals happened on their watch before January 2001.

So, in a way, Al Gore "invented" Enron.

[MavKikiNYC]

Sadly, more and more a significant part of the economic expansion of the 90s appears to've been as fraudulent as ClintonGore's claim of credit for it.

[Dooby]

Nice statement.

[FishForLunch]

This has the same credibilty as "Bush knew about 9/11 before it happened". I wish losers like Gore crawl back under a rock, where they belong. I Hate Politicians, hope they all vanish

[Murphy3]

the problem is..it's difficult to believe anything bush, gore, or clinton says

[Drbio]

Sadly, more and more a significant part of the economic expansion of the 90s appears to've been as fraudulent as ClintonGore's claim of credit for it.

well done.


Gore is a tool.