Posted on 10/05/2004 3:20:47 PM PDT by FesterUSMC
September 30, 2004
Modified: September 30, 2004
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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.
Analysis
A Kerry ad released Sept 17 once again attacks Cheney's ties to Halliburton, implying that Cheney is profiting from the company's contracts in Iraq. That's false.
Read the whole article at factcheck.org
Go to factcheck.org and on the main page type in Cheney Halliburton and you will find a lot on this issue!
Hugh Hewitt is currently riffing on Kerry lying about having run the Boston Marathon. Is there anything in Kerry's life that's actually true?
He is ugly, orange, tall(unless he is wearing stilts), liberal, and stupid...can't think of anything else...oh, dishonest..
When did he say he ran the marathon?
Same post as this?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1232223/posts
and this
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1231525/posts
Right after he said he actually didn't run the marathon!
he said he ran the boston marathon in 1980...or so (he says).
Hewitt was reading from a posting at Football Fans for the Truth. The details are there.
From:
http://www.bluestatesforbush.com/
"In 1993, George W. Bush, who was then Managing General Partner of the Texas Rangers, ran a pretty quick 3:44:52 in the Houston Marathon averaging about 8:35 minutes per mile. Bush is believed to be the first president to run a marathon, although had Al Gore prevailed in 2000, it would have been his honor of being the first marathoner-president, since then-Vice President Gore completed Marine Corps Marathon in 1997 in a slower time of 4:54:26 good enough for 8260th place, which translates to an average of about 11:25 minutes per mile. "
The site called the Boston Athletic Assoc., which runs the Boston Marathon and they had no record. Anyone who has watched the Boston Marathon knows that there is a group of "official" runners who have to qualify. A ton of non-official runners also run. Did he or did he not? Who cares?
I can walk backwards much faster than that.
Kerry ran the Boston Cambodia Marathon.
Would love to see Gore run a marathon now (snicker).
Not to mention the fact that Halliburton got contracts also during the Clinton adminstration...
Right before he didn't run it!!!
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