"the poor guy took a beating" --cheato lay's memorial- puke time

[niyad]

"the poor guy took a beating" according to bonnie behrend, former anchor at cnbc, standing outside the memorial for "kenny boy" lay:

denver & the west
At memorial, Ken Lay's life outside Enron honored'
By Tom McGhee
Denver Post Staff Writer



Aspen - The family and friends of Ken Lay held a memorial service Sunday for the Enron founder, who will be best remembered for the spectacular fall of the company and his subsequent conviction for fraud.

An hour-long service in a small stone chapel "brought back the philanthropic man that he was," said Fred Malek, a Lay friend and chairman of Thayer Capital Partners in Washington.

. . . . . .

"I know a lot of people say he is one of the biggest criminals on the planet, but he is still a father, he is still a grandfather," said Bonnie Behrend, former CNBC anchor, who lives in Aspen. "He leaves a wife behind," she added.

"I just spent a couple of hours in church, and I was having an emotional day myself," she said. "I thought this poor guy took a beating."

. . . . .

http://www.denverpost.com/frontpage/ci_4031657

[TlalocW]

1. And Hitler was nice to puppies and had a lovely singing voice

La-de-da. His sperm found purchase in someone's womb so let's forgive the guy.

TlalocW

[Webster Green]

6. No shit!.......Just cuz he has offspring, he's OK?

We would be better off if assholes like Lay did not spread their sicko DNA around.

[catzies]

11. *begin threadjack* Nice Raising Arizona reference! *end threadjack*

n/t

[TlalocW]

12. Ha... Actually I wasn't even thinking of that movie

When I typed that, but still, what the hell.

TlalocW

[Ganja Ninja]

2. "I thought this poor guy took a beating."

But at least he didn't die poor.

[gademocrat7]

3. What about the beating all the employees of Eron took?

Many lost their life savings in the Eron debacle. Drink some more kool aid Bonnie.

[Deja Q]

4. Most swindlers of Lay's calibre deserve the beating.

Other people, victimized by his practices, have left wives behind too.

[raccoon]

5. Sob! It breaks my heart to think of this!

NOT. He was a selfish, greedy, unprincipled asshole.

Does anyone suppose he lost any sleep over the many Enron employees he screwed over? If you do, I have a bridge to sell you.

[LibDemAlways]

7. Who goes to the trouble of showing up uninvited

to a private memorial service for a well-known crook who defrauded thousands of his own employees and is personally responsible for massive amounts of suffering to proclaim, "I thought this poor guy took a beating." Fitting that she's a one-time media whore. She learned well.

[otohara]

8. Pays to Have Friends in The Media

doesn't this just sound all to familiar? CNBC hyped Enron for years, cuz these people were such nice guys.

[Ilsa]

9. He was a philanthropic man? That's easy with stolen money. nt

[seabeyond]

10. poor guy took a beating."... what happens when we do wrong n/t

[Beaverhausen]

13. "former anchor" is the key phrase here

and the fact that she lives in Aspen.