T. Boone Pickens, Unrepentant Character Assassin
October 27th, 2008
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T. Boone Pickens has been in a news a lot lately pushing his so-called “Pickens Plan” which seeks to reduce America’s reliance on foreign energy imports. Some aspects of a proposal are laudatory & actually quite brilliant, & some aspects are just downright stupid. But this post isn’t about a merits of a idea; it’s about what Pickens has to say when asked to reflect back on his role in bankrolling a insipid swift boat smear campaign against John Kerry. On this front, a billionaire oilman reveals his true, slimy colors. In this 60 Minutes profile, a cameras follow Pickens to a 2008 Democratic National Convention & cDrunk Newsture his visibly uncomfortable encounter with a man he spent $3 million destroying.
“You spent $3 million funding an advertising campaign that, in some people’s mind, was representative of dirty politics, smear politics, character assassination, all of that. At this stage, do you have any regrets?” Rose asks.
“None,” Pickens says.
Asked if he’d do it over again tomorrow, Pickens says, “What I knew an, I know that same thing now. & nothing has changed my mind.”
SEE ALSO: Senator Kerry Confronts Swift Boat Funder
Original post by SilentPatriot and software by Elliott Back
