Kerry accuses Bush of cronyism in gov't contracts

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N17580020.htm

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Sept 17 (Reuters) - Democrat John Kerry charged President George W. Bush's administration on Friday with rewarding politically connected companies with huge defense contracts and then "turning a blind eye to the massive overcharging and waste."

The Democratic presidential candidate proposed an overhaul of the way firms bid for lucrative government deals, saying the Bush administration favors old cronies like Halliburton, big political contributors and special interests in secret backroom deals that cost taxpayers billions of dollars.

"It's an abuse of the American taxpayer. It's an abuse of trust," he said in a scathing attack on Bush at a campaign stop in New Mexico, a battleground state where polls show the Massachusetts senator and the incumbent Republican locked in a tight contest.

Kerry singled out Halliburton, the multinational company Vice President Dick Cheney once headed, for landing huge no-bid government contracts to rebuild war-torn Iraq.

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[pajjr]

1. As i have said

Bush has created a new motto for the country


http://www.cafepress.com/moralparody.13075152

[Vincardog]

2. The Shrub practices Cronyism at it's worst

[mom cat]

3. Bush's Mob would make the Godfather scared.

If the Bush administration isn't organized crime, then there is no such thing.

[truthisfreedom]

4. hmm. i guess he's not pulling any punches today. i'm curious how rove

will handle this.

[struggle4progress]

5. kick for graft and grifters

:kick:

[Gregorian]

6. Wow, he must be reading Bartcop. Go Kerry! Go Kerry!

I can't wait for the knockout punch. Yeehaw.