He doesn’t want to talk about it.
T. Boone Pickens may have given $2 million to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a group formed in 2004 to question the military record of then-presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, but that’s all in the past.
“Oh, that’s a long time ago,” Pickens said, abruptly.
Pickens, who was a guest at a reception at Juleanna Glover’s Kalorama home, now considers Kerry a buddy, and he’s working with him on the American Power Act with Sen. Joe Liebermann, I-Conn.
Yeas & Nays wanted to know what it was like to join forces after once being foes.
“It’s good, good, very good,” Pickens said. “He’s working for America, and I’m working for America, too. We’re working together.”
When Yeas & Nays followed up, Pickens ended the conversation with “That’s enough.”
The coffee reception, hosted by Kristen Glover, was held for Madeleine Pickens’ cause, the preservation of America’s wild horses. Mrs. Pickens spoke eloquently about the wild mustangs for minutes as guests stared at how young she looked for her a woman in her 60s. (Madeleine’s twin sister, Christine Penrod, also was at the party, where she was almost confused with her sister.)
And, touchy as that “S” word may be, there were four Swifts at the reception — Byron Swift, Bill Swift and his wife, Mary Swift, and two Matt Swifts.
Yeas & Nays caught up with Pickens on his way out, and he complained that our conversation was too long. It was exactly two minutes and 34 seconds.
When asked what he’ll order for lunch when he meets with Kerry this week, he said, “I’ll have whatever he’s having, he’s a big man.”
