Clark Campaign Responds To Bush/Halliburton Shenanigans

[Mattforclark]

http://clark04.com/press/release/126/

For Immediate Release
Date: December 13, 2003

Clark Campaign Responds To Bush/Halliburton Shenanigans

Little Rock - Chris Lehane, Communications Strategist for the Clark Campaign, today lambasted the Bush administration's ties to Halliburton. "George W. Bush is a president for Big Oil, of Big Oil, and 'buy' Big Oil. He is more concerned about the success of Halliburton than having a success strategy in Iraq. America needs a new leader like Wes Clark who will put the nation's interest before the special interests."

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. VERY well said

All Democratic candidates must keep hammering away at the corruptness of this Administration. I hope to hear this message shouted loud and clear in commercials and print ads-this is where Democrats need to focus their energies!

[imhotep]

2. ironic

considering the article today about his own income.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Let me repeat here what I said in another

Place about his income

By the way this is nice and dandy... but Clarks income is child's play compared to many of his pals who have gone on to work for oh Raytheon, or any others in the MIlitary Industrial Complex, this is the part the AP writer is not covering. His income is even childs play for a top paid exec.

by the way yes his book deals have been good, but even those are low for the triangle of money potencial, name recognition and agent... (I know I work in the damn industry). Though most writers can never dream of his contracts, given his name recognition, especially now, he got a very bum deal.

What amazes me is that they are making this such a look he left the army for 60K a year (it is higher is I include the beanies, which is what they recomend, so he is closer to 90K when he retired), and is making some "real money" in the private sector and it is not even what he could have made if he decided to turn that magical door and go and work for oh, I don't know, Boeing... maybe General Dynamics... Carlyle Group... that is what I want to talk about the many Generals whose income is close to two million a year when they go to work for those corporations and that is the base pay... Clark went to work for a private bank for god sakes.

But he is taking on the Military Industrial Complex now on a regular basis...

[Donna Zen]

10. Whew!

He left the Army making $185,000. That is higher than most Four Stars ($140,000) and probably reflects that his command was both NATO and Europe. Clark believes that the top executive should only make 10 times the amt. of entry level.

Yes, Clark has stated that he avoided the weapons business.

In 1985, after 16 years in the military, Clark had to rebuild his car because he couldn't afford a new one. Now, that may happen to anyone, but when you consider that he wears that West Point ring and holds two masters degrees, including one from Oxford, money was never the driving objective of his life.

[Mattforclark]

5. Why is that ironic?

And he wanted to be a miniature George Soros for chrissake.

[Lefta Dissenter]

6. You mean that for 34 years

he gave up the huge income that he knew that he could have earned, in order to serve our country? And that after giving those 34 years to our country, he was interested in making money based on the incredible education and experience that he had? You mean that article?

[Mattforclark]

11. lol

I bestow upon you the honorary title, 'Vote_Clark_In_WI smackdown.'

[WillyBrandt]

7. It isn't ironic. You don't think.

Where's the irony here? There's none at all. What exactly are you talking about?

[Malva Zebrina]

8. No one should be ashamed of the fact that they made or make money

honestly. Whatever for? A guy like Clark is talented and has worked all of his life putting his talents to use--if he makes money because of that, so what? I do not get the impression that Clark looks down his nose at the ordinary common man--or that he has that sense of entitlement that the widdle, priviledged boys who were sent to Andover, Yale and Harvard and born into snooty money that squats for a couple of weeks a year at Kennebunkport seem to have. Compare with the poor little ill bred and stupid frat boy idiot whose business deals are a little bit shady to say the least. For that matter, to be fair, I do not get the impression that Kerry looks down his nose at the common man, or his very wealthy wife, Theresa Heinz either.

[Old and In the Way]

9. So can I assume that you really don't like the candidates nailing

the corruptness of this administration?

Sure sounds like it.

[maddezmom]

3. this statement

goes hand in hand with that ad he put out a week or so ago. Ya know the one most folks thought was boring! :)

Keep up the good work Wes and all the candidates that speak to the issues that matter to us.

[Mattforclark]

12. yay Clark

kick

[wndycty]

13. Kick

:kick:

[webkev]

14. ha ha brilliant

[joanski01]

15. Thanks for posting

this information for us. I'm glad Clark is speaking out against the POS. The General is leaving for the Netherlands today to testify at Milosivic's trial. I wish him the best. CNN advertised that Paula Zahn will have something on her show about this on Monday evening. I hope other shows report on it, too. I don't watch Paula.

[TacticalPeek]

16. Kick.