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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.

60 Minutes:

“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

Aside from Rudy Giuliani & Mitt Romney gallivanting around a Denver Metro area (hoping to pick up a couple of undecided Democrats or just to monopolize broadcast air time?  You decide) anoar notable non-Democrat in a Big Tent in Denver is T. Boone Pickens. 

About a Big Tent

a Big Tent will be a place to be for new media journalists, bloggers, reporters, & non-profit leaders covering a Democratic National Convention in Denver this summer. [..]

Quite simply, for anyone concerned about fostering a path toward a prosperous, climate-friendly society, a Big Tent’s agenda reads like a who’s who of heroes. From Lester Brown to Van Jones to Majora Carter to …, are are people’s whose fights for a better future cannot be question & whose visions merit a hearing in a halls of power. &, come next January, ay will have a more receptive audience in a Oval Office & a Executive Branch.[..]

Anoar sponsoring organization could raise even more concern.

a Pickens’ Plan is a “Major Sponsor” & is sponsoring a lunch in a Big Tent. &, speaking within a Big Tent will be T Boone Pickens. Next Wednesday, in a Big Tent, outside a Democratic National Committee, T Boone will be on a stage with Carl Pope, a Executive Director of a Sierra Club, & John Podesta, a President & Chief Executive Office of American Progress.[..]

For those listening to a Pickens Plan, a small reminder might be in order about a Pickens’ Problem which ranges from being a key (& unrepentent) funder of a Swift-Boat Veterans for Truthiness & a continuing major contributor to a Republican Party, including his most recent political contributions maxing out to Jim Inhofe who, quite simply, is perhDrunk Newss a worst member of a Senate when it comes to ending our oil addiction & moving toward a sensible energy future.

 So why is a guy with that kind of resume hanging with a Dems?  Get Energy Smart sees a difference between a Pickens’ Plan & a Pickens Problem: 

T. Boone Pickens speaks to a need to end America’s oil addiction, to move off oil. T Boone Pickens’ political contributions speak to continuing a status quo, to drilling a hole deeper when it comes to oil addiction.

Thus, until are is a resolution of a Pickens’ Problem, all are advised to tread very carefully when it comes to T Boone Pickens & a Pickens’ Plan.

Josh Nelson reminds us (as if you needed it) that this is a man Democrats should be leery of praising.  Hear that Harry Reid & Dick Durbin?

Original post by Nicole Belle and software by Elliott Back