I liked the way that Cheney, when he knew he couldn't make a proper rebuttal in 30 seconds, directed people to the factcheck website. Unfortunately, when I checked it today, it directed me to georgesoros.com. Apparently, my boss just told me, Cheney gave the wrong address--.com, should have been .org--and GS bought the wrong website overnight to switch it over. And the proper website--factcheck.org--is down. I can't stand these people.
But here is the part on the page that deals with Haliburton:
Kerry Ad Falsely Accuses Cheney on Halliburton
Contrary to this ad's message, Cheney doesn't gain financially from the contracts given to the company he once headed.
September 30, 2004
Summary
A Kerry ad implies Cheney has a financial interest in Halliburton and is profiting from the company's contracts in Iraq. The fact is, Cheney doesn't gain a penny from Halliburton's contracts, and almost certainly won't lose even if Halliburton goes bankrupt.
The ad claims Cheney got $2 million from Halliburton "as vice president," which is false. Actually, nearly $1.6 million of that was paid before Cheney took office. More importantly, all of it was earned before he was a candidate, when he was the company's chief executive.