CHENEY ADMITS BRIBE FROM HALIBURTON!

(Thoughts from an earlier conversation today) As you should know, Dick Cheney still gets money from Haliburton. He gets millions of dollars--NOW--while serving as the VP and clearly wielding influence that got them their No-Bid contracts worth Billions.

None the less, we have gotten the defense that this money comes from an agreement he made before being elected. Supposedly (and I believe this) he made an agreement to defer payment of "his pay" into the future. They’d fall as payments over the ensuing years and the deal was struck regardless if he was elected VP or not.

Now we, like the press, are expected to be OK with that. Well, I’m not and they shouldn’t be.

OK, just what the hell IS a bribe if not a pre-payment for some benefit to be delivered later? Is the fact that they worked the logistics out ahead of time supposed to make it not a bribe? They claim that no one knew if he was going to be elected so how could it be a bribe. Well, that implies that you are only bribing someone if you KNOW what you want will come to pass. That’s not true at all.

It’s a prepayment for something to be done in the future. No one bribes AFTER THE FACT! This has always been the explanation from the VP and the press has just nodded its head. They act as if an agreement to give millions to a guy that can influence the government to giver your company billion$ in no bid contracts is just some sort of common business set up. Its not. They tried to impeach Clinton over a land deal where he’d LOST money and they couldn’t prove the undue influence. Here the VP admits it and we’re supposed to act like its all ok.

Cheney should be held accountable. Don’t hold your breath.