Halliburton Slams Kerry In Response To New Attack Ads

[Snazzy]

Halliburton Slams Kerry In Response To New Attack Ads

Friday September 17, 5:50 PM EDT


WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Halliburton Corp. (HAL) slammed Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Friday, in a response to Kerry's new attack on Vice President Dick Cheney's ties to the Houston-based oil company.

"It's tragic that apparently Halliburton's efforts on the warfront are so poorly understood by Senator Kerry on the home front," Halliburton said in a statement.

"Senator Kerry quotes from a reality television show, but Halliburton's reality in Iraq is real," the firm said. The company provides a range of troop support and oil field services to the U.S. in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Cheney has argued that he has had no financial relationship of any kind with Halliburton, but the Kerry campaign advertisement notes that he has received $2 million of a $4.3 million delayed compensation package since being sworn into office.

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http://finance.myway.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp?section=news&news_id=dji-00096820040917&feed=dji&date=20040917&cat=INDUSTRY

Posted partly 'cause I wonder if this is legal, Halliburton now becoming part of the * campaign.

Edit: also, notice that often any response to Kerry type of story has some really active verb in the head, in this case "Slams." Read that mangled sentence the PR came up with--not a slam. Also check the linked article for the convoluted discussion of how Halliburton provides jobs (in Iraq!).

[xray s]

1. Reality

$8 billion unaccounted for. Doing business, Republican style.

[wryter2000]

2. Backfire?

Could this just bring them more scrutiny? Their performance isn't something they should want looked at too closely.

[billbuckhead]

3. Kerry should tell Halliburton to bring it on

If Bush won't defend his sorry record then maybe Halliburton can defend theirs.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. wow Halliburton KNOWS somethng

[54anickel]

7. What are you thinking? Seems they do view the war as some sort

of "jobs program". WTF? That's their play on it? Well yeah, we're making gazillions screwing taxpayers, but look at the Americans we employ?

"We question how the Kerry campaign can talk about creating jobs at the same time it talks about eliminating thousands of jobs for Americans," Halliburton said, noting that it currently has 30,000 workers in Iraq combat zones, including over 15,000 Americans.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. no this level of defensiveness

tells me they have heard that we will cancel all them sweetheart
contracts if Kerry wins.

It is just a mater of connecting dots, and this is why Edwards also said no draft.

There is somethign gong om in the background

[Qutzupalotl]

5. They are falling into a trap.

When a corporation attacks an individual, the individual will be widely seen as the hero...the David to their Goliath.

[David Zephyr]

6. Dick Cheney's Halliburton Provided the Jets for Bush Lawyers in FLA 2000.

Along with Enron.

[noahmijo]

8. I always love those "X slams Kerry" style headlines where for X insert

Bush or The Saudis, or Halliburton.

All evil and always being printed as responding by "slamming"

They're not slamming anyone, they're whining because Kerry is exposing them one by one. Name me ONE damn fact ONE fucking fact out of any of the whiners when they try to respond to Kerry.

Bumbling fools all of em.

[Career Prole]

9. Heh heh..."active verbs".

I know active verbs.
Fuck Cheney and the Halliburton he rode in on!

[Sugarbleus]

10. Here's a little Hally tidbit from the archives...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=61235

[knowbody0]

13. hell eee burtin

look at how well their efforts have paid off. iraqi folks have no water sewer or electricity, the oil lines were repaired alright, but with out meters, also ask the soldiers how much they love to protect these hell eee burtin employees making $l,000.00 per day.

[shockingelk]

15. holy halliburton

"We question how the Kerry campaign can talk about creating jobs at the same time it talks about eliminating thousands of jobs for Americans," Halliburton said, noting that it currently has 30,000 workers in Iraq combat zones, including over 15,000 Americans.

With that logic, it would be easier to improve the employment situation with a war on Mexico. Or Texas for that matter. Much closer.

[KitSileya]

12. He must be doing something right.

I figure Sentor Kerry must be doing something right if he's getting Halliburton, Cheney, Bush et al all riled up. Go Kerry!

[henslee]

14. Fox article about Haliburton's screw ups... millions in equipment missing.

"... investigators could not track down 52 of 164 randomly selected items in an inventory of more than 20,000 items overseen by KBR (search), a subsidiary of Halliburton (search). The missing items included two electric generators worth nearly $1 million, 18 trucks or sport utility vehicles and six laptop computers."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,127540,00.html

[shockingelk]

16. Gopod for the ecomony!

"We question how the Kerry campaign can talk about creating jobs at the same time it talks about eliminating thousands of jobs for Americans," Halliburton said, noting that it currently has 30,000 workers in Iraq combat zones, including over 15,000 Americans.

