Baker takes the loaf

[pistoff democrat]

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It's tough work, but this week came the payoff, when President Bush appointed Baker Botts' senior partner to "restructure" the debts of the nation of Iraq.

And who will net the big bucks under Jim Baker's plan? Answer: his client, Saudi Arabia, which claims $30.7 billion due from Iraq (plus $12 billion in "reparations" from the First Gulf war).

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Why is our President so concerned with the wishes of Mr. Baker's clientele? What does Bush owe Baker? Let me count the ways, beginning with the 2000 election.

Just last week Baker said, "I fixed the election in Florida for George Bush." That was the gravamen of his remarks to an audience of Russian big wigs as reported to me by my somewhat astonished colleagues with BBC television.

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http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=16117&area=newsletter


- we have GOT to get these people out of the WH...with apologies
to Kerry supporters, to even mention Baker as a possible envoy
is really not okay at all... - :wow:



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[LSparkle]

1. Greg Palast is a national treasure

Too bad he gets no coverage in his native land. This article sums up why we have to get rid of *.

[pistoff democrat]

2. I'm kind of surprised at the

lack of responses here. I have to wonder if the whole Kerry possibly appointing Baker is the reason...too many candidate fights. The other possibility is too much to bear: that they don't realize how important this info is. :think: :shrug: