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Title: Giuliani's law firm tied to Venezuela's Chavez
Post by: OzmO on March 15, 2007, 03:03:08 PM: Thoughts?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/15/giuliani.chavez/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/15/giuliani.chavez/index.html)
Title: Re: Giuliani's law firm tied to Venezuela's Chavez
Post by: ieffinhatecardio on March 15, 2007, 03:08:18 PM: As was reported by others, there might be facts concerning Mr. Guiliani that the general public probably won't like and that will hinder his campaign. I'd say this is one of them.

And Berserker is going to be THRILLED. ;D
Title: Re: Giuliani's law firm tied to Venezuela's Chavez
Post by: ribonucleic on March 15, 2007, 03:09:16 PM: Quote from: OzmO on March 15, 2007, 03:03:08 PM
Thoughts?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/15/giuliani.chavez/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/15/giuliani.chavez/index.html)

Meh. The only thing a big-time law firm like that cares about in their clients is whether their check clears.

There's plenty of better reasons to dislike Giuliani.
Title: Re: Giuliani's law firm tied to Venezuela's Chavez
Post by: OKMike on March 15, 2007, 03:11:14 PM: I was waiting for someone to post this. It said they were clients before Giuliani was with the firm and that he had no personal dealings with them.
Title: Re: Giuliani's law firm tied to Venezuela's Chavez
Post by: OzmO on March 15, 2007, 03:52:38 PM: Quote from: OKMike on March 15, 2007, 03:11:14 PM
I was waiting for someone to post this. It said they were clients before Giuliani was with the firm and that he had no personal dealings with them.

so this basically is a non-issue?
Title: Re: Giuliani's law firm tied to Venezuela's Chavez
Post by: ieffinhatecardio on March 15, 2007, 03:54:50 PM: Quote from: OzmO on March 15, 2007, 03:52:38 PM
so this basically is a non-issue?

How can it be a non-issue when he is making money off of Chavez?
Title: Re: Giuliani's law firm tied to Venezuela's Chavez
Post by: ribonucleic on March 15, 2007, 04:01:16 PM: Quote from: ieffinhatecardio on March 15, 2007, 03:54:50 PM
How can it be a non-issue when he is making money off of Chavez?

Cheney is making money off giving US soldiers contaminated drinking water.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/22/AR2006012200853.html

Which seems more offensive to you?
Title: Re: Giuliani's law firm tied to Venezuela's Chavez
Post by: Dos Equis on March 15, 2007, 04:02:12 PM: Quote from: OzmO on March 15, 2007, 03:52:38 PM
so this basically is a non-issue?

Yes.
Title: Re: Giuliani's law firm tied to Venezuela's Chavez
Post by: ieffinhatecardio on March 15, 2007, 04:15:19 PM: Quote from: ribonucleic on March 15, 2007, 04:01:16 PM
Cheney is making money off giving US soldiers contaminated drinking water.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/22/AR2006012200853.html

Which seems more offensive to you?

How is Cheney making money off of this? Who to believe, the company or the specialist?
Title: Re: Giuliani's law firm tied to Venezuela's Chavez
Post by: ribonucleic on March 15, 2007, 04:18:29 PM: Quote from: ieffinhatecardio on March 15, 2007, 04:15:19 PM
How is Cheney making money off of this?

A report by the Congressional Research Service undermines Vice President Dick Cheney's denial of a continuing relationship with Halliburton Co., the energy company he once led...

The report says a public official's unexercised stock options and deferred salary fall within the definition of "retained ties" to his former company.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/09/26/politics/main575356.shtml
Title: Re: Giuliani's law firm tied to Venezuela's Chavez
Post by: Al-Gebra on March 15, 2007, 04:22:07 PM: Since venezuela sells us a huge amount of the oil we need, and we need lawyers to deal w them . . . why is this even an issue?

It should only be an issue after we cut our consumption down to the pt where we no longer use convenient venezuelan oil.
Title: Re: Giuliani's law firm tied to Venezuela's Chavez
Post by: Camel Jockey on March 15, 2007, 04:42:06 PM: Quote from: Al-Gebra on March 15, 2007, 04:22:07 PM
Since venezuela sells us a huge amount of the oil we need, and we need lawyers to deal w them . . . why is this even an issue?

It's not. It's just like when people say not to fill up at the local Citgo. ::)