Ken Lay: "I'm a victim of terrorism." Oh, boo fucking hoo, you big baby. You sold while you told the world to buy Enron stock, and hid all the money you stole in bankruptcy-protected annuities and real estate. Now you're crying like a little girl all alone up against the big bad terrorists (Mary Flood,
Houston Chronicle):
Ken Lay declared his innocence, demonized his accusers and asked ex-employee "truth sayers" to rally around him for his trial, in a Tuesday speech.
Just a month before his Jan. 17 federal trial on seven conspiracy and fraud charges, the former Enron chairman drew polite applause with his luncheon address titled "Guilty, until proven innocent," in part a call to arms to Enron employees to defend the honor of the company and Lay himself.
Lay quoted Winston Churchill, saying, "Truth is the great rock," and in his case, prosecutors have submerged it in a "wave of terror."
Is there no end to the whining and pretentious self-pity of Republicans in positions of power?