Mitchell says huge oil for food scandal involving Texas Republicans.

[wurzel]

Andrea Mitchell said on Tweety that there is a huge scandal involving Texas Republican oil men and the Iraqi Oil for Food program. It has to do with a CIA report that blamed the French for the corruption. And the French are furious because they know how much Texas oil men were involved. Anyone know anything about this?

[molly]

1. Yep - I heard it also - who do we think it could be?

[wurzel]

7. Let us ask our media! How's that for an idea.

[nostamj]

2. hmmm... an 'october surprise' of a different flavor???

heard Mitchell this morning too...

Tweety: R or D?
Mitchell: R.

oh Josh! any dish on this?

[molly]

3. Ya know every pug has been blaming the French and

the UN - this is just too much - let them explain it.

[Blaze Diem]

4. This raised a few eyebrows...The French playing Hardball w/George

Who's got the goods on this info, and what foreign press do I have to read to find out more?

Let the outing begin. I want names!! Connections!!

[rockymountaindem]

5. Oh, yeah, I'm sure the press will be in a big hurry

to get to the bottom of this before the election.

sarcasm off

[qanda]

6. If the oil for food scandal didn't involve American companies

Then it would be so huge right now that it would be all the talking heads discussed. They mention it in passing, but you sure don't see Bush and his administration crowing about it a lot.

[Rose Siding]

8. Hasn't Fox News been covering the oil for food thing regularly?

You don't see many details beyond them. Might they use the spectre of "TX oil men" to draw others in?

This is just too exciting. It's a little confusing that the CIA report was used as a cover, isn't it?

[Misunderestimator]

9. Oh, I think we should ask this guy:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2473186

And thank him for the heads up. :)

[Rose Siding]

15. The Newsweek article says Oscar Wyatt is a Dem contributor

But an uncensored copy of the Duelfer report obtained by NEWSWEEK indicates Houston oil mogul Oscar Wyatt got oil allocations from Saddam which could have earned him and Coastal Corp.—a company he founded and ran until 2000—profits of more than $22 million. Wyatt and wife Lynn are major donors to political causes: since 1989 they have given nearly $700,000 in contributions, of which more than $500,000 went to Democrats. Wyatt told NEWSWEEK that his company did buy oil from Saddam but that he never did so personally, and that his company's dealings all complied with U.N. rules.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6214647/site/newsweek

[Mistress Quickly]

17. Check opensecrets.org

that's list any contributions

[Misunderestimator]

18. Jeez... I didn't ask you to repost his tripe... I was making a point

That this newbie posted this trying to insinuate that these guys are Kerry campaign contributors (even though they have not given ONE CENT to Kerry's campaign, if you read my posts below it)... that maybe this guy knows about the Oil for Food scandal since he posted the misleading article.

Sheesh.

[Rose Siding]

22. The Newsweek article is tripe?

It's current. Do you know that their info is erroneous?

You might note that I didn't say anything about any KERRY donations.

Sheesh back atcha.

[Misunderestimator]

24. Sheesh again... I meant the insinuation that the poster of that made

He made the insinuation about Kerry donations. Try reading my post again.

[Rose Siding]

25. Try reading mine!

I didn't echo any of "his" insinuations about Kerry.

[Misunderestimator]

26. Yes, honey, but you didn't get the point of my posting what I did...

and instead just quoted the same misleading part of the article he did, when his agenda was to imply that the Wyatt's are supporting Kerry's campaign. WHICH THEY ARE NOT.

[w4rma]

32. It's Texas and that guy is an oil man. You can bet that he gave to Bush's

governor campaign and not to Ann Richard's and you can bet that he gave to Bush's presidential campaign, and not to Gore's.

Those donations were most likely to local Dems who had held the majority in Texas up until Delay's redistricting.

[salin]

30. hehe... I caught that one as well

and noted the quick entrance and voluntary quietness after that... er.. informing thread.

[Owlet]

10. Check this earlier thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=893453


Exxon Mobil, ChevronTexaco, Valero and El Paso have all received subpoenas from a federal grand jury in New York investigating the program. Now that the report has been released, other companies and oil traders with Houston ties could be bracing for a Department of Justice probe.

[wurzel]

11. Great thread. Thanks.

[Skidmore]

12. Well if Mrs. Greenspan knows so gosh darn much about this

why doesn't she do the work of a good journalist and report the details? I'm so sick of these reporters tossing out rumor and innuendo without reporting facts.

[Ilsa]

31. Exactly. I'm sick of them playing their little games

as if they are above reporting the truth to the American people. Damned useless press we've got here in the US.

[Mary0505]

13. Oil for food link

I found this link in another board.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/09/international/middleeast/09sanctions.html?oref=login&th


WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 - Major American oil companies and a Texas oil investor were among those who received lucrative vouchers that enabled them to buy Iraqi oil under the United Nations oil-for-food program, according to a report prepared by the chief arms inspector for the Central Intelligence Agency.

[cally]

38. Thanks for the link

and welcome to DU!

[barb162]

14. no but if anyone finds this out I hope they post it ASAP!

those jerks need to be outed

[The Great Escape]

16. Hasn't O'Reilly Been Implying That The Oil For Food Thing Was Going ....

to break and embarrass France and Germany! I suppose he will drop this now.

[madmom]

19. Do you honestly think...

if there was any hint of a dem scandal here the right wing media wouldn't be all over it.

[yardwork]

29. It's telling that disruptors are here spinning this away from Rethugs

That tells me that this story will embarrass dubya and his supporters, so they're spinning like mad to try to shift the story to Democrats.

Rove always accuses the other side of what he himself has done.

[Misunderestimator]

35. Ding ding ding...

[lovuian]

20. democrats be ready Bush comes for you

The Democrats are going to see George plays Hardball

So if anybody had fun with Wyatt then they are at risk

[Rose Siding]

27. His old pal McCain is on the list of donation recipients, too

Isn't that convenient?

[charlie]

21. Mission Accomplished

Duelfer's report was the final stake that killed Bush's WMD madness.

So what's the big news today? A list of Oil for Food profiteers in the report. A twofer for Republicans, distraction from their war bungling and UN cronyism. Yay.

Meanwhile, no one has yet accounted for the $4 billion in oil revenues the CPA "lost".

[against all enemies]

23. Related Story - no names

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/09/politics/09diplo.html?oref=login

[knowbody0]

28. i sense a hallibutron connection as well

[TexasSissy]

33. Demforall posted this earlier. It's a Newsweek story. Link

is reported elsewhere in one of the posts to your posts, and in the original Demforall post.

I replied to the earlier post about what Andrea Mitchell said, as well. However, she may be wrong about it involving Repubs. It may involve Dems. If so....look out. This'll be a humdinger of an issue.

[Misunderestimator]

34. And if you look up the Wyatts, you'll find they have not made ANY

contributions in the 2004 campaign for either candidate. Demforall was trying to twist it into them being Kerry supporters, which they are not.

[TexasSissy]

36. Wyatt contributes to PACs, I think. Kerry did not take $ from PACs...

but * did.

[Sparkle]

37. I just think it's ironic that the freepers and Faux News people

are hollering for this oil for food to become a scandal to demonize the UN but in the process unleash a barage of corruption from a lot of republican businessmen.

[proud patriot]

39. I heard on Democracy Now last Friday that

all American Companies Names weren't removed from the list
that went public .

This is very important because one of the RW talking
points through all this has been "the French had
a finanial reason for not wanting to Ally themselves
with the U.S. in invading Iraq"