New York AG: Cheney should give answers

[Nambe]

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Eliot Spitzer, New York's hard-driving attorney general, said Wednesday he wants Richard Cheney to respond to questions on his ties to Halliburton. "I think the vice president owes us a simple answer: what he knew and when he knew it," said Spitzer, who was speaking at press conference Wednesday for the Democratic National Committee. Just blocks from the Republican National Convention, which is being held at New York's Madison Square Garden, Democrats gathered to respond to Cheney's speech slated for later Wednesday. The democrats - including Spitzer, DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe, Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, Congressman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) -- attempted to push Cheney's ties to Halliburton, the Houston-based provider of oil field services, to the forefront Wednesday. Cheney, as vice president, has received nearly $2 million in deferred compensation from the company he once headed and still holds 433,000 shares in Halliburton options, the Democrats said. ..
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[soothsayer]

1. Richard Cheney?

How funny!

[King Coal]

2. 433,000 shares!

Oh, that's not much of a conflict of interest. /sarcasm

God Almighty.

[htuttle]

14. That's worth $13,041,960 right now

HAL closed at 30.12 today.

Wonder what his option price is?

[gottaB]

3. On prime time tv? n/t

[Robbien]

4. Next headline you read will be Cheney shrugs off questions

Bush/Cheney always shrugs off questions.

[dave29]

5. Cheney to give speech from undisclosed podium

in MSG I'm hearing it's been set up in one of the restroom stalls.

[DemoTex]

6. Great timing Eliot!

I love Eliot Spitzer. He would make a great US Attorney General under President Kerry.

[juajen]

7. I totally agree

He would be awesome. I proffered his name as AG in another thread weeks ago. He is certainly the best choice.

[xchrom]

8. bravo! encore!

[plcdude]

9. saw this on C Span

along with the Democratic Rep and Senator from NJ. They were great. Their point was that the Convention was avoiding the real issues and ignoring serious discussion of them. Things are great and getting better and if you don't think so then you are a "girlie man". Absolutely juvenile and disingenuous.

[Bozita]

10. Spitzer has real balls -- He's been gaining national respect ...

... by taking on the big money guys.

A Dem with guts; what'll they think of next?

[Bozita]

11. kick

[JoFerret]

12. Is this guy Spitzer running hard or what?

Go for it Spitzy

[loudsue]

13. Eliot Spitzer would be the PERFECT Atty. General to follow Asskrack

In fact, I would HOPE he'd make sure Asskrack got put behind bars where he belongs!

O8)In fact, if ANYONE can convict the entire bush crime family, it's probably Eliot Spitzer. I hope Kerry chooses him for Atty. General. O8)
:loveya: He's my hero!!! :loveya:

:kick::kick::kick::kick:

[are_we_united_yet]

15. Elliot!