[Pickens-financed Swift Boat Ad - 2004]Five years after he put his money behind the Swift Boat ads that helped tank John Kerry’s presidential campaign, Senate Democrats gave T. Boone Pickens a warm welcome at their weekly policy lunch Thursday.
Pickens' spokesperson said "Boone’s grateful for the impressive turnout of Democrats at the Democrat Policy Committee yesterday and for the interest they have shown in helping address this problem.”
[Minnesota Senator Al] Franken, who was seated talking to someone else, did not stand when Pickens said hello. Instead, Franken began to berate him about the billionaire’s financing of the Swift Boat ads in 2004.According to a source, the confrontation grew heated.
Said Franken spokeswoman Jess McIntosh: “It was a lively conversation.”
[T]he thought of Pickens being invited to a Democratic event angered some on the Hill and in the liberal blogs.
One apparent difference between street corner prostitutes and Senatorial ones is that the street corner variety won't let you beat them up twice, even for money.
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