Now It's Time for Bush Campaign to Release Which Lobbyists Were Part

[UpInArms]

of Cheney's Secret Energy Task Force, Says Kerry Campaign

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usnw/20040422/pl_usnw/now_it_s_time_for_bush_campaign_to_release_which_lobbyists_were_part_of_cheney_s_secret_energy_task_force__says_kerry_campaign1

One day after John Kerry released the most detailed list of lobbyists contacts of any candidate for President, Kerry Campaign Manager Mary Beth Cahill today called on the Bush campaign to release a full list of lobbyists who were part of Dick Cheney (news - web sites)'s secret energy task force: "Yesterday John Kerry released a list of lobbyist meetings in an effort to demonstrate his openness in government. This is the most detailed list of lobbyist contacts that any candidate for president has ever made public. Now it's time for the Bush campaign to finally come clean and tell the American people which oil company lobbyists were part of Dick Cheney's secret energy task force. Who were these lobbyists, and who did they represent? Have they influenced the President's decision not to 'jawbone' O.P.E.C., and his decision to do nothing to address the current gas crisis?" FACTS: White House Welcomed Oil & Gas Industry for Internal Energy Policy-Making

"Oil and gas industry leaders have been streaming into Washington for talks with Cheney, Lundquist, and congressional leaders. Executives from such industry giants as Chevron Corp., Exxon Mobil Corp., Shell Oil Co., as well as company and trade group lobbyists, held productive sessions with task force officials. The Bush Administration is shaping up as the most friendly one the oil industry has seen in many years. The Administration has been echoing industry's desire to increase oil and gas production in areas that have been off-limits, including on some federal lands. (National Journal, 4/7/01)

Bush's Secret Task Force Wouldn't Meet With Environmental Groups.

According to the Washington Post, "Environmental groups complain that Cheney won't meet with their leaders while the vice president sits down with a parade of industry officials. The nation's powerful environmental lobby is ready to pounce on any report that will shift policy from conservation toward increased energy production -- a central argument of the Bush report." (Washington Post, 4/16/01) Enron's Ken Lay Had Personal Access to Cheney, Energy Task Force.

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[Noon_Blue_Apples]

1. very well done

did not check link but I like.

Talk environment but people at this stage will naturally infer Iraq in the picture.

Bill

[FreakinDJ]

2. Kerry is taking the fight to the White house

Let them squirm on this one for a while.

The bottom line...This is the most manipulative and secretive White House administration most journalist have ever seen.

At the same time this is the most spin and out right lies the American People have ever been subjected to

[Skittles]

3. question

was a bin Laden rep involved in that meeting? Or the Taliban? That is what I am guessing.

[sandnsea]

4. Maybe both

My bet is on the Taliban though. They did give them that $40+ million in 2001. I bet the reason they decided to start "working with" the warlords in the south of Afghanistan instead of the north was because that's where the pipelines needed to go. And I bet it's all clear from these Energy meetings.

[Hobarticus]

5. Brilliant! Kerry sez "fongu"...

Attaboy, John. Take it right up to their front door.