Obama meets T. Boone Pickens, billionaire oil investor & funder of '04 'Swift Boat' attacks

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Obama meets oilman, funder of '04 'Swift Boat' attacks
Reuters
Published: Sunday August 17, 2008



http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Obama_meets_oilman_funder_of_04_0817.html

RENO, Nevada (Reuters) - White House hopeful Barack Obama talked energy policy on Sunday with T. Boone Pickens, a billionaire oil investor who funded the "Swift Boat" attacks on Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry in 2004.

Pickens, a lifelong Republican, has endorsed neither his party's candidate, Arizona Sen. John McCain, nor Democrat Obama in the November 4 election and wants to make energy a top campaign issue.

He has advocated a plan to cut U.S. oil use by converting cars to run on natural gas.

Pickens funded efforts in 2004 by a group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, which sought to discredit Kerry's military service in Vietnam. The Massachusetts senator's initially tepid response to the attacks was partially credited for his loss to President George W. Bush.

Obama brushed off Pickens' past at the start of a meeting that the Texas energy tycoon requested on Sunday.

"You know, he's got a lot longer track record than that," the Illinois senator told reporters when asked how it felt to meet with someone who tore down his Democratic predecessor in 2004.

"He's a legendary entrepreneur, and, you know, one of the things that I think we have to unify the country around is having an intelligent energy policy," Obama said.

[Mass]

1. Which politico.com uses immediately to justify Corsi's legitimacy.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12591.html

[blm]

2. This is the STUPIDEST move Obama has made - accepting Pickens, the man responsible for Corsi and

his books filled with lies. Just so Pickens can play an entire left segment of the country into believing he cares about environmental issues when what he really wants is all that land above HIS WATER subsidized so people will be paying HIM by the truckloads for wind AND the water below it. That's called HOLDING REAL POWER, people.

[rainbow4321]

3. Ding, ding, ding..we have a winner. His water deal in TX:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3813201&mesg_id=3813201



http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3813201&mesg_id=3813201


May not be a good time to cozy up to/ ask for support from this guy. I can see the M$M using this against any Dem who does so by asking: "so you AGREE with him possibly using "eminent domain" against home/landowners in TX??"

[blm]

5. EXACTLY....and look how many Dems are falling for it. Harry Reid will talk about this in Denver

and you just have to wonder who the hell is advising the party on this fascist move to privatize wind and water?

[Major Hogwash]

4. Judas Priest! Is Obama gonna talk to Bush and Cheney about the war, too?

Good fucking god!

Talk about trying to lick your own backside!!