Smoking Gun has 40 letters between Lay and Little Lord Pissypants...

[fooj]

While the White House has repeatedly described former Enron chairman Kenneth Lay as simply a "supporter" of George W. Bush, extensive correspondence between the two men paints a far cozier picture of their relationship, according to copies of letters obtained this afternoon (2/15) by The Smoking Gun.

The pages of correspondence, exchanged during the years Bush served as governor of Texas, were released today in Austin by the state archives in response to Freedom of Information requests filed by TSG and other news organizations.

The Bush-Lay material touches on both personal matters (birthday greetings and Bush's knee surgery) and public concerns of Lay and Enron, such as energy legislation and tort reform, and reflects the kind of jocular relationship that reportedly saw the nickname-happy Bush call the Enron boss "Kenny Boy." The Houston-based energy firm, Bush's leading career political contributor, is now bankrupt and the target of a multitude of criminal and congressional probes.

We've arranged the Bush-Lay letters into several batches and, where applicable, have followed an original letter with the recipent's reply. TSG will upload the correspondence as quickly as we can scan the documents. You'll find the first 15 letters below along with links that will get you to the additional pages.

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This is a must see. Check it out.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/bushlay1.html

[MrModerate]

1. But it was Clinton! Clinton! Clinton! n/t

[fooj]

3. Ummmm...I don't think so. LOL!!!!!

They're running out of excuses, aren't they?

[MrModerate]

6. This one is pretty pathetic . . .

However, if the idea begins to circulate outside Freeperland, then we can get paranoid about the deranged MSM all over again.

Let's see if any "respectable" commentators try this one out.

[Cha]

7. It was

CLENIS!

[Kikosexy2]

8. I hope..

Drudge has copies and see what kinda spin he puts on them...and then we can threaten lawsuit again...

[CottonBear]

2. See this thread for the Smoking Gun link and discussion:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1282411

[fooj]

5. Oops. Sorry. Just got so excited I missed it.

Thanks.:hi:

[CottonBear]

10. You're welcome! I'm excited too!

Bush is such an ass. Did you notice how he insults Lay in the happy birhtday note that he wrote. He is one sick, sick man.

[IChing]

12. Or better yet check out this tread for all the connections

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1281329&mesg_id=1281329
fill free to add to the collection,but watch dupes if we can.

[Dr Fate]

4. So what. Dems are too frightened to read any of them on TV.

They may as well not exist, as far as any DEM with media access is concerned.

Maybe a comedian or a fat film-maker will talk about it on TV someday.

[Tanuki]

9. Maybe B*sh

should return the money he got over the years from Enron, and give it to the employees whose pensions were wiped out by Ken Lay's corruption and fraud. After all, a nice Christian like B*sh surely wouldn't want to benefit from ill-gotten gain!

[Dr Fate]

11. Maybe a Democrat should go on TV and say that. Dont hold your breath.

n/t