T. Boone Pickens Says No Deal on Swift Boat Bounty

[kskiska]

Source: NYT

T. Boone Pickens is not giving up his million dollars.

That’s how much he had offered to pay anyone who could disprove any of the accusations the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth made against Senator John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election – attacks Mr. Pickens, the billionaire Texas oilman, helped finance.

A group of Swift boat veterans sympathetic to Mr. Kerry sent Mr. Pickens a letter last week taking him up on the challenge. In 12 pages, plus a 42-page attachment of military records and other documents, they identified not just one but ten lies in the group’s campaign against Mr. Kerry. They offered to meet with him to provide Mr. Kerry’s journals and videotapes from Vietnam and a copy of his full military record certified by the Navy – a key demand of Mr. Pickens and veterans who believe Mr. Kerry lied about his service to win his military decorations.

Mr. Pickens replied with a one-page letter, thanking the veterans for their research and their service, but politely saying there had been a misunderstanding. “Key aspects of my offer of $1 million have not been accurately reported,” he wrote.

(snip)

In his letter, Mr. Pickens explained that his bet actually applied to only the television ads the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth bought, and not to their bestselling book or the media interviews that generated more attention than the ads themselves.

Read more: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/t-boone-pickens-says-no-deal/

[davidinalameda]

1. T. Boone knew that he'd lose

asshole

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. huh, what a surprise

[tularetom]

3. And besides he had his fingers toes and eyeballs crossed

when he made the offer.

Pussy.

[Lint Head]

4. That is why he is a greedy fuck!

:dem:

[sakabatou]

5. Gee, who would've guessed

:eyes:

[Fridays Child]

15. Exactly. A dishonest Republican? Quelle surprise.

Wake me when someone lines up five honest ones in a row.

[SpiralHawk]

22. Another republicon chickenhawk jerk off - corrupt to the core

as usual.

[wisteria]

6. Picken's should be forced to give up the money. He keeps changing the his requirements,

but the only one that counts is the first challenge he made to Senator Kerry. Now he doesn't want to play fair because he knows he is wrong and a liar who supported other liars. The cheap bastard needs to fork over the money- he lost the bet.

[anitar1]

11. Wisteria, Isn't ole T. Boone from Texas? Seems as if a large band of

crooks and liars live down there. Sorry DUers from Texas, but these guys should be kicked out of the state.

[bmbmd]

25. I'm from Texas, too.

Says so in my profile. You must be really ashamed of your state to not even give a shout out in your profile. Wherever you really are from, I bet you've got your share of "crooks and liars" too.

[Jakes Progress]

29. We could do that, but

every time we kick one out, you idiots go and make him president.

[JAbuchan08]

32. You didn't kick him out

you nominated him for a promotion!

[Jakes Progress]

33. He wasn't nominated by Texas

though we were glad to be rid of him.

Truth is he's no Texan. He's a Connecticut Yankee that y'all sent down here to mess things up. He did that, so we sent him back.

[damntexdem]

86. But he does have a pig farm down here.

Mostly harvests brush.

[Jakes Progress]

87. Which he bought after he was nominated.

He never lived in the country and is afraid of horses. He's a Highland Park kind of guy. Saw where he was moving there after the election. Limos and restricted country clubs, that's him. He'll be grateful to get to stop playing cowboy; the boots chafe his delicate feet.

[yardwork]

55. LOL!

[MikeNearMcChord]

39. And it looks like he bought the Oklahoma State University athletics.

(well he calls it donations)My condolences to the alumni

[JNelson6563]

53. Oh come on now.

There's not a state in the union that doesn't have it's share of crooks and liars. Additionally every state has contributed fine people too. May I remind you Texas gave us Ann Richards, Molly Ivans, Jim Hightower and a bunch of other fine folks?

Yeah, Texas has some assholes but so does Michigan (my beloved state), Florida, California and every other state in the nation.

Julie

[Purveyor]

7. T. Boone Pickens 'word' has never been good and you can take that to the 'bank'...

[Starbucks Anarchist]

8. Is it just me, or does "T. Boone Pickens" sound like a blues musician?

[Vilis Veritas]

26. More like the left overs from a steak...

a useless lump of gristle and bone...

saddlesore

[RaleighNCDUer]

42. To me, it sounds like a caricature of a crooked southern Republican

oil man in a 1930s Frank Capra movie.

