Posted on 09/18/2004 7:16:10 PM PDT by Former Military Chick
JOHN KERRY's Democratic election campaign accused Vice-President Dick Cheney of making money from the Iraq war through his links to the Halliburton company, in a new television advert.
The spot, which will be shown in states where Kerry is in the tightest race with President George W Bush, shows Cheney saying in 2003: "I have no financial interest in Halliburton of any kind and haven't had now for over three years."
Cheney gave up his job running the Texas-based oil services and general contracting giant to join the Bush campaign in 2000. But since saying he had no links to Halliburton, Cheney has admitted he was still receiving pension payments.
Kerry's advert says: "The truth: As vice-president, Dick Cheney, received two million dollars from Halliburton. Halliburton got billions in no bid contracts in Iraq.
"Dick Cheney got two million dollars. What did we get? A 200 billion dollar bill for Iraq."
The Kerry campaign has launched a series of aggressive new television adverts since Bush pulled ahead in opinion poll ratings during September.
Agence France-Presse
**No one has ever been elected president by attacking his opponent's VP. I'm really starting to think Hillary is controlling the Kerry campaign!**
James Carville - think about it maybe not that far fetched!!
**Don't get me wrong, I am glad he continues to go left, because as long as he does the further he will sink in the polls. I guess I am just astounded at how inept his campaign has become. Who the heck is advising him to continue to verge left?**
Carville keeps coming to mind to me!!!
"CAnnot they not find something else to gripe about?"
Maybe because liberals always accuse others of what they are guilty of themselves.
Now that begs the question, what exactly did this "Vietnam warlord" get out of normalizing relations with Vietnam???
Agreed, but these fools believe it.
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