Who Was It That Called "Fact Check Dot Org" A Republican Site?

[The Great Escape]

Or am I just imagining this happened?

[CatWoman]

1. I believe it was Ed Gillespie

[clydefrand]

2. Cheney said

He said that Factcheck.com had defended him. Here is the info from Factcheck.org disputing what he said last night.

I don't know who said it was a republican site.

Cheney & Edwards Mangle Facts

Getting it wrong about combat pay, Halliburton, and FactCheck.org

10.06.2004

Summary




Cheney wrongly implied that FactCheck had defended his tenure as CEO of Halliburton Co., and the vice president even got our name wrong. He overstated matters when he said Edwards voted "for the war" and "to commit the troops, to send them to war." He exaggerated the number of times Kerry has voted to raise taxes, and puffed up the number of small business owners who would see a tax increase under Kerry's proposals.


Guess who's site is factcheck.com???
None other than....drum roll

http://www.georgesoros.com/

:bounce:

[DulceDecorum]

3. Cheney double-crosses EVERYONE

Himself included.

Nothing personal.
Just on principle.

[glitch]

4. LOL! nt

:evilgrin:

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Heheheh!

[stickdog]

6. Me

This analysis is 100% Faux Newsworthy:

http://www.factcheck.org/article.aspx?docID=261

A Kerry ad implies Cheney has a financial interest in Halliburton and is profiting from the company's contracts in Iraq. The fact is, Cheney doesn't gain a penny from Halliburton's contracts, and almost certainly won't lose even if Halliburton goes bankrupt.

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That still would leave the possibility that Cheney could profit from his Halliburton stock options if the company's stock rises in value. However, Cheney and his wife Lynne have assigned any future profits from their stock options in Halliburton and several other companies to charity. And we're not just taking the Cheney's word for this -- we asked for a copy of the legal agreement they signed, which we post here publicly for the first time.

The "Gift Trust Agreement" the Cheney's signed two days before he took office turns over power of attorney to a trust administrator to sell the options at some future time and to give the after-tax profits to three charities. The agreement specifies that 40% will go to the University of Wyoming (Cheney's home state), 40% will go to George Washington University's medical faculty to be used for tax-exempt charitable purposes, and 20% will go to Capital Partners for Education , a charity that provides financial aid for low-income students in Washington, DC to attend private and religious schools.

The agreement states that it is "irrevocable and may not be terminated, waived or amended," so the Cheney's can't take back their options later. The options owned by the Cheney's have been valued at nearly $8 million, his attorney says. Such valuations are rough estimates only -- the actual value will depend on what happens to stock prices in the future, which of course can't be known beforehand. But it is clear that giving up rights to the future profits constitutes a significant financial sacrifice, and a sizeable donation to the chosen charities.


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1) Please explain what would happen if Cheney broke his "irrevocable" agreement.

2) Even if Cheney "gives" the $6-10 million he's made off of post-9/11 war profiteering "to charity", he will still realize MILLIONS in tax benefits!

And that's a FACT!