[ElboRuum]

47. Actually, I think it sounds like an extra from Bonanza.

[1monster]

50. Are you thinking of Slim Pickins? T. Boone isn't honest enough to be a musician of any kind.

When I hear T. Boone Pickins, I think of the term Greenmail. I believe it was coined just for him.

As in, "Give me the green (money, money, money, and more money), or I'll take over your company, strip it clean, and leave it to die in the desert..."

[Dukkha]

51. I think he the Texan from The Simpsons

[Bake]

69. That would be T. Bone Pickins ...

Close but no cigar!

:rofl:

Or the famous blues club (which I plan to open someday), T. Bone's Pickin'.

Bake

[lark]

76. That would be an insult to many a fine musician

They are artists where he just tries to artfully lie.

[librechik]

94. Indeed. I keep asking myself, who's writng this script? Dickens???

From Dusty Foggo the intelligence op, to Scooter Libby, Cheney's little errand boy. Monica Goodling the lawbreaker. I could go on.

It adds such surrealism to the whole reality experience. When am i going to wake up from this awful dream?

[Wizard777]

9. If his words were broadcast over any media the FCC has jurisdiction over. It's a binding contract.

He is obligated to the terms broadcasted. He cannot redefine terms later. If Oprah says on air, Everybody in the audience is getting a new car. She MUST buy everyone in the audience a new car. If she does not. They can sue her. If your local smartass DJ says even as smartass retort you win a new car. He has to give you a new car.

They can also use the proof that SwiftBoat veterans lied to sue them for libel. They might get awarded far more than 1 million if they do.

[skyounkin]

14. all this scumbag

has to do is appeal it up to the supreme court- then no go...........

But as to the OP- this is not a big surprise- he is just another slimey little millionare bastard with too much money.

[djp2]

62. lawsuit!

Sue for breach of promise...a contract is a contract..offer.acceptance..conditions met, even if its oral!

[Wizard777]

84. Verbal contracts are usually deemed to be in the air and only enforceable as long as neither party

disputes the validity of the verbal agreement. But when the verbal contract is preserved in a medium for future examination. It takes on the solidity of a written instrument. A video will is every bit as legal and enforceable as a written will.

[provis99]

10. Pickens is a gutless coward

typical "windshield cowboy". Those swift boat veterans should sue his ass off for fraud and misrepresentation.

[Hissyspit]

12. Fucking asshole of a liar.

And now America knows it, Mr. Pickens.

[barbtries]

73. not many of them

http://www.google.com/search?q=pickens+reneges&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
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everybody in the world heard their bullshit. now the truth is out there and the msm is quiet as a mouse. motherfuckers.

[rooboy]

13. All hat, no cattle. n/t

[tavalon]

16. So, he's a lying jackass as well as a hypocrite?

Not that it wasn't quite obvious from the get go.

[Doug.Goodall]

18. So typical of Republicans

Lie to get the headline
Lie about what they meant
Then renege on the deal
(The next step is to blame the Democrats for the whole mess, but Pickens hasn't gotten that far yet.)

[truthisfreedom]

17. I guess we know what the T. stands for, huh? "Takeback Boone Pickens."

Reneger.

[hvn_nbr_2]

85. Two-faced. nt

[mwb970]

19. Another Republican jerk.

The sewer is full of them!

[chelsea0011]

20. So, he's decided to screw all the disabled vets the cash would go to?

You would think this is a MSM story.

[MH1]

97. If it were a democrat,

(doing something similar)

you can bet it would be all over Fox, CNN, parts of NBC, CBS and NPR, and of course 24/7 right wing talk radio.

[DeepModem Mom]

21. K&R

[Blue_Tires]

23. coward...

[EstimatedProphet]

24. I drink your milkshake!

[Vogon_Glory]

27. T. Boone Pickens: Commodore of the Weasel-Boat Fleet

T. Boone Pickens, Commodore of the Weasel-Boat Fleet. T. Boone's challenge has been met and he chose to weasel out of the deal.

On the other hand, maybe I'm being too hard on him. Maybe he'll need the money to set up residence abroad when a Democratic presidential administration starts investigating the sleazy campaign administration of the incumbent crew and finds tons of evidence not only for indictment, but also successful prosecution.

Will T. Boone Pickens turn into a Taco Bell (tm) Republican and "run for the border" when a post-Shrub Justice Department starts doing its job? Stay tuned.

