"Xomicron" <xomicron@wp.pl> wrote

Once again ... Halliburton was awarded this services
contract under the Clinton administration.

*****.

Now you idiots are pretending that Clinton was President
in 2003?

"Xomicron"

Here's the thing though -- Bill Clinton didn't start a dubious war for
the SOLE PURPOSE of rewarding Helliburton and other defense companies
for their campaign donations.

Here's the thing though -- Bill Clinton didn't start a dubious war for
the SOLE PURPOSE of rewarding Helliburton and other defense companies
for their campaign donations.

And the reason Halliburton gets no-bid work assignments is,
admittedly, the stuff they do is fairly exclusive. You can't exactly
pick up the yellow pages and find "Burning Oil-Well Firefighters"

On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 14:03:21 GMT, <J6lvc.306$vO1.3128@nnrp1.uunet.ca>

<xomicron@wp.pl> wrote:

Take note, all you people who are always trying to say that this
administration is responsible for Halliburton getting so many government
contracts.
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HERE WE GO WITH HALLIBURTON AGAIN

This is turning into a farce, but then again that's a liberal specialty.
The media has once again climbed aboard the Halliburton merry-go-round.
This is the oil services company that Vice President ***** Cheney headed
before he took a gigantic pay cut to become President Bush's running
mate. The latest accusation: ***** Cheney coordinated a huge government
contract for Iraq.

The "smoking gun" is apparently an e-mail over a year old stating that
the contract for Halliburton was "coordinated with the VP's office."
Cheney's spokesman said the e-mail was sent as a heads-up in
anticipation of the controversy over awarding the contract, since he
used to head the firm. That's it. Nothing really to it.

Once again ... Halliburton was awarded this services contract under the
Clinton administration. In the 1990s the Army wanted to get outside
help handling the logistics associated with actions overseas. That's
when the Army came up with LOGCAP, the U.S. Army Logistics Civil
Augmentation Program. Halliburton first won the competitive bid for
LOGCAP in 1992. It lost the contract in 1997. Who was president in
1997? Someone named Bill Clinton. Halliburton was out, but Clinton
needed help with his logistics efforts in Bosnia. Who did he turn to?
Halliburton? He gave another contract to Halliburton with NO
COMPETITIVE BIDDING. Halliburton then won the competitive bidding
process again in 2001. So .. which party seems to favor Halliburton?
In 1992 and in 2001, under Republican presidents, Halliburton wins
competitive bids for LOGCAP. In 1997, under a Democratic president,
Halliburton gets the contract without a bid.

So ... Bush haters. Get over it. If anyone was showing favoritism to
Halliburton, it was Clinton, not Bush and Cheney.

It's interesting that the Bush-haters think Cheney is some sort of evil
mastermind ripping off the government and enriching his buddies at
Halliburton, while at the same time accusing him of being stupid enough
to coordinate a huge contract with a company with which they say he has
a conflict of interest. So...which is it?

You will confuse leftist kooks with facts.