Right wing Idiocy

Target: Dick Cheney

Topic: Miscellaneous Distortions

Date: 8/4/2000

Quote/Claim:"Governor Bush and I are also absolutely determined that [we] will restore a tone of civility and decency to the debate in Washington. [Source: Boston Globe]"

Fact:"F*** yourself - Vice President Dick Cheney to Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT) on the Senate Floor, 6/22/04"

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Topic: Weapons of Mass Destruction

Date: 8/26/2002

Quote/Claim:"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt that he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us.” [White House Web site]"

Fact:"Iraq did not have a large, ongoing, centrally controlled chemical weapons program after 1991… Iraq's large-scale capability to develop, produce, and fill new CW munitions was reduced - if not entirely destroyed - during Operations Desert Storm and Desert Fox, 13 years of UN sanctions and UN inspections.” - Bush Administration Weapons Inspector David Kay, 10/2/03"

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Topic: Military/Troops

Date: 4/26/2004

Quote/Claim:"It is irresponsible to vote against vital support for the United States military [and] repeatedly call for major reductions or outright cancellations of many of our most important weapons systems.” [Source: White House Web site]"

The F-14B, of course, we're terminating in '90. There's no new money in it for '91. The AHIP, the Phoenix missile, the F-15 aircraft, et cetera -- all of those are being terminated in '91…The Apache helicopter, of course, ends in '91. The M1 tank, we're proposing to shut down the M1 tank production lines in '91.” - Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, 2/1/90

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Topic: Halliburton

Date: 9/14/2003

Quote/Claim:"And since I left Halliburton to become George Bush’s vice president, I’ve severed all my ties with the company, gotten rid of all my financial interests. I have no financial interest in Halliburton of any kind and haven’t had now for over three years. [Source: Meet the Press transcript]"

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

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Hypocritical Vice President
Gee I wonder how Halliburton got a no bid contract in Iraq and what??? Your kidding!!! Now also New Orleans!!!!

Hmmmmmmm

You scratch my back I will scratch yours

Chuckw