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At the same time Alan Greenspan is out defending the Bush administration from the "no blood for oil" crowd, a man accused of illegally buying and selling oil from Saddam Hussein’s Baathist regim…

Amid all the furor surrounding Senator Larry Craig and his bathroom habits, another story of senatorial scandal — one that is far, far more serious and deserving of attention –……

Shoot all the Dems and let the Devil find the honest one.

drunyan8315 on August 27, 2007 at 4:35 PM

Why did I get flashbacks to “The Devil and Daniel Webster” ?

Texas Oilman With Interest In Iraq Oil Lobbied Key Senator On Iraq War…

I do have a problem with a politician standing up to defend Saddam making Teddy our own versuion of Galloway

WYATT, OSCAR S
HOUSTON,TX 77046
COASTAL CORPORATION/CEO
4/28/2007
$1,000
Lampson, Nick

WYATT, OSCAR S JR
REALITOS,TX 78376
RETIRED/RETIRED
4/17/2007
$2,300
Richardson, Bill

WYATT, OSCAR S JR
HOUSTON,TX 77098
SELF EMPLOYED (NUCOASTAL CORP)/ENGI
5/11/2007
$1,000
Cornyn, John

WYATT, OSCAR S JR
HOUSTON,TX 77098
SELF EMPLOYED (NUCOASTAL CORP)/ENGI
5/11/2007
$300
Cornyn, John

WYATT, OSCAR S JR
HOUSTON,TX 77098
SELF EMPLOYED (NUCOASTAL CORP)/ENGI
5/11/2007
($300)
Cornyn, John

WYATT, OSCAR S JR
HOUSTON,TX 77098
6/25/2007
($400)
Cornyn, John

WYATT, OSCAR S MR JR
HOUSTON,TX 77098
RETIRED
6/1/2007
$2,300
Rockefeller, Jay

WYATT JR, OS
HOUSTON,TX 77027
THE COASTAL CORPORATION/CHAIRMAN OF
5/30/2001
$1,000
Gephardt, Richard A

WYATT JR, OS
HOUSTON,TX 77046
LAKER AIRLINES/EXECUTIVE
4/29/2001
$1,000
Oberstar, James L

WYATT OS JR
HOUSTON,TX 77046
N/A
6/4/2002
$50,000
DCCC/Non-Federal Account 10

WYATT OS JR
HOUSTON,TX 77046
N/A
11/5/2002
$20,000
DCCC/Non-Federal Account 5

WYATT, O
HOUSTON,TX 77046
COASTAL CORP./CEO ENERGY COMPANY
6/6/2002
$1,000
Frost, Martin

WYATT, O S
HOUSTON,TX 77046
THE COASTAL CORPORATION
10/4/2000
$2,000
Democratic Party of Texas

WYATT, O S JR
HOUSTON,TX 77046
RETIRED
10/30/2000
$15,000
DCCC/Non-Federal Account 5

WYATT, O S JR
HOUSTON,TX 77046
RETIRED
10/30/2000
$10,000
DCCC/Non-Federal Account 5

WYATT, O S JR
HOUSTON,TX 77019
THE COASTAL CORPORATION
8/20/2000
$1,000
Gephardt, Richard A

WYATT, O S JR
HOUSTON,TX 77046
COASTAL CORP
2/9/2004
$2,000
Daschle, Tom
WYATT, O S JR
HOUSTON,TX 77046
NUCOASTAL CORPORATION
9/6/2004
$2,000
Isakson, Johnny

WYATT, O S JR
HOUSTON,TX 77046
NUCOASTAL CORPORATION
9/26/2004
$2,000
DeMint, James W

WYATT, O S JR
HOUSTON,TX 77046
NUCOASTAL LLC
9/24/2004
$2,000
John, Chris

WYATT, O S JR
HOUSTON,TX 77046
NUCOASTAL CORPORATION
3/28/2005
$900
Clinton, Hillary

WYATT, O S JR MR
HOUSTON,TX 77046
COASTAL CORPORATION
3/1/2004
$2,000
Hutchison, Kay Bailey

WYATT, O S JR MR
HOUSTON,TX 77046
RETIRED
1/7/2004
$2,000
Clinton, Hillary Rodham

WYATT, OS
HOUSTON,TX 77046
COASTAL CORPORATION/FORMER CEO
3/5/2004
$2,000
Lampson, Nick

WYATT, OS JR
HOUSTON,TX 77046
N/A/RETIRED
10/8/2003
$5,000
Bayou Leader PAC

WYATT, OS JR
HOUSTON,TX 77046
COASTAL CORP./CHAIRPERSON
8/15/2003
$2,500
National Leadership PAC

WYATT, OS JR
HOUSTON,TX 77046
COASTAL CORP./CHAIRPERSON
8/15/2003
$1,000
National Leadership PAC

there’s alot more than those, very active contributor and obviously a Democrat however he did give a little bit to a few Repubs playing the game so to speak, never to Bush though.

didn’t see any contributions to Teddy, and none to Bush OR DeLay who is from Houston area himself.

Interesting

I’d like a list of these up front, this answer may affect my voting habits significantly.

I’m not even looking for violent crimes. Graft, counterfeiting, embezzlement, money laundering, and tax evasion seem sufficient. None of those will damage foreign policy or national security; so it seems less damaging than this case.

Or am I missing something again?

Without all the corruption of OFF and what that said about the larger UN, and without all the underhandedness of “allies” like Chirac’s France,

I thought that Chirac was the analogue of Kennedy in this story, i.e. there were French businessmen taking bribes from Saddam through OFF, and they had the ear of their govt officials. Similar story in Germany.

This whole OFF thing broke so long ago, though (in the blogoverse, that is) that I don’t remember the details that well. Maybe Chirac was listening to his defense contractors instead?

But don’t worry– the oilman was anti-war since he was in bed with Saddam Hussein, and the Senator he lobbied was none other than Teddy Kennedy, so there’s absolutely no story here. See, if an oilman persuaded someone to speak……

The party of hatred and abortion.

http://www.forbes.com//forbes/1998/1019/6209136a_2.html

None of this will matter, even if it turns out that an Oil-For-Food oilman actually did convince Kennedy to speak out against the war. Sen. Kennedy has already gotten away with murder, more or less, and with being a shill for the Soviets at the height of the Cold War. He’s made of Teflon.

Bingo!

This is interesting! I found this from a 1998 Forbes Magazine profile of Oscar Wyatt:

OSCAR WYATT, the 74-year-old founder of Coastal Corp., is a flamboyant Texan with a knack for finding himself at the center of controversy.

Wyatt built Coastal into a $12 billion energy company with interests in natural gas pipelines, coal mines, oil refineries and service stations.

Along the way, Wyatt reneged on contracts, fought a hostile takeover and cut deals with murderous dictators like Muammar Qaddafi and Saddam Hussein.

Doesnt anyone read the mail there ?

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Words can’t express the pride I feel in being from MA. When will the people here smarten up?

striper1 on August 27, 2007 at 11:01 AM

I feel sorry for you.

Your memory serves you well.

Reuters reported this on April 14, 2007:

One diary entry also states that “Wyatt allegedly convinced Senator Edward Kennedy to deliver a speech against the war with Iraq,” according to the motion. A spokesperson for Senator Kennedy did not immediately return a call seeking comment.