For the record, Pickens is worth $1.5 billion.
Hell, let's just draft Pickens. I mean, we need rich people (Perot, Forbes), so why not?

(I don't mean it. Bartlett is much more my type, even if he's a Republican.)

just to complete the circle...for some reason, I liken Pickens to Perot's Adm Stockdale.

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