Took my first look tonight at ABCnews.com’s The Note and found a link to this article in the Washington Times apparently drawing an invidious comparison between Clinton Treasury Secretary Bob Rubin and Bush’s Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill.
Robert E. Rubin, the former Treasury secretary and current vice chairman of Citigroup Inc., is portrayed in the latest Enron lawsuit as trying to protect the bank’s extensive investments in Enron Corp. by orchestrating a bailout for the energy giant in the fall. Mr. Rubin … first tried to get the Treasury Department to intervene in early November to prevent a devastating downgrade of Enron by Wall Street’s credit-rating agencies … At the same time, Treasury Secretary Paul H. O’Neill rebuffed a similar plea for intervention from Enron Chairman Kenneth L. Lay. Mr. Lay had cultivated a relationship with Mr. Rubin when he was at the Treasury and appears to have sought his assistance.
Who edited this article exactly?
A monkey?
An iguana?
A field mouse?
Isn’t the pretty obvious point that Bob Rubin is out of government and Paul O’Neill ain’t? If DC’s going to have a right-wing attack-dog sheet, can’t it be a good one?
