Paul Harvey says the war in Iraq is for oil.

[spotbird]

About an hour ago he was talking about the House approving the 87b without any real controversy. Harvey went on to lament that not a single Representative suggested that 1b be diverted for alternative energy research. Then he said that history will look back at our huge vehicles which we drive on cheap oil and wonder why we thought 87b was so cheap. Naturally this is a paraphrase but the essence is the accurate. Not a word about WMD, Saddam or 9/11, it’s a war for oil according to Paul. Amazing.

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I found it. The Iraq part starts at 6:51 on the Friday noon report.
http://www.paulharvey.com/home.shtml

[MoonAndSun]

1. Paul Harvey? I thought he was a loyal repub who

loves AWOL. If he has finally turned the corner and realizes how badly bush* has handled Iraq, then there is great cause for hope!!

[spotbird]

3. I thought he loved Chimp also, but I heard it with my own ears.

It is very strange.

[NewJeffCT]

5. yes

I'm pretty sure he is well right of center politically...

[janekat]

4. No kidding! Paul Harvery was "buds" with Bush

n/t

[Kolesar]

6. Yes, that is remarkable

I thought Harvey was a hopeless gay-bashing republican zealot. Maybe he was too smart not to figure out the Bush cabal. Of course, if you just Google up some headlines, anybody can figure them out in about an hour.

[Fleshdancer]

2. Gee. Nothing gets passed this guy. n/t

[madrchsod]

7. paul harvey???

dam ,the drip is getting bigger. paul harvey is heard all over the usa and mostly on small market stations..you lose him you`re screwed georgie boy...

[Brucey]

8. I can't tell if he likes it or not.

I mean, lots of repugs know the war was about grabbing their resources... that's why they were for it! I can't tell if Paul Harvey thinks it's okay to have a war for oil. Lot's of people do. Lot's of people who buy gas-guzzling Hummers. If you tell them the war was for oil, they say, "Damn right" and "Good."

[spotbird]

11. Here is the link. He doesn't seem to think war for oil is a good thing.

http://www.paulharvey.com/home.shtml

He starts talking about the 87b at 6:51.

[Bronco69]

9. Does anyone know the

Paul Harvey horse molester story? BartCop talks about it alot, but I've never heard the whole story.

[Bandit]

24. It was made up, just like all the crap about Clinton

It was to make a point. It seems to have worked. Paul makes it with horses.

[hatrack]

10. Whoa, where did THAT come from?

Did this Paul Harvey just arrive from the alternative universe where Spock has a beard?

WTF?!?!?

[BiggJawn]

12. OK, so who was that and what did he do with Paul Harvey?

I had him in lock-step with Cal "See no Evil Write no Evil" Thomas as far as politics went...
Perhaps we misunderstood it, was he saying that this was a GOOD thing, that we went to Iraq to steal their Oil?

[spotbird]

14. Nope.

Listen to him, it sure didn't sound that way to me. I've added the link to my origional post. There is no transcript but it is about 6min50sec into today's noon report.

[el_gato]

13. shocked! i tells ya

hmmm...

[Changenow]

26. It is strange.

Wonder why?

[gasperc]

15. but how long will it last?

we will eventually run out of oil and well before that our demand will exceed supply so the big ?????? is when

[swinney]

16. 1998 letter to Clinton by phacers

It emphasized the need to control the middle east oil supply to control the world.

Clear

[eyeontheprize]

17. Do you know if this is a new position for him?

Has he ever pretended the war was about WMD etc.?

[Scott Lee]

18. Have you considered

...that the head yakkers of the conservative movement (like Paul Harvey) no longer even care to cover up the seedy side of their agenda?

Arrogance of power, and all that.

[spotbird]

19. If he didn’t make the oil for war exchange

sound like a poor deal I’d think that’s what’s up. If you get a minute listen to what he said, he definitely thinks that it is too high a price to pay and it makes oil not that cheap after all.

[DrGonzoLives]

20. Well

One correct thing out of that shill's mouth does not make me like him any more. The best thing that could possibly come out of this is that people who just love Paul Harvey, and who are usually conservative, will agree and vote against Bush in 2004. If it stays on their minds that long.

[spotbird]

21. I don't think much of him either, which is why I thought what he said

was so amazing. There are quite a few folks who take what he says as gospel, so who knows what this it means. Things are getting curiouser and curiouser.

[Ernesto]

22. The "Old plagiarest"

Paul Harvey was the most hard headed supporter of Nixon right up to the day he (Tricky Dick) took his last helocopter ride... Right along with the products he hawked as if he was he was reporting "real" news... I was an apprentice in those days and had to listen to his crap because my brain-dead supervisor loved the guy... He was THEEE pioneer @ appealing to the disinfranchised white males accross America..... Many of the mush brained probably still adore the creep. Maybe this will give them pause to "think".

[eyeontheprize]

23. So what do you think of this war for oil position?

Do you think he is getting soft in his old age.

[Ernesto]

25. Hard to tell @ this point

I just hope his comments cause the stampede some of his loyal "sheepeople" followers.

[greendog]

27. Alternative Energy seems to be one of his issues

Back when congress was appropriating money for HDTV I heard Paul Harvey say that it was a shame they were spending on something so trivial. He said we should be investing in alternative energy so we could avoid oil wars in the middle east.

[9215]

28. and in that he is in direct conflict with the BFEE

Amazing how a guy like Harvey does back-flips for Bush while at the same time being directly opposed to him on this most important issue. :wtf: