So in the midst of all the Bush pronouncements on restoring confidence to the economy and cracking down on corporate offenders, where’s Dick Cheney? After all, it was his business acumen as CEO of Halliburton that was a major rah-rah point during the 2000 election.
Cheney’s tenure at Halliburton raises some of the issues that have enraged investors in companies such as Global Crossing and Enron: big fish making millions from stock sales while small-fry shareholders and employees get swallowed. Cheney’s response? “We don’t discuss Halliburton issues,” says Mary Matalin, Cheney’s chief political aide. “His view is that it would be a distraction from what he’s trying to get done here.” Cheney’s office has been referring questions to Halliburton, which doesn’t appreciate the attention. “At some point, [Cheney] is going to have to address these [accounting] questions,” says Wendy Hall, a Halliburton spokeswoman.
Depending on how the mid-term elections go, Cheney may be the first one-term veep in a long time (though I’m sure it will be couched in health terms).
Haven’t you seen his commercial praising Arthur Anderson to the skies? For weeks he’s been sitting around moaning because no matter what he says there are a dozen guys waiting to splice in the commercial footage right behind it.
Serves the shitbag right.
Sure. I even quote him here.
Right, I forgot. Anyway, what could he possibly say? Especially if he’s guilty as sin. Dubbya can spout hypocritical crap and threaten action without taking any just as well as Dick can, and Dubbya probably doesn’t realize how bad it looks and sounds. Dick knows better. Dick may even be contemplating the fact that the changes he and his party fought for and got have led to moral bankruptcy of most of his class and are genuinely harming his nation in time of war.
It would be pretty to think so.