Friday, 06 October 2000
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Lieberman: Dick, I see you're better off than you were eight years ago.
Cheney: Yes, and let me tell you Joe, the Government had nothing to do with that.
[laughter]
Of course, what Senator Lieberman should have said, what Ralph Nader almost certainly would have said is:
Bullshit! Halliburton, and the oil industry in general, has been propped up by the federal government for longer than anyone remembers. Do you seriously believe you would be a multi-millionaire today, Dick, if Halliburton didn't have massive government contracts?
See also If We Ran the Presidential Debates... <http://monkeyfist.com/articles/677>
This is Master Debaters <http://monkeyfist.com/articles/679>