BP Hires Dick Cheney’s Press Secretary, Anne Womack-Kolton

[one_voice]

Under threat of receivership and criminal investigation for its destruction of the Gulf of Mexico, foreign oil giant BP has hired a former top aide for Vice President Dick Cheney to be their new spokeswoman. Anne Womack-Kolton has been hired to be “head of U.S. media relations.” A rising star in the Bush-Cheney White House since the 2000 campaign, Womack-Kolton served as Cheney’s press secretary during the 2004 election before running public affairs in the Bush Department of Energy:


“Back in 2001-02 Anne Womack-Kolton defended Cheney’s secret energy task force,” Daily Kos contributor RL Miller writes. Cheney’s energy group met with several BP representatives, including a private meeting between Cheney and BP CEO John Browne. In 2007 Browne retired from BP “after lying to a court about his relationship with another man.”

With its stock spiralling, BP hired her away from the Brunswick Group, the international communications and crisis management firm which BP has been paying to “craft its public response to the spill.” Womack-Kolton joined the Brunswick Group in 2007 to manage “high stakes communications surrounding public affairs issues and political risk management for domestic and global corporate clients.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/06/01/cheney-bp-flack/

:wow: :crazy:

[Subdivisions]

1. The Circle shall remain unbroken. n/t

[Whoa_Nelly]

2. Ahhhh! Makes complete sense!

Especially since she knows all about the secret energy task meetings and all the deals.

Someone has to help BP&Tony Hayward keep their story straight and their asses covered. :sarcasm:

[RamboLiberal]

5. Hayward and his minions make big bucks for what????

What aholes! And how f'in arrogant!!!!!!!!

[renate]

3. seriously--if it weren't for the use of her actual name, I'd have thought this was an Onion headline

What a dumb move. :eyes:

[one_voice]

4. Frying pan-right into the fire..imo. nt

[AnArmyVeteran]

6. And the conservative cycle of evil continues...

[Frustratedlady]

7. An ear into the BP situation, as well as a mouthpiece for Cheney?

That's a little too cozy. Then, to read of Liz getting involved in Florida's politics with one of Jeb's cronies (where Jeb goes, can 2012 hopes be far behind) is a bit too much for me.

Why don't these people fade into the background and shut up?

[goforit]

8. Proof!!.....BP tells Obama to jump and how high!!

[bobthedrummer]

9. She's one of many operatives-and check out some of the places she's been after "leaving" DoE

Just connect the dots DUers

Anne Womack Kolton Joins Brunswick Group (PR Newswire) <check out paragraph 4, she was an "advisor" to former SEC Chairman William Donaldson, another "odd coincidence" the announcement was made on September 12th>
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/anne-womack-kolton-joins-brunswick-group-58007157.html

She also joined APCO Worldwide as a VP in February 2009.

Connecting the dots is no longer important to many of US.

[spanone]

10. the dick is probably working behind the scenes....

[bobthedrummer]

11. One more kick and, for those that really want to learn as much as they can stomach

another archived thread that is valuable today

Information warfare ammo-dump #2 (started June 13, 2007)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1104149

[bobthedrummer]

12. Here's a bit more about Anne's "employment" as a VP at APCO Worldwide

APCO Worldwide page (SourceWatch)
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=APCO_Worldwide

On May 4, 2010 International Business Leaders Forum/IBLF "acquired" APCO Worldwide

IBLF is heavily involved in "immigration reform".

[bobthedrummer]

13. She's speaking to the fish, apparently n/t

[bobthedrummer]

14. bttt

[Segami]

15. Does anyone have a photo of Anne Womack-Kolton. From what I gather, her image has been scrubbed from

the web sites. Can this be?

[spanone]

16. you know the dick himself gets a christmas card from bp

[bobthedrummer]

17. kick