Clintons Funneled Millions to Halliburton

NewsMax ^

[pixmo]

With the news that Vice President Dick Cheney's old firm Halliburton may have overcharged for gasoline it sold in Iraq, the field of Democratic presidential hopefuls are having a field day charging that President Bush allowed the company to engage in so-called "war profiteering" in return for its campaign contributions.

White House wannabe Wesley Clark's comments were typical, with the retired general telling reporters that Bush is "more concerned about the success of Halliburton than having a success strategy in Iraq."

But what about Gen. Clark's political sponsors, Bill and Hillary Clinton, whose administration, it turns out, funneled tens of millions of dollars to Cheney's old firm at a time when he actually ran the company.

In a deal cut in June 2000 under President Clinton, the New York Post reports that Halliburton won 11 Navy contracts worth $110 million to build jails at Guantanamo Bay, a base in Kuwait, a ferry terminal on Vieques, an air station in Spain, a breakwater in the Azores and facilities slammed by a typhoon in Guam.

Though the company is known for its strong backing of Republican candidates, Halliburton contributed over $140,000 to Democrats from 1992-2000, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

[ETERNAL WARMING]

Nice find, pixmo...gives us ammo for the leftie comments.

[tonyinv]

Nothing to see here..move along..pay not attention to those facts right in front of your eyes.

[OldFriend]

And weasley clark knows all about it too!

Can there be a more intellectually dishonest general or ex general?

[chudogg]

dont mean to bust your balls but a couple of questions

• 1. Is their evidence that Haliburton overcharged for those contracts?
• 2. How much is Haliburton's contributions to Democrats in relation to its contributions to republicans?

[RandallFlagg]

Bookmarking..

[sam_paine]

Doesn't matter. What the hell was CLINTON doing building PRISONS AT GITMO?!?!?!?!?!?! That's the interesting thing to me. Did Clinton Admin also understand the "enemy combatant" angle of terrorism?

[ladyinred]

This is in the NY Post, but I wonder if the mainstream leftist media is picking this up and broadcasting it. Has anyone heard this on the Big 3 or the cable news channels? IOW, will this get buried?

[Doe Eyes]

Bill and Hillary Clinton, whose administration, it turns out, funneled tens of millions of dollars to Cheney's old firm at a time when he actually ran the company.

Does this mean money illegally went to Haliburton from the Clintons? What was Cheney's involvement?

[lelio]

How much is Haliburton's contributions to Democrats in relation to its contributions to republicans?

Why people are fixated on this I don't know. $100k is chump change, look for items like Boeing's $20M to Trireme Partners run by Richard Perle. Boeing gave over $250M to other sham companies like this.

Is that reported anywhere in "campaign contributions"? No. Is $20M 200x more than $100k? Yes.

[Swordmaker]

With the news that Vice President Dick Cheney's old firm Halliburton may have overcharged for gasoline it sold in Iraq, the field of Democratic presidential hopefuls are having a field day charging that President Bush allowed the company to engage in so-called "war profiteering" in return for its campaign contributions.

Let me see if I have this straight... Bush allowed Halliburton to profiteer in a war in exchange for campaign donations, yet a Bush administation auditor finds the suspected overcharges and the Bush adiministration immediately announces said findings, demanding a refund?

If it is proven true, won't Halliburton be required to refund the overcharges?

Won't they likely be subject to a fine?

Exactly how is this "allowing" them to "war profiteer?"

Boy, there sure is some "allowing" goin' on around he'ah.

It looks like they didn't get their money's worth on their campaign contributions if that is the kind of "allowing" they bought!

[lowbridge]

What the hell was CLINTON doing building PRISONS AT GITMO?!?!?!?!?!?! That's the interesting thing to me. Did Clinton Admin also understand the "enemy combatant" angle of terrorism?

No he didnt. Those prisons were meant for us. But Clinton failed to steal the 2000 election. So those prisons went unused untill Bush found a good purpose for them.

[tomakaze]

re:No he didnt. Those prisons were meant for us.
 
More true than you realize.
 
But Clinton failed to steal the 2000 election. So those prisons went unused untill Bush found a good purpose for them.
 
puh-leeeeeze... to anyone who's been paying attention the last 10 years the bush/clinton/bush agenda & connections are obvious.