Originally posted by Rude
You actually believe that?
To an extent, yes. What I believe isn't really relevant to the reasons that Huffington continued to go with "Blame Bush".
You can be sure that she believes this:
When the younger Bush ran for President, he turned to Lay, who became the single biggest contributor to Bush's campaign. George W. returned the favor big-time by appointing to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission members who looked the other way when Enron and its fellow swindler companies were fleecing California. These appointees insisted that California's problems were of its own making and would have to be solved without the imposition of the wholesale energy price caps that would have saved taxpayers from a crushing burden.
Vice President Dick Cheney emerged from secret meetings with Enron executives and stated that the Administration considered wholesale price caps a "mistake" because "there isn't anything that can be done short-term to produce more kilowatts this summer." Either Cheney was lying or his Enron buddies were lying to him because, at the time, Enron was routing electricity from California to sell at a higher price in Oregon. Federal price controls would have prevented Enron and the other companies from playing one state against another.
I believe that some of the current fiscal problems in California can be attributed to the energy debacle and that it didn't really matter whether the governor was GOP or DNC, the problem would still be here.
Do a google search on "davis bush enron california" and you'll find plenty of commentary both agreeing and debunking the connection. My guess is that the truth is somewhere in the middle.
