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chimpymustgo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-04 03:47 PM
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Enron Whistleblower Sheron Watkins endorses Wesley Clark.
Edited on Fri Jan-02-04 03:48 PM by chimpymustgo
Just announced on CNN Inside Politics.
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Cocoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-04 03:51 PM
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1. this 2004 election is really shaping up, isn't it...
I predict somewhere near 100% turnout.

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Jack_Dawson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-04 03:51 PM
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2. The Tide's a-Turnin'
Whenever you can lock up the Enron-Whistleblower Endorsement, things are looking up ;)


:bounce:
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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-04 03:57 PM
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3. Neither a delgate or superdelgate...
It's just like Madonna endorsing Clark.

:eyes:
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poopyjr Donating Member (251 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-04 03:58 PM
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4. Or Gore.
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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-04 01:24 AM
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17. Gore is a superdelgate
thusly, a important endorsement for Dean. Try again.

Hawkeye-X
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Walt Starr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-04 01:25 AM
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19. Isn't Gore a superdelegate?
So at least he gets a vote on the floor of the convention, if I'm not mistaken.

Anyway, I think this one is a cool endorsement and I'm the guy that invented the term "Enronomics".

:evilgrin:
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-04 03:59 PM
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5. A Broad Based support network nonetheless
Now if Ms Plame would endorse the General??
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Cocoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-04 04:05 PM
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8. Joe Wilson has already sided with Kerry
I think the ultimate prize would be Kristin Brietwieser, I think she was actually a republican but she's now getting jerked around by them.

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chimpymustgo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-04 04:02 PM
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7. Just a strong voice for justice. Great endorsement.
nt
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Clark4VotingRights Donating Member (795 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-04 04:14 PM
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10. Was Madonna the Time Mag 2002 Person of the Year? Watkins *was*.
"PERSONS OF THE YEAR 2002
Cynthia Cooper, Coleen Rowley and Sherron Watkins
Women who took huge risks to blow the whistle on what went wrong at WorldCom, Enron and the FBI"

http://www.time.com/time/personoftheyear/2002/toc.html

I know, Dean supporters were disappointed that Dean wasn't
selected this year. I feel your pain.

Back to the point, this is a fabulous endorsement!
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mbali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-04 07:59 PM
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13. She didn't endorse Dean so she's irrelevant. n/t
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QC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-04 01:45 AM
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20. Yes, that's the way things work around here now.
Only those who endorse Dean are of any importance whatsoever.
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-04 01:48 AM
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22. Its a good and interesting endorsement
Sorry your thread had to be butted in to, congrads on the endorsement.
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LiberalBushFan Donating Member (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-04 08:04 PM
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14. that's a funny response
coming from a supporter of "uber-outsider" "anti-establishment" Dean. Outside is inside is upside-down.
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XanaDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-04 04:00 PM
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6. Kick!
:kick:
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-04 04:08 PM
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9. Excellent!
It going to be a good year, I can tell. :toast:
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-04 07:21 PM
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11. Pretty Cool!
:)
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OKNancy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-04 07:53 PM
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12. Here is a story
Enron whistleblower endorses Clark

01/02/2004

Associated Press


The woman who blew the whistle on Enron Corp.'s accounting problems endorsed Wesley Clark for president Friday, saying she believes he has the integrity to run the country.

In a telephone conference call, Sherron Watkins of Houston said she first saw Clark speak at a conference over the summer and was impressed with his vision and composure. She said she began supporting him during a national "Draft Clark" campaign before he announced as a candidate for the Democratic nomination.

"He really floored me with his long-term vision for America and how he handled the question-and-answer session with his answers on the war on Iraq and the war on terrorism," she said.

A former Enron vice president, Watkins warned company chairman Kenneth Lay in 2001 that the firm could collapse as a result of extensive false accounting. She resigned after the company filed for bankruptcy and was named one of Time magazine's Persons of the Year for 2002.

"My Enron experience has brought home to me just how important the tone at the top is," she said.

Watkins said she believes President Bush has misled the public, "blurring the line" between the war in Iraq and efforts against terrorism. She said she supports Clark because "he's got integrity, he's not going to mislead the American people and he has a longterm vision."

As a retired Army general, Watkins said, Clark has the credentials to combat terrorism and the diplomatic skills to ease tensions between the U.S. and allies who opposed the war in Iraq.

<snip>

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D7VQUB381.html
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Toucano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-04 08:09 PM
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15. Thank you Sharon!
Welcome to the Wes Wing!
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democratreformed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-04 01:23 AM
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16. Great n/t
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angee_is_mad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-04 01:25 AM
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18. COOL!!!!
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incapsulated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-04 02:00 AM
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23. Oh, yeah!
This one I like! :)
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chimpymustgo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-04 11:23 AM
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24. Late Saturday morning KICK!
nt
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