Some Obama nuggets

[CCH05]

Because Sadaam was a better liar than W.

 

 

Halliburton had a nice growth in revenue during the Bush and Cheney admin. Cheney was chief executive officer of Halliburton from 1995 through August 2000. The company's KBR subsidiary is the main government contractor working to restore Iraq's oil industry in an open-ended contract that was awarded without competitive bidding.

 

According to Cheney's 2001 financial disclosure report, the vice president's Halliburton benefits include three batches of stock options comprising 433,333shares.

 

In 2002, Cheney's total assets were valued at between $19.1 million and $86.4 million.

 

Today over $325 million.

 

It wasn't about lying it was about stealing. Bush is a better liar and Cheney a better thief. US tax dollars over spent on Halliburton government contracts.

 

In W we trust right? I did I don't anymore.

[AcesFull]

Halliburton had a nice growth in revenue during the Bush and Cheney admin. Cheney was chief executive officer of Halliburton from 1995 through August 2000. The company's KBR subsidiary is the main government contractor working to restore Iraq's oil industry in an open-ended contract that was awarded without competitive bidding.

 

According to Cheney's 2001 financial disclosure report, the vice president's Halliburton benefits include three batches of stock options comprising 433,333shares.

 

In 2002, Cheney's total assets were valued at between $19.1 million and $86.4 million.

 

Today over $325 million.

 

It wasn't about lying it was about stealing. Bush is a better liar and Cheney a better thief. US tax dollars over spent on Halliburton government contracts.

 

In W we trust right? I did I don't anymore.

Whatever has led to VP Cheney's good financial fortune since taking office has nothing to do with Halliburton, yet the myth continues to be spread by conspiracy theorists.

 

The Cheney aide said that on January 18, 2001 -- just before being sworn in as vice president -- Cheney assigned all of his Halliburton stock options to a charitable trust.

 

"He legally and irrevocably assigned them and he receives no tax benefit from them," the Cheney aide said. This aide said the trustee of the trust decides when to sell them. -

Cheney aide rejects Halliburton questions

 

 

Cheney did continue to receive a deferred salary through 2005, which he earned prior to taking office. Cheney spent $15,000 on an insurance policy that guaranteed that he would receive the deferred payments whether or not Halliburton stayed in business. In other words, Cheney got paid the same regardless of Halliburton's performance.

 

More details are available on the charitable trusts to which Cheney assigned his stock options, but I do not have time to find them for you right now.

 

If your tired old allegations of extreme conflict of interest had any merit whatsoever, the Democratic controlled Congress would have held impeachment hearings already.

 

(I'm not sure what this has to do with the thread topic - Obama has his own conflicts and deserves more scrutiny than a lame duck VP.)

[hoopboy]

The more he talks, the more he lies.

 

This man will say anything to be elected and if he does, those that voted for him deserve eveything they get.

 

Wow, he almost sounds like a politician.

[CCH05]

(I'm not sure what this has to do with the thread topic - Obama has his own conflicts and deserves more scrutiny than a lame duck VP.)

 

 

Lame duck VP. We must not be talking about the same Dick Cheney.

[oldonetechnique]

As a NRA member both Democratic Canidates are the worst when it comes to the second amendment.

[75center]

Wow, he almost sounds like a politician.

 

True, but I thought he was portraying himself as something "different" than the same old same old.

[cch5432]

Lame duck VP. We must not be talking about the same Dick Cheney.

 

Lame Duck means that he can not be re-elected.

[HHSDad]

Lame Duck means that he can not be re-elected.

There's no such thing as a Lame Duck VP.

[jvdfc]

As a NRA member both Democratic Canidates are the worst when it comes to the second amendment.

 

:thumb:True

[cch5432]

There's no such thing as a Lame Duck VP.

True. I guess than what AcesFull meant is that he won't be running for anything, instead of can't.

[HHSDad]

True. I guess than what AcesFull meant is that he won't be running for anything, instead of can't.

I wouldn't mind being perpetual VP. I'd even promise not to ever become President. And I'd get to be the chief executive at NASA. What a cool cake job. :ylsuper:

[AcesFull]

There's no such thing as a Lame Duck VP.

Theoretically, Cheney could still run for president or run as John McCain's VP (or even Obama's VP). I think in practical terms, "lame duck" is an appropriate metaphor a VP who has made it clear that he will not try to remain in office beyond 1/20/09. Especially a VP who many of his critics consider to be President Bush's puppet master with the departure of the evil genius Karl Rove.

[HHSDad]

Lame Duck may be a more appropriate title for Cheney's hunting buddies.

[AcesFull]

Lame Duck may be a more appropriate title for Cheney's hunting buddies.

:lol: Good point. Maybe lame duck is not such a good metaphor to describe VP Cheney after all.

[CCH05]

There's no such thing as a Lame Duck VP.

 

 

Why does Dan Quall come to mind, after lame duck?