The Top 10 Reasons President Bush Kept Harvey Pitt
(links at end of story)

A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY
by Anonymous

10. Harvey Pitt is Bush’s secret plan to fight global warming.

Headline: “Big 3 Auto Sales Plunge 30% in October.” CNN 11/01/2002

9. Why coddle investors when Saddam’s got the bomb?

Headline: 'A link between Saddam and bin Laden? No way'

8. Glowing personal references from Ken Lay.

Non-Headline: “Ken Lay, CEO of the Largest Energy Fraud in History,
Indicted”

7. George Bush Senior went short on 2002?

Who knows??? Headline: “The Big Guys Work for the Carlyle Group,”

6. As a show of economic solidarity with Argentina.

Headline: “World Bank Secret Document Consumes Argentina”

5. Likes to see Gephardt’s face get red when he yells.

Headline: “Top Democrat seeks Pitt's resignation; White House aides defend chairman's anti-fraud record”

4. Retirement is vastly overrated.

Headline: “Your 401 (k) is Making a Statement.”

3. Harken? Isn’t he from Iowa?

Headline: “Bush Sold [His Harken] Stock After Lawyers' Insider Trading Warning”

2. Accountants need a kinder, gentler world, too.

Harvey Pitt’s promise upon assuming Chairmanship of the SEC

1. And the #1 Reason: Because corporate crusaders must be ever vigilant...

Headline: “...Pitt Launches SEC Probe of Himself….”
Wall Street Journal, November 1, 2002

BUSH ON PITT in Nashville, Tennessee, 11/01/2002

"Confidence in our economy depends upon us holding people to account if
they're not honest with the people. That's the kind of leadership you need in
Nashville and that's the kind of leadership you've got in Washington."
---President George W. Bush****

10. http://money.cnn.com/2002/11/01/news/companies/autosales/index.htm
9. http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/00000006D9F9.htm
8. Wild, unsubstantiated internet rumor --
http://www.semitrue.com/pages/2002.01.29.html -- internet rumor
7. http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml?channel=artcol.jhtml&doc_id=206684
6. http://gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=125&row=1
5. http://www.boston.com/dailynews/307/economy/
Top_Democrat_seeks_Pitt_s_resi:.shtml
4. http://www.fastcompany.com/online/64/401k.html
3. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49309-2002Oct31.html
2. http://www.msnbc.com/news/829423.asp?cp1=1
1. http://www.forbes.com/home/2002/11/01/cx_da_1101topnews.html

Bush Quote

"The chairman serves at the pleasure of the president, and the president has
expressed confidence in the chairman’s leadership."
-- Harvey Pitt’s SEC Spokewoman
http://www.msnbc.com/news/829423.asp?cp1=1

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