CNBC Media Editor Warns Democrats Will Exploit Sex for Oil Scandal

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You would never associate sex and drugs with crude oil - but politically, the Democratic Party might try.

Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., appeared in an interview on CNBC's September 11 "Power Lunch" the day after it was revealed that federal investigators discovered an Interior Department group overseeing the collection of oil and natural gas royalties improperly had sex with subordinates and customers, engaged in illegal drug use and accepted gifts from oil company employees.

Immediately following the interview, CNBC Media and Technology Editor Dennis Kneale observed the demeanor of Nelson and warned the scandal would be exploited by Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama, Ill., for political purposes.

"If this is such a sad story of sex for oil, why the Senator smiling, number one?" Kneale said. "Number two, this will be an Obama ad in about six minutes from now. Number three, not one shred of evidence that I read about says that in exchange for sexual favors and cocaine - some oil company got some big break."

Kneale reasoned the scandal shouldn't be used to for political purposes. According to the CNBC segment, oil revenues are the second largest source of revenue for the government, behind taxes. The government actually came out ahead in his estimation.

"In five years, the oil companies, they said, collected an extra $4 million because of some adjustments to contracts," Kneale said. "They have received tens of millions of dollars in extra income to the government because they got oil back. It's simply unrelated. This office is collecting billions of dollars from the oil companies, but $4 million in five years that benefited the oil companies?"


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I know..let's ask Kofi  if

I know..let's ask Kofi  if this will work for his leftist friends politically here in the US...

Oil for Food got put under the covers...

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Democrats and sex scandals.....

Democrats mentioning a sex scandal is a sure loser. All it will result in is several million people going 'BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA,  the pot calling the kettle black...They might just wait until the perps are identified. I'll make a bet there are more known democrats than republicans involved. After all, a democrat can't get none without buying it. Former NY governor anyone? Forgot to add, current NY governor who replaced the disgraced NY governor both used taxpayer funds to buy it...Again, BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

Old, Retired and glad of it.

So the Democrat chaired

So the Democrat chaired commitee on house oversite and reform couldnt keep their eye close enough on this dept. and some hanky panky was going on... I guarantee however it will be Bush and Cheneys fault for being "oilmen" and for this reason we should halt all talk of further offshore/onshore any shore drilling for oil. Instead we should abandon ALL fossil fuels and immediatly switch to natural gas.

And if you think

natural gas is a fossil fuel, just ask our expert, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi!  She'll set you straight real quick-like ;-)

Thanx for having my back on

Thanx for having my back on that one :)

You're welcome -

that's what I get for being married to a mining engineer ;-)

Departmental sex for oil vs UN Oil For Food Program

It would seem that this little inner office scandal in the Denver office of Mining and whatever, has already received higher national prominence in the MSM (headlined front page story in national newspapers - showcased in the network nightly national news) than the horribly corrupt United Nation's [Bill Clinton's] Oil for Food Program, where billions of dollars were pocketed by the players. (;~/ gary

Do Mr. Kneale's remarks

come with a translation?  Oil companies give government employees drugs and sex, and somehow our nation is the better for it?

I read the various NB comments about this debacle.  We know its probably not Democrats involved, as we're talking about sex between men and women.

jfw

im don't think there is much difference in the jackass party

Could be liberal civil servants

How many people involved in this scandal are liberal civil service employees? This could easily be a bunch of Democrats. Working for the government doesn't make you a member of the President's party. Lots of career government types have been there for years, even decades, through several administrations.

When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.

I am shocked

I am shocked to hear that Dennis is predicting this. After all the dims are the party that want to run a clean campaign and only deal with the issues. Such issues as putting lipstick on a pig.