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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: puborectalis who wrote (85336)	11/22/2000 6:13:42 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 769670

I am glad that he chose Cheney......

To: puborectalis who wrote (85336)	11/22/2000 6:51:41 PM
From: Bernard Levy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Cheney has impressive credentials in every respect. He was the youngest Presidential Chief of Staff in history as Gerald Ford's Chief of Staff. A distinguished service in Congress and an excellent job as Secretary of Defense. IMO, since we are also supposed to talk about investments here, he also did an excellent job at Halliburton. When oil prices tanked to $10, he did all the slimming down that was necessary, but by acquiring Dresser he also ensured that Halliburton would be one of the ``big two'' of the oil services sector. The only company that used this period even better was Transocean Offshore (RIG) through its merger with the Schlumberger offshore drilling operations and then Falcon. His performance should be contrasted with that of the management at Diamond Offshore that sat on a big wad of cash without making a move. In other words, Cheney is a fine leader in war and peace. The Dems have tried to dirty his business record by making it sound like he did not earn his stock options, or that any retired politician could have performed the same job. Wrong on both counts. I cannot imagine either Clinton or Gore running a Fortune 500 company. Can you?