Christie picking up major Democratic endorsements this week

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44. I see it like this:

Cheney would never have dared invade Iraq if all he had was the fictitious WMD scam. However, insinuating that Saddam had something to do with 9/11 was VERY convenient for him. He knew perfectly well that Saddam had nothing to do at all with 9/11, but he let Fox and his Republican parrots say it often enough that coupled with the WMD line, it justified the Iraq invasion. My personal take is that Cheney had planned the Iraq invasion all along as a purely business venture.

Halliburton's stock was $19 per share when he took office. At the time, he bought 200,000 stock options at the $19 price, and then had to put it in a "blind" trust. Soon after the Iraq invasion and Halliburton getting billions in "no-bid" contracts, the stock shot up to $87 per share. Cheney's $200,000 option became worth $13,400,000 (i.e. $87 X 200,000, minus 200,000 X the original $19, minus the $200,000 for the options, in other words, 200,000 X $67). And that's just the one transaction!! It's no coincidence that Halliburton moved from Texas to the United Arab Emirates right after the 2008 election.