Cheney is such a rotten bastard that there is simply no need to be making stuff up about him. Factcheck.org has a nice rebuttal of some nonsense about Cheney that has been getting on my nerves lately. You should read the whole thing, but here’s a sample:
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.
I do think that there are deeper issues here than simply a straight up conflict of interest, and it would be nice if we could discuss them. But alledging a straight up conflict of interest isn’t discussing them. It’s just lying.
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