A Painful Punch in the Stomach

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Thursday October 28, 2004 · 5:21 PM PDT

2004/10/28 · 17:21

86 Years from now, Red Sox fans will bemoan "The Curse of Schill the Shill", when way back in 2004 - just hours after the Sox finally won the World Series - hero pitcher Curt Schilling sold his soul to the Dark Side.

At the end of his interview about his team's World Series victory on ABC's "Good Morning America," Schilling signed off: "Tell everybody to vote. And vote Bush next week."

I can stand the "Vote Bush" comment on the air - after all, the guy is a born-again Christian and worth more money than the Baby Jesus himself - who is shocked he's a Bush guy?

But tomorrow - two freaking days after one of the higher points in this Sox fan's existence - The Bush campaign has announced Schilling will join the President on the road. Read More

Surprise....FBI Investigating Halliburton Contracts

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Thursday October 28, 2004 · 1:52 PM PDT

2004/10/28 · 13:52

By JOHN SOLOMON
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI has begun investigating whether the
Pentagon improperly awarded no-bid contracts to Halliburton Co.,
seeking an interview with a top Army contracting officer and
collecting documents from several government offices.
The line of inquiry expands an earlier FBI investigation into
whether Halliburton overcharged taxpayers for fuel in Iraq, and it
elevates to a criminal matter the election-year question of whether
the Bush administration showed favoritism to Vice President Dick
Cheney's former company.
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