Reply #1: It was one bed-shaking honeymoon, too.

[Dogmudgeon]

And Swift-Boater T. Boone Pickens was the matchmaker. Perhaps this explains, in part, why TBP funded the Swifties so well: John Kerry has long been a supporter of nuclear energy, which is the only viable competition to natural gas.

Wind Energy Can Relieve Natural Gas Shortage (2003 Jun 18)

Pickens Plan

Pickens Plan Putters Out - Cheap Natural Gas + Lack of Transmission Pull Pampa's Plug (2010 Jan 10)

Wind and Natural Gas: Frenemies Forever (2009 Aug 18)

Of course, Pickens actions aren't so narrowly cast. Putting wind turbines in ads is great for business, and cultivates the affluent, educated and liberal demographics Pickens has had so much trouble with.

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