October 08, 2010 02:29 AM UTC

Buck Campaign Manager Attacks Buck

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• by: MADCO

Weird, weird, weird. But true.

Yesterday the Buck campaign  put out a press release attempting to criticize Senator Bennet for owning stocks in specific companies which, according to the Buck campaign, are companies  “…with  ties to tyrannical regimes and genocide should be of great concern the people of Colorado.”  

But, the harsh reality is all the investments mentioned by Buck have not been held by Senator Bennet since before he was a senator. In other words, Bennet divested several investments prior to January 2009, including any and all that are referenced by John Swartout, Buck’s campaign manager.

However, several of those same companies are investments held by Buck.

According to the Personal Financial Disclosure Buck filed, he holds investments in all of these companies:

CNOOC [Vanguard International Growth Fund Annual Fund, 8/31/09]

CGazprom [Vanguard International Growth Fund Annual Fund, 8/31/09]

PetroChina [Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund Annual Fund, 10/31/09]

Huaneng Power International [Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund Annual Fund, 10/31/09]

Some of the Other Companies Operating In Iran Which Buck Invests in and His Own Criticisms Would Also Apply to:

Total [Vanguard International Growth Fund Annual Fund, 8/31/09]

Statoil [Vanguard International Growth Fund Annual Fund, 8/31/09]

Royal Dutch Shell [Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund Annual Fund, 10/31/09]

Lukoil [Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund Annual Fund, 10/31/09]

PTT Public Company Limited [Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund Annual Fund, 10/31/09]

SinoPec [Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund Annual Fund, 10/31/09]

PetroBras [Vanguard International Growth Fund Annual Fund, 8/31/09]