With that logic, it would be easier to improve the employment situation with a war on Mexico. Or Texas for that matter. Much closer.

[MichiganVote]

17. Tragic? TRAGIC? Its TRAGIC for Halliburton?

Beyond words. Absolutely beyond words. Halliburton and Cheney are the victims? God, I've had enough of this crap.

[MichiganVote]

18. Dupe

[gratuitous]

19. Where's my $175,000?

I have no ties to Halliburton either! Why didn't I get $175,000 from them last year like Dick Cheney did?

[UpInArms]

26. here's the reason:

Cheney's Continued Links to Halliburton

Vice President Dick Cheney continues to say that he has no ties to Halliburton since joining the GOP ticket in 2000. He also promised to clear himself from any conflict of interest should he become Vice President. In each of his claims, the facts tell a very different story.

CLAIM: “But what I'll have to do, assuming we're successful , is divest myself, that is, sell any remaining shares that I have in the company.”
– Dick Cheney, 7/30/00


FACT: A congressional report found that Cheney still owns “more than 433,000 Halliburton stock options,” including “100,000 shares at $54.50 per share, 33,333 shares at $28.125 and 300,000 shares at $39.50 per share.”
– CNN, 9/25/03
http://money.cnn.com/2003/09/25/news/companies/cheney/?cnn=yes

CLAIM: “I severed my ties with Halliburton when I became a candidate for Vice President in August of 2000.”
– Dick Cheney, 1/22/04

FACT: Along with the 433,000 stock options, “ Cheney still receives about $150,000 a year” from Halliburton.
– CNN, 10/25/03
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/25/halliburton.memo/

CLAIM: “What happens financially , obviously, is I take a bath , in one sense.”
– Dick Cheney, 7/25/00

FACT: Halliburton “has agreed to let Mr. Cheney, the Republican vice- presidential candidate, retire with a package worth an estimated $20 million, according to people who have reviewed the deal.”
– NY Times, 8/12/00
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines/081200-03.htm

[emulatorloo]

20. Halliburton Statement sounds suspiciously like those snippy Bush campaign

replies.

You know, where you read the AP story about something Kerry said and they quote Steve Schmidt or Marc Racicot or Ken Mehlman saying something like "Senator Kerry is a delusional pessimist living in the past, etc etc etc."

Now why is that?!?!?!?!

[emulatorloo]

21. Self deleted - dupe EOM

Self deleted - dupe

[merh]

22. Yeah, and the soldiers serving in Iraq can tell you what a

great job Halliburton is doing over there (NOT) and how fond of them they are (NOT). Soldiers don't care that bus boys make more money than they do. (NOT) Soldiers don't care that private security guards (mercenaries) make more money than they do and interfere with their effors (NOT).

[Keirsey]

24. Congressman Henry Gonzales

Congressman, we need you! Halliburton must be investigated.

Halliburton Iran deals under fire

Halliburton, in trouble over alleged over-charging for Iraq contracts, is being probed for its deals in Iran.
A US grand jury has demanded documents relating to contracts in Iran - subject to US sanctions - by a Halliburton subsidiary based in the Cayman Islands.

The firm, which used to be run by US Vice-President Dick Cheney, said it was certain the deals were legal.

Another unit, KBR, is being probed over Iraq, while other investigations are examining deals in Nigeria.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3908753.stm

Google search: Halliburton Iran

[Carolab]

27. Actually Mark Dayton

my good Democratic senator from Minnesota, started the ball rolling on the Halliburton profiteering investigation. He also brought out the NORAD-FAA lies/contradictions in the 9/11 commission report at the hearing the day after the DNC.

[hyphenate]

23. Well, we all know that Halliburton

is the preferred contractor for the Devil and his spawn anyhow, so unless we're prepared to hold an exorcism, we can't do diddly until we win the election. :\

[RevCheesehead]

25. Tinfoil Hat alert

This has probably been discussed everywhere, but I'm convinced that * entered office looking for a war. When 9/11 "conveniently" happened, he had a perfect opportunity, and asked for a blank check to get Osama. Suddenly Iraq is our new enemy and we need to invade their country. Halliburton wins a no-bid contract.

In the last week, I read that the defense department is low on funds, and wants to divert $ specified for Iraqi infrastructure to go to the war effort. Then, of course, we'll have to approve more $ for re-building what we're eagerly destroying. A win/win for Halliburton, a Catch 22 for America.

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