[B3Nut]

28. Taco Bell Republican?? ahahahahahahaha

<snort> :rofl:

[unblock]

30. the swift boat liars lie, so why shouldn't the jerk who financed them lie as well?

duh.

[Swagman]

31. Take T.Boone to court for breach of contract !!

[ohtransplant]

34. Hey T Boone - What'erya - chicken???

Go count your dirty money. It must be worth more than your honor.

[DinahMoeHum]

36. No, he's more like: Psss psss psss psss psss! Psss psss psss psss psss!

Psss psss psss psss psss! Psss psss psss psss psss!

Got it yet?

:evilgrin:

[DinahMoeHum]

37. n/t

n/t

[ohtransplant]

41. Got it.

You nailed it! (Got it?)
:think:

[AllyCat]

35. Where were these sympathists during the '04 elections?

I expect nothing less of a chicken $hit like Pickens, but Kerry could have used this in '04 and they come out to defend him in '08???

[blm]

58. Go to DUs Research Forum thread on swifts - Kerry's allies were DENIED AIRTIME by networks

and one of the early swifts even wanted to declare he had been lied to by swifts and wanted to publicly recant and set the record straight, but news channels were no longer interested in giving him airtime once he switched sides.

Read through that thread and it becomes apparent that corpmedia was complicit - just as Dan Rather admitted last year, the corpmedia needed to protect Bush for the favorable FCC rulings they expected in a Bush second term.

[AllyCat]

80. I should have guessed as much.

Why are the press corpse giving them time now?

[blm]

91. Probably because of Dan Rather's lawsuit and his charge that corpmedia protected Bush

then for the favorable rulings they expected in a Bush second term. And McClellan's book tour where he validates the perception that media let Bush and the WH off the hook throughout that time.

[texastoast]

74. The "librul" media wouldn't give them time

Surprise!

[karynnj]

89. They went all over the country for Kerry

They were incredible and they went on some of the cable shows. It was incredibly hard on them to hear and see the attacks. they were not politicians or people used to being attacked - which they were.

I know one person who met a couple of them in NH. From what she said they were extremely convincing and they loved Kerry.

But, asking why the media didn't highlight the guys actually there - over the ones provably not there - they gave scant coverage to John Kerry's own response. It got far less coverage the day it was made itself than the SB liars did.

It was a media blessed character assassination. Think of that. Kerry, blessed with connections to everyone, intelligence, and family, fiancee and friends who loved him risked his life for his country in a mission that was beyond screwed up. He spoke up in Vietnam and spoke up to his new officer as soon as he returned (Tour of Duty) But, with Pickens, it wasn't even speaking out on Vietnam that motivated him - it was greed. It has as much to do with oil as it did with Vietnam.

Why did the media do it - who knows? But, it is a sad way to repay a good young man who volunteered to serve and did so with honor and distinction.

[Doctor_J]

38. So he's a liar and a cheat besides being a sleazy hate-monger

when our torches and pitchforks come out, I'll be one of the ones at Pickens' door.

[DinahMoeHum]

40. Fucking welcher.

Don't invite him over for poker or even a game of jacks - his money and his word suck.

:evilfrown:

[Iwillnevergiveup]

43. T. Boone Pickens

a/k/a "Slim" Pickens.

[RedLetterRev]

44. Typical chicken$hi+ republic

when it's made painfully obvious that they were wrong and they're going to lose, they change the rules. Sadly, nothing new here.

Det 'im a didy an' a pathafier, powder his widdle butt, big baby. Pickens is no man at all.

[AlCzervik]

45. Here Kitty, kitty.

[EV_Ares]

46. Thanks for posting, I hope this gets a lot of coverage as it might sink in to

some people about the lies and deception this administration and its allies perpetuated the past 8 years. Hell from the Department of Justice, Iraq, Economy, Walter Reed, Veterans Benefits, WTF more do the people of this country want.

The thing about this with what they did to Kerry is organizations such as The American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars went along with it. Those organizations are not out there benefiting or helping our soldiers. It is some old neo-con organziations any more.

[momster]

48. Code of the West?

When someone tries to weasel out of a bet, a debt, or a wedding, you ride 'em out of town on a rail. Anybody got a rail?

[mcg]

49. Sounds like an admission from Pickens that the SBVT lied. nt

[guitar man]

52. exactly

He didn't say he was denying the bounty because the claims weren't disproved...game, set, match.

