Jesse Jackson or whoever pens his column in the Sun-Times had this embarrassing comment about George Bush:
The president is pretending that he never knew Enron chief Ken Lay, one of his leading donors, or conservative activist Jack Abramoff, a major contributor who partied at the White House.
Is Jesse Jackson "pretending" he didn't take money from Enron??? Here's a
Newsmax report on Jan. 31, 2002:
During the interview with CNSNews.com, Jackson said of the Enron contributions to his Rainbow/PUSH organization, "Whatever is was, it was minuscule." He said any contributions he received should not be returned because the money was "irrelevant to the magnitude of this issue."
Jackson also admitted his finances were faltering. He became irritated when asked if it was because he had lost "moral authority" during the past year, as some have charged.
Jackson met Monday with former Enron Chairman Kenneth L. Lay in Houston and compared him to the biblical figure Job. While criticizing the corporate meltdown that victimized Enron employees, Jackson declined to say anything negative about Lay and even prayed with the former chairman.
Not only is Jackson opposed to returning contributions he received from Enron, he believes groups such as "United Negro College Fund should not give any money back." His admission that he received money from Enron would not "alter our demand for vigorous oversight, campaign finance reform, election law reform and the need to thoroughly investigate who knew what when," Jackson said.
But Jackson's admission of Enron donations was a contrast to his earlier statements.
Just think if Ken Lay would have given even more money to Jesse Jackson maybe Jackson wouldn't be slamming him today.
