September 17, 2004
HAS HE EVER EVEN MET BILL CLINTON?:
Kerry says Bush turns blind eye to Halliburton waste (MARY DALRYMPLE, September 17, 2004, AP)
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Friday accused the Bush administration of turning a blind eye to waste and overcharging by Halliburton, the company Vice President Dick Cheney once ran, and proposed reforming the contracting system to ensure fair competition.The Kerry campaign said a new ad, "Cheney Halliburton," will air next week in Oregon and other battleground states to criticize the administration and its no-bid contracts with the company. The ad suggests a conflict of interest for Cheney because he collects deferred benefits from the time he was chief executive of Halliburton, a multinational company that provides reconstruction and other services in Iraq.
Anybody think Bill Clinton told the Senator to spend his time, money and personal capital on attacking a mere vp and a company no one has ever heard of?
One other question--do you suppose Teresa and George Soros might have shorted Halliburton yesterday?:
Posted by Orrin Judd at September 17, 2004 6:15 PMI hope that Clinton is up and about--and talking to the press--soon. Because I'd love to hear his answer to the question, "has Kerry taken the advice you gave him?"
Posted by: Timothy at September 17, 2004 6:28 PMTimothy:
It's worse than that. Apparently, Halliburton received billions in no-bid contracts from the Clinton Administration for work in Kosovo. Nothing wrong with this, of course. Halliburton is a great company and knows what it's doing. Who you gonna call when you want to bomb the bejabbers out of a Balkans region, then rebuild it on short notice. No, the answer ain't 'Ghostbusters.'
Posted by: Fred Jacobsen (San Fran) at September 17, 2004 7:53 PM