Bush is gonna geddem: the evil-doers of Wall Street. And he went to Wall Street to tell 'em, the days of crony capitalism are over. No more Enrons, no more WorldComs, or so goes the theory.
There are new rules in the business world, and the old rules won't be broken anymore. For those who tinker, the punishment will be brutal. Fudge, and you'll feel the SWAT teams breathing down your white collared necks.
The speech was meant to put brass and flunkies alike on notice and to instill a new confidence in the public. But somehow, the market continued to slide, and from all around, critics cry, "not enough." Bush may find he has taken on too powerful an enemy, and worse, declared war on a friend. Pinstripes and Prison stripes, doing the Wall Street shuffle.
