Kerry brings up the Halliburton issue

[Cocoa]

big time!

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=133-08092004

AD TITLE: "Ownership"

TYPE: 30sec TV

DATE: 8/9/04

BUSH-CHENEY CREDIBILITY GAP

BUSH: "One of the most important parts of a reform agenda is to encourage people to own something. Own their own home, own their own business, own their own health care plan, or own a piece of their retirement. Reforms that trust the people, reforms that say government must stand on the side of people. Because I understand if you own something, you have a vital stake in the future of America."

Bush/Cheney: Owned By Halliburton, Inc.

Halliburton Was Awarded No-Bid Rebuilding Contracts Worth Billions. In March 2003, the Pentagon awarded a subsidiary of Halliburton a no-bid contract worth $7 billion to help rebuild Iraqi oil fields.

According to Time, an internal Pentagon e-mail said "action" on the contract was "coordinated" with the Vice President's office. A senior political appointee in the Defense Department, Michael H. Mobbs, who works for undersecretary of defense Douglas Feith, acknowledged that he selected Halliburton for Iraq reconstruction work. Before awarding the contract, Mobbs briefed top officials, including Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Cheney's top aide, and White House staff members. (Time, 5/30/04; LA Times, 5/7/03; WP, 2/10/04, 6/14/04)

-- January 13, 2004: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded Halliburton a contract that could bring it up to $1.5 billion worth of design and construction work for the U.S. military over the next five years. The corps selected Halliburton as one of 10 contractors hired to support U.S. military operations, other federal agencies and even friendly governments anywhere in the U.S. Central Command's area of operations, a 25-country swath extending from the Horn of Africa to Central Asia. (Houston Chronicle, 1/14/04, 1/17/04)

much more...

[sidwill]

1. Good stuff but.....

How are theyt going to fit all that into a 30 second ad?

[LTR]

2. Sounds like a D-Bunker entry

They quickly reply to Bush ads on the campaign site.

This is not an ad.

http://blog.johnkerry.com/rapidresponse/

[The Magistrate]

3. This Needs To Be Hammered Home, Sir

The criminals of the '00 Coup are about nothing more than enriching themselves and their cronies. They are mere war-profiteers, the least patriotic species of human, and the most detestable to real patriots, regardless of political stripe. Creatures like this kill soldiers, and coin the blood into cash for their own pockets.

"LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!"