[Zambero]

54. Truth be told: Lies work much better than facts

The 2004 swift boating lies and the free media publicity that ensued provided the margin of victory in the last presidential election, courtesy of Pickens and his band of liars. I'm sure Pickens is a "forward thinking" individual who would much rather spend $1 million on another round of slanderous attack ads against Obama, as opposed to keeping his word. At least he's consistent -- he willfully backs up the lies of others, in addition to his own lies.

[djp2]

63. Lawsuit defense

He'd rather spend a $1 million on defending a lawsuit against himself than to give it to a LIBERAL cause!

[yardwork]

56. T. Boone Chicken.

A real man would admit he was wrong and pay up.

[Danger Mouse]

57. What a snivelling piece of shit.

[DainBramaged]

59. Fuck him, he'll be facing Gabriel pretty soon anyway

Stupid old douche bag, my he be punished in Hell by drowning in oil for eternity.

Now, want to know how I really feel about this anal wart?

[blogslut]

60. Anyone that knows old Boone

...knows that he is famous for breaking promises. The question is, will he be donating money to that new swiftboats-in-disguise PAC - Freedom's Watch?

[jwirr]

61. Well for sure there is still one asshole repub still following *ss.

[johnlal]

64. The ultimate truth that Swiftboat was a lie

Texas Billionaire Blowhard behind the Swiftboat attacks won't put his money where his mouth is.

Proof enough for me.

[Raster]

67. How true! And it should speak volumes. If he was so sure of his claims and those of the

Swift Boat Liars, he would put his money where his mouth is. Don't. Hold. Your. Breath.

[happygoluckytoyou]

65. getting T-BONED

[Raster]

66. Pickens has NEVER been known as a man of his word. NEVER!

Jesus Christ could present the evidence with a Heavenly Host singing backup and Pickens would find some way to worm out of his deal. Pickens will NEVER honor his arrangement, simply because he does not win. The man is NOT TRUSTWORTHY, nor is he fair and honest. And it's not because he's Texan, it's because he's a dishonest asshole and blowhard that just happens to be from Texas.

“Key aspects of my offer of $1 million have not been accurately reported,” he wrote. Yeah, key aspects like "I never intended to honor my offer." For rethuglican liars like Pickens, it's not about telling the truth, it's about perpetuating the lie. He knows full and well that the Swift Boat Liars are politically motivated and, well, LIARS. Pickens is one also. A LIAR.

[lisa58]

68. coward

[4_TN_TITANS]

70. What's a million dollars to some hard-researching vets

out of his deep pocket? Keep on supporting those troop asshole.

[Forrest Greene]

71. T. Boone Pickens Is A Piker & A Bet-Welcher

He sports a cornball moniker, too.

[fascisthunter]

72. dishonest liar

for some he's a good man trying to win at all costs.

[lark]

75. All Texas Republican men

seem to be all hat and no cattle.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

77. we always knew who the liar really was, didn't we? n/t

[Plucketeer]

78. Picken's 'n Choosin the rules as the game goes along.

Geez - where have we seen THAT before??? Of course, all the Day's Work, aw shit crowd will say "SEE! Them Kerry lovers cain't come up wit no prufe aftur awl!" :dunce:

[jeff30997]

82. "Kerry lovers cain't come up wit no prufe aftur awl!"

Lol! And here's a pretty picture of the guy saying that:

[Plucketeer]

92. I say - I say...

..R yu a-makin' fun'a me?? :rofl: Thanks for the image. Ewe nayled it!

[MasonJar]

79. He is a pathetic excuse for a breathing organism. Get away from my air,

you swift boat lying scum. This should be advertised far and near. This should help Obama avoid the Swiftboaters.

[ConservativeDemocrat]

81. Sue his ass

By common law, a broadcast verbal offer is a contract.
He is in breach of contract.

- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community

[The Wizard]

83. Some people are saying

he needs the money to silence his gay lover. But who'd believe a manly Republican would have a gay lover?

[progressoid]

88. Not surprised that he'd renege

[vssmith]

90. Nose Pickens

[Riddler]

93. I'm calling all news media outlets tomorrow and offering $100,000,000 to anyone who can prove to MY

satisfaction that Pickens is NOT a lying, hypocrite, right-wing scumbag.

[Politicub]

95. T. Boone Pickens is a liar and a scoundrel

No surprise here he isn't living up to his end of the bargain. What a douche.

[ThoughtCriminal]

96. What was in the TV ads?

Since he claims the bet applies to those.