....Steve Stivers took $5,000 from the Independent Petroleum Association of America, $2,500 from Dubai-based Halliburton, you know, Dick Cheney's old employer and the King of No-Bid Contracts, and $2,000 from ExxonMobil, one of the only oil companies to have yet to invest significantly in alternative energy. How can Stivers claim to have any credibility regarding gas prices while taking money from these clowns?....
Politicker has even more about that Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA):
...The IPAA said on its website that the fund "enables independent oil and gas producers to play a vital role in achieving and maintaining a pro-business, pro-oil and gas Congress."
Kilroy communications director Brad Bauman said Stivers is in the pocket of oil companies and as a result Stivers' energy plan to reduce gasoline prices won't help consumers....
Ouch! This could really hurt Stivers. Not only is Stivers BFF (Best Friends Forever) with the bankers, now he "...is in the pocket of oil companies..." With banks failing and gas prices over $4/gallon, the last thing we need is another pro-oil, pro-bank person in Congress.