George Bush's very close and personal friend, Ken 'Kenny Boy' Lay, who is by far Bush's biggest campaign contributor, and the man who scammed billions from those who worked for Enron, made a public speech trying to worm himself out of a lengthy prison term.
"Former Enron Corp. Chairman Kenneth Lay, facing trial on fraud charges related to the $60 billion collapse of the company, will make his case publicly in a speech to business executives in Houston today. Lay, free on $500,000 bond, is facing as much as 30 years in prison and criminal fines of as much as $5.75 million on charges that he oversaw the fraud at the company. The indictment alleges that Lay, after resuming his joint role of CEO and chairman at Enron in August 2001, deceived banks, employees and industry analysts by concealing billions in losses".*A little review of the facts about Kenny Boy and Dubya
from 7/04 "The White House is trying to put at least an arm's length between President Bush and indicted Enron executive Kenneth Lay, a campaign benefactor Bush nicknamed "Kenny Boy" when the two were up-and-comers in Texas. It has been "quite some time" since Bush and Lay talked with each other, White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Thursday, brushing off questions about whether the two were friends. "He was a supporter in the past and he's someone that I would also point out has certainly supported Democrats and Republicans in the past," McClellan said. Lay clearly favored the GOP. He and his wife, Linda, donated $882,580 to federal candidates from 1989-2001, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. All but $86,470 went to Republicans. The Center for Public Integrity, a Washington-based nonprofit group, said the Lays had given $139,500 to George W. Bush's political campaigns over the years. Those donations were part of $602,000 that Enron employees gave to Bush's various campaigns, making Enron the leading political patron for Bush at the time of the company's bankruptcy in 2001. In addition to Lay's political campaign donations, he and his wife contributed $100,000 to Bush's 2001 inauguration. Lay also was a fund-raiser for Bush, bringing in at least $100,000 for the president's 2002 campaign. That put Lay in "Pioneer" status as one of the president's top money-raisers".Yeah, you see, Dubya and 'Kenny Boy' hardly even knew each other.
