Hillary shares Liddy's problem
Democrats were quick to jump on Sen. Elizabeth Dole when they found out her husband, Bob Dole, was lobbying for the United Arab Emirates in the ports deal.
That makes it more embarrassing that Sen. Hillary Clinton has the same problem.
Bill Clinton was advising the UAE -- even before his wife knew about it -- and has a pretty cozy relationship with the Persian Gulf state.
The UAE is a very, very influential country
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Doug, Both families are merely being "politically expedient" didn't you know? One makes political hay with the American voters while the other rakes in the dough from the foreign country. It's better known as team work.
Posted on March 3, 2006 9:14 AM
Real power couples. But the Clintons are way ahead of the Doles.
Posted on March 3, 2006 5:13 PM
Since Bill's income from the UAE is likely going into a joint bank account, should Hillary be required to disclose that she is receiving income from a foreign country? And, how does that work that she is making political statements against that country? What a wacky world that we live in.
Posted on March 4, 2006 7:32 AM
Hillary's spokesman denies that Bill acutally had any real dealing with UAE. It seems that because he is an ex-president that he gets hundreds of phone calls a day from little countries like the UAE who need his advise on how to handle the situation. Of course it seems that Bill told the UAE folks that not to sweat the deal that it would go through after the 45 day cooling off period. Hmmmm. He musta forgot to tell Hillary before she jumped up and put her foot in her mouth. (At least that is what the Aussie paper is saying about the deal.)
Posted on March 4, 2006 2:42 PM
Bill Clinton has this wonderful scholarship program where he sends deserving students to the idyllic country of....the UAE! Yes, the crowning jewel of his program is to send our young people to Dubai!
His close ties there, his friendship with the rulers, etc., are all publicly displayed here:
http://www.clintonfoundation.org/programs-cs5.htm
Tell me there ain't some SERIOUS money flowing into Slick Willy's hands in this deal.
Bill Clinton does what benefits Bill Clinton; he always has and he always will. His presidency was the ultimate self-aggrandizement fantasy come true.
Likewise, Hillary will do whatever is politically expedient to further her power-lust driven quest for more power.
Do not, I repeat, DO NOT believe a word that comes from the mouth of either of these hucksters. If you do, you're just the sucker they're looking for.
Posted on March 5, 2006 10:27 AM