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Thursday, July 20, 2006
Lieberman Owns Halliburton Stock
If this is true, wow:
Remember this from way back at the beginning of this week?
Lieberman is the top Senate recipient of defense industry campaign contributions from either party, including, as the New York Times reported earlier today, companies receiving contracts in Iraq like Bechtel and Fluor International.
Now it turns out that Lieberman was playing Mark Davis for a fool, and he himself holds Halliburton stock. It is the third largest holding, in fact, in his "Victory Fund" mutual fund (PDF of Lieberman’s 2005 Personal Finance Disclosure Statement, p. 7, line 7).
Remember this from way back at the beginning of this week?
"...[Ned Lamont] has stock in 'Halliburton,' and he has stock in, more stock in some of the big oil companies. That's something for everybody to judge," says Joe Lieberman, (D) Connecticut.
"That would be a crime?" asks Mark Davis.
"Oh no, this is just public right to know."
Lieberman is the top Senate recipient of defense industry campaign contributions from either party, including, as the New York Times reported earlier today, companies receiving contracts in Iraq like Bechtel and Fluor International.
posted by tparty at 3:48 PM 
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Two things, folks, to bear in mind about Bill Clinton's planned visit next Monday (07/24) to stump for Holy Joe:
1) As noted below, BOTH BILL AND HILLARY HAVE ALREADY PROMISED TO BACK WHOEVER WINS THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY IN CONNECTICUT. Period.
2) Whenever any opportunity arises to do so publicly -- on a radio call-in show, at a meet/greet with the cameras running, etc. -- make a point of saying something along these lines:
a) "Gee, it's so good of President Clinton to be so forgiving of the guy who enabled the out-of-control Republican Congress to put the country through the three-year hell of a bogus impeachment crisis."
OR:
b) (the direct approach) "How can you be so nice to the guy who put you and us through three years of hell on toast?!?"
If we make sure the Connecticut airwaves and newspapers are filled with reminders of how Lieberman screwed the Clintons, then suddenly Holy Joe won't be so happy that Bill's putting in an appearance.
To start things off, how 'bout writing a letter to the folks at the Hartford Courant complete with reminders of How Holy Joe Backstabbed The Clintons? Either click here, or use letters@courant.com. If everybody who complained about the Clinton visit did this -- and in time to fill the Letters sections of the Sunday and Monday editions of the Courant -- then that'll go a LONG way towards using the Clinton visit as a judo move on Holy Joe.
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1) As noted below, BOTH BILL AND HILLARY HAVE ALREADY PROMISED TO BACK WHOEVER WINS THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY IN CONNECTICUT. Period.
2) Whenever any opportunity arises to do so publicly -- on a radio call-in show, at a meet/greet with the cameras running, etc. -- make a point of saying something along these lines:
a) "Gee, it's so good of President Clinton to be so forgiving of the guy who enabled the out-of-control Republican Congress to put the country through the three-year hell of a bogus impeachment crisis."
OR:
b) (the direct approach) "How can you be so nice to the guy who put you and us through three years of hell on toast?!?"
If we make sure the Connecticut airwaves and newspapers are filled with reminders of how Lieberman screwed the Clintons, then suddenly Holy Joe won't be so happy that Bill's putting in an appearance.
To start things off, how 'bout writing a letter to the folks at the Hartford Courant complete with reminders of How Holy Joe Backstabbed The Clintons? Either click here, or use letters@courant.com. If everybody who complained about the Clinton visit did this -- and in time to fill the Letters sections of the Sunday and Monday editions of the Courant -- then that'll go a LONG way towards using the Clinton visit as a judo move on Holy Joe.
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