How pathetic. The Dems are reduced to using this as an issue. And it won't fly, as Sullivan tried to point out to them. But when you're delusional, everything seems possible.
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idea of "crony capitalism" is a legitimate concern, and should always be monitored under any administration (see: Clinton, Travel Office). The problem with hounding Bush with it is that it plays on a general public ignorance of realities. Services rendered by Haliburton are not services readily available from a wide swath of the corporate world.
It's like criticizing a president (or VP) who knows the CEO of Boeing for buying airplanes from them. The bottom line is that Bush, Cheney, and their "cronies" are already filthy rich; they do business because that's